Defence and Security – Page 4 – Openforum https://www.openforum.com.au Open Forum offers an independent platform for Australian debate Thu, 28 Mar 2024 22:27:37 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.25 Reading Australia’s defence review https://www.openforum.com.au/reading-australias-defence-review/ Sun, 09 Apr 2023 23:27:40 +0000 https://www.openforum.com.au/?p=42401 The soon-to-be published Defence Review has to answer a lot of questions that all Australians need answers for regarding the challenges of today and tomorrow.

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Innovation in defence https://www.openforum.com.au/innovation-in-defence/ Thu, 06 Apr 2023 21:33:38 +0000 https://www.openforum.com.au/?p=42349 There’s no secret government silo of advanced technology to save us if war breaks out. If the allied democracies are to prevail, we will need action at scale, and the only way to create a silo of advanced technologies is to build it.

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Lost in the long grass https://www.openforum.com.au/lost-in-the-long-grass/ Thu, 30 Mar 2023 22:40:43 +0000 https://www.openforum.com.au/?p=42261 Commentators criticising the purchase of planes, submarines and tanks by the Australian Defence Force are quick to call these capabilities obsolete, but such glib analysis is seldom based on reality, let alone the history they inevitably reference.

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A mountain of missiles https://www.openforum.com.au/a-mountain-of-missiles/ Fri, 24 Mar 2023 00:00:17 +0000 https://www.openforum.com.au/?p=42138 Order 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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Continuity in strategic planning https://www.openforum.com.au/continuity-in-strategic-planning/ Sat, 18 Mar 2023 20:37:22 +0000 https://www.openforum.com.au/?p=42074 The former Australian defence minister Ian McLachlan has made a timely plea for genuine bipartisanship in defence planning to provide advice based on experience and to ensure continuity across successive governments.

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Submarines mean security https://www.openforum.com.au/submarines-mean-security/ Mon, 13 Mar 2023 20:01:41 +0000 https://www.openforum.com.au/?p=41999 Foreign charges that Canberra’s SSN program might promote conflict with Beijing or start a nuclear arms race should be dismissed as the self-serving propaganda of aggressor states.

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AUKUS submarines strengthen Australian sovereignty https://www.openforum.com.au/aukus-submarines-strengthen-australian-sovereignty/ https://www.openforum.com.au/aukus-submarines-strengthen-australian-sovereignty/#comments Mon, 13 Mar 2023 20:00:20 +0000 https://www.openforum.com.au/?p=42003 In a world becoming ever more interconnected, national security rests on an interpretation of sovereignty that embraces international partnerships, with trusted and reliable partners, especially the US alliance.

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Don’t go easy on espionage https://www.openforum.com.au/dont-go-easy-on-espionage/ Thu, 23 Feb 2023 21:07:45 +0000 https://www.openforum.com.au/?p=41691 Australian businessmen and academics may urge decision makers to turn a blind eye to Chinese espionage and interference to protect their own interests, but Australia must robustly defend itself and democracy.

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Australian sea power https://www.openforum.com.au/australian-sea-power/ Fri, 17 Feb 2023 20:54:32 +0000 https://www.openforum.com.au/?p=41609 Bulking up the number of missile cells on new Australian ships will help our Navy deliver the firepower required to take on peer combatants on the world's oceans.

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Upgrading Australia’s defence production to industry 4.0 https://www.openforum.com.au/upgrading-australias-defence-production-to-industry-4-0/ Sat, 11 Feb 2023 19:44:22 +0000 https://www.openforum.com.au/?p=40674 Australia has to radically rethink what various parts of Defence do and how to optimise the many opportunities presented by Industry 4.0 techniques.

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Post war lessons for a prewar world https://www.openforum.com.au/post-war-lessons-for-a-prewar-world/ Thu, 02 Feb 2023 22:11:42 +0000 https://www.openforum.com.au/?p=41403 The current defence capability review being undertaken by Stephen Smith and Angus Houston could be informed by a similar exercise at the end of World War Two.

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Talking about the sixth generation https://www.openforum.com.au/talking-about-the-sixth-generation/ Thu, 12 Jan 2023 22:50:56 +0000 https://www.openforum.com.au/?p=41102 Adopting the next generation of air combat systems will help Australia protect itself from China and other potential aggressors in the future.

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