Air
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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Air Campaign and Strategy Articles
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| Kopp C., August 30,
2000 - A Future Force Structure for
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Australian Defence Force - A Response to the Green Paper |
| Air Power Australia - January
2008 - Air
Power vs Refuelling Infrastructure |
| Air Power Australia - January
2008 - The
US Air Force Synthetic Fuels Program |
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| Australian
Aviation -
March 1982 - Carriers in the
Indian |
Australian
Aviation - July
1986 - The Libyan Strike: How The
Americans Did
It (El Dorado Canyon)
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| Australian
Aviation - July
1988 - Maritime Strike - The Soviet
Perspective |
| Australian
Aviation -
March 1990 - Northrop B-2A - The 70
Billion Dollar Bomber? |
| Australian
Aviation -
September 1990 - The Air Land Battle -
USAF Close Air
Support and Battlefield Air Interdiction |
| Australian
Aviation -
November 1990 - The Gulf Crisis - Order of
Battle |
Australian
Aviation -
August/September 1992 - Desert
Storm - an Analytical
Perspective
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| Australian
Aviation -
April 1993 - Indonesia's Air
Capability |
| Australian
Aviation -
Jan-April 1995 - US Naval Tactical
Aviation Parts 1, 2, 3 |
| Australian
Aviation -
August/September 1999 - Operation Allied
Force Parts 1, 2, 3 |
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Australian
Aviation -
May/June 2003 - Operation
Iraqi Freedom Part 1 + Part 2
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| Australian Aviation -
November 1995 - Tomahawks, Submarines
and the F-111 ,
Mirror@F-111.net |
| Australian
Aviation - July
1996 - Sea Control - Submarines or
Air Power? |
Australian
Aviation - May
2000 - Extending the Sea Air Gap
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| Australian
Aviation - June
2000 - Maritime Deterrence,
Submarines and
Air Power |
| Australian
Aviation -
October 2000 - Wedgetail and
the Region |
Australian Aviation -
October 2004 - Defeating
Cruise Missiles (PDF)
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| Defence Today - February
2005
- Strategic Air Mobility
for the ADF |
| Defence Today - February
2005
- Strategic Sea Mobility for
the ADF |
| Defence Today - July
2005
- Artillery for the Army - Precision
Fire with Mobility |
| Defence Today - September
2005
- Brigade Combat Teams |
| Defence Today -
March/April 2006 - Air Power in the
Quadrennial Defense Review |
Defence Today - March/April
2006 - Exploring the 2006 QDR
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Defence Today - March/April
2006 - LtGen D.A. Deptula Interview,
Maintaining Air Dominance in the Pacific
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Defence Today - July/August
2006 - No Fuel, No Air Power
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| Defence Today - April/May
2007 - Iran - Assessing the Threat
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The
Parliamentary Debate [Click for more ...]
Related
Links [Click for more ...]
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Northrop
B-2A Spirit participating in Exercise Green Lighting, at RAAF Darwin.
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Maps
and Imagery Intelligence
Australian
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).
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IMINT and Map Links
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