Australian Defence Policy

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From Fire Force to Sovereign Defence: An Australian Doctrine for Mobility, Sustainment and Resistance to Coercion

How can Australia make better use of the force it already has? SAGE Strategic Intelligence Brief #012 examines lessons from Rhodesian Fire Force to propose sovereign mobile defence—an Australian conventional doctrine built around joint integration, domestic sustainment and resilience against Chinese Threshold Conditioning, within forecast defence budgets.

SUB SUMMIT 2015

March 2015 Sub Summit 2015 was a landmark event in Australia’s defence and industrial history, bringing together international media, defence… Read more >

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