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Power and National Military Strategy |
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| Australia's
national military strategy has been under considerable pressure
recently
with near term circumstances producing unprecedented influence on long
term force structure planning. Air power is for reasons of regional
geography and technology the backbone of ADF capabilities and its
development cannot be subordinated to the needs of other services. This website will post a selection of relevant articles, submissions and papers. |
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The Parliamentary Debate [Click for more ...] |
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Links [Click for more ...] |
 Northrop
B-2A Spirit participating in Exercise Green Lightning, at RAAF Darwin.
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Maps and Imagery IntelligenceAustralian and Regional Maps |
 The
now certain deployment of strategic bombers, evidenced by development
of the H-6K, by the PLA-AF will
fundamentally alter the strategic balance in the near region. This map
illustrates the coverage footprint of the Tu-95MS Bear H and Tu-22M-3
Backfire C flown from southern China and Myanmar basing. The footprint
of Indian deployments of like types is included for comparison (C.
Kopp).
 The acquisition of long range Su-27SK/SKM/30MKK fighters and supporting Il-78MKK aerial refuelling tankers provides the PLA-AF with unprecedented reach across the near region (C. Kopp).  The arrival of the Su-27/30 series fighters in this region changes Australia's strategic context significantly. The superb combat radius of these large aircraft provides a significant capability to cover the sea-air gap (Author C. Kopp). |
IMINT and Map Links |
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IMINT
Gallery @ GlobalSecurity.org
University of Texas, Austin - Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection - Iraq Maps University of Texas, Austin - Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection - Maps of Australia and the Pacific University of Texas, Austin - Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection - Asia Maps |
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