The first of three Northrop Grumman RQ-4B Global Hawk Block 30 high-altitude long-endurance unmanned aircraft for the Japanese Air Self Defense Force (JASDF) made its maiden flight from the company’s…
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The aviation-centric US Navy amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA-6) has conducted “advanced combat operations” with Lockheed-Martin F-35A fighters of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force in the western Pacific. An…
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The Japanese Defence Ministry has announced it has received formal approval to buy 42 Lockheed martin F-35B short takeoff and vertical landing (STOVL) variants of the JSF for operations aboard…
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Sad news from Japan this morning where a Japan Air Self Defence Force (JASDF) F-35A Lightning II has been reported missing, presumed lost off the east coast of Japan’s main…
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Minister for Defence Kevin Andrews has toured the Kawasaki and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries commercial shipyards in the city of Kobe during his first visit to Japan as MINDEF, as the…
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The Defence Strategic Review’s recommendations for Australian air power should be a viewed as an endorsement of Australia’s air arm, rather than cause for concern. The recommendations were sensible but…
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Australia should expand its air force as an immediate response to deteriorating circumstances. The Air Force’s air power offers the fastest and most flexible way to secure vital access to air and sea lanes, and give Australia options, in peace and war. Air power is on the beat right now providing constabulary support to that access through the rules-based order. Beijing’s responses show it is working.
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Lessons from the bombing of Darwin 80 years ago The attack on Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941 has been re-lived through every medium, from the humble written word to…
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An analysis of recent and near future North Korean political and military activities North Korea watchers have been kept busy in recent months with a spate of activity and statements…
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The lead up to Australia’s decision to change course on its submarine program Across Australia there was a collective gasp as the Prime Minister announced that Australia’s new submarines –…
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Boeing has delivered the first of at least four KC-46A Pegasus air-to-air refuellers to the Japanese Air Self Defense Force (JASDF). The October 28/29 ferry flight from Seattle in Washington…
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Precision weapons give the next-gen F-35 its sting When Australia’s F-35 Lightning aircraft enter operational service, they will be equipped with a range of highly capable weapons, enabling the aircraft…
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Mention power projection in Australian defence circles, and the conversation will default to talking about ADF readiness and reach. Fundamentally, it is about when ‘we’ go over ‘there’.But what happens…
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UPDATED October 7 with more images and quotes. Japan has conducted trials of the short take off and vertical landing (STOVL) Lockheed Martin F-35B aboard its newly-converted 27,000 tonne helicopter…
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An analysis of Taiwan’s military capabilities The island of Taiwan, home to a population of 23 million (just under Australia’s 25 million), but measuring roughly half the size of Tasmania,…
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The UK’s Royal Navy will send one of its new aircraft carriers to join an extended multi-national task force deployment to the Indo-Pacific region. The 65,000 tonne HMS Queen Elizabeth…
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The unique patrol challenge of extended maritime zones Traditionally, a nation’s claims to the surrounding seas extended to territorial waters no more than 12nm (about 22km) beyond its shoreline. However,…
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More carriers set to join the regional forces club The continuing military build-up in the Indo-Pacific region includes, among other things, aircraft carriers. Several countries in the region have fielded…
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Re-formed squadron makes its mark on history! A faded photograph of an airman, a trench art model of a Bristol Beaufort and a tattered copy of A Nation Grew Wings.…
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The changing focus on shootdown avoidance When the general population raises eyes to the skies, they see a boundless blue expanse, unfettered by borders or fence lines. In reality, the…