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Law enforcement and social media platforms must implement real-time data sharing to stop online extremism before it leads to violence. Using appropriate safeguards, we can achieve this without raising concerns about creating a surveillance state. …
Triton: transforming Australia’s airborne ISR capabilities
Oct 3, 2024 · The Australian Defence Force is on the brink of a transformative shift in its airborne intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) capabilities with the imminent introduction into service of the MQ-4C Triton, an unarmed, high-altitude and …
National resilience for Australia—learning the lessons
Feb 15, 2024 · The last four years have been tough for Australia. We have seen the disastrous 2019-20 fire season, the Covid-19 pandemic, devastating floods and cyclones, the most comprehensive punitive trade measures used against any country in recent history, a doubling of cybersecurity incidents, including some of the largest data breaches and the most serious ransomware cases, more Australians targeted ...
Next steps for the Ghost Bat - The Strategist
Feb 12, 2024 · The future of air combat is about teaming between crewed platforms and autonomous systems rather than relying purely on exquisite stand-alone and extremely expensive crewed platforms. With that mind, the development of the MQ-28A Ghost ...
Hamel: the orchestrated battle, 4 July 1918 | The Strategist
Jul 3, 2018 · At 3.10 on the morning of 4 July 1918, three brigades of Australian infantry carried out a successful attack on the German positions outside the village of Le Hamel on the southern banks of the Somme River in northern France.
China threatens Australia with missile attack | The Strategist
Jul 26, 2021 · In the face of an increasing torrent of abuse from Beijing, Canberra should seek a much clearer commitment from Washington that its United States ally will retaliate if China launches a missile attack against Australia.
Seeing through the DARC, deep into space | The Strategist
Dec 19, 2023 · The establishment by Australia and its AUKUS partners, the United States and the United Kingdom, of a deep space advanced radar capability (DARC) will help them respond to the threat of attacks on their satellites and other equipment in space.. The DARC facility is scheduled to be operating at Exmouth in Western Australia by 2026 and will be …
ASPI’s decades: The Strategist
Sep 13, 2021 · ASPI celebrates its 20th anniversary this year. This series looks at ASPI’s work since its creation in August 2001. The Strategist first went online on 17 July 2012, becoming a ‘blog’ that blossomed.. ASPI’s publication set up its stall in the crowded town square of international affairs, seeking to make sense of the passing parade.
Submarine agency chief: Australia’s SSNs will be bigger, better, faster
May 28, 2024 · Brendan Nicholson is a journalist and a former executive editor of the Strategist. A version of this article is published today in The Australian newspaper’s Defence special report.Image of three Astute class submarines under construction at …
Pacific land reclamation deserves support | The Strategist
Jul 30, 2024 · Pacific island countries, and low-lying lands globally, are on the front lines of climate change. From rising sea-levels to intensifying cyclone impacts, vulnerable food and economic security, they face a great many risks.