We’re meant to be celebrating the Albanese Government’s amazing new plan to adapt the Australian...
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Having read the 215 pages of the Australian Government's revised strategy and investment plan, two...
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by Marcus Hellyer and Michael Shoebridge
America's wartime defense budget: $1.5 trillion to | RSS.com Back in the SAA Bunker deep in the...
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We’re told the Trump Administration is playing 16-dimensional chess in its reshaping of the world...
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by Marcus Hellyer and Michael Shoebridge
Our Kentucky Colonel masters deflection, the War & | RSS.com Well, despite the great news from...
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In 2056, 30 years from now, when Australia has eight nuclear powered submarines (SSNs), we will...
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Victory in the War for Influence & Invoicing: Aust | RSS.com President Eisenhower's 1961 farewell...
Trump the unilateralist becomes Trump the multilateralist – for now
After making a global mess, US President Donald Trump wants everyone else to clean it up. ...
With the Wedgetail deployment, Australia is now part of the Iran War
Is it believable that the world’s most advanced airborne early warning and control aircraft, the...
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by Marcus Hellyer and Michael Shoebridge
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It’s time to notice big changes in our world when it comes to how Australia equips its military...
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by Marcus Hellyer and Michael Shoebridge
Iran War: bad guys, rose petals and donuts - Trump | RSS.com Marcus and Michael reflect on their...









