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Protecting Israel
James Dwyer | June 19, 2025Israel has dominated Iran in recent days, destroying swathes of Iran’s military capacity as well as decimating its nuclear programme. Iran’s retaliation – based on raining down missiles on Israeli cities – has also fallen short thanks to Israel’s sophisticated and well-organised defence systems.
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Send our old jets to help Ukraine
James Dwyer | June 28, 2023Western countries need to give Ukraine the modern fighters and main battle tanks it needs to drive out the invaders, and Australia should lead by example by handing over our surplus F18s.
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A mountain of missiles
James Dwyer | March 24, 2023Order is a product of power, and the purchase in recent years of a range of modern missile systems will help Australia deter aggression in the region in the years to come.
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Dumb bombs and rust
James Dwyer | March 14, 2022The incompetence of Putin’s invasion of Ukraine shows how easily a determined NATO response with modern, motivated and well-led armed forces could have saved millions from Russia’s lumbering reign of terror.