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Regular protests have been taking place outside Australian firms that play a vital role in the production of F-35 Joint Strike Fighters ... Show more
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Speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula is in the crosshairs of the prosecuting authorities over allegations that she received millions in bribes from a service ... Show more
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Australia’s $4.6bn Aukus funding to help create more than 1,000 jobs in UK, Rolls-Royce says
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Australia’s $4.6bn Aukus funding to help create more than 1,000 jobs in UK ...
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Australian Defence Force seeks deal on crocodile attack work safety charge: Both soldiers suffered significant injuries including bite and claw wounds after ...
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Australian Defence Force seeks deal on crocodile attack work safety charge
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British Defence Secretary Grant Shapps travels from Canberra to Adelaide on RAAF fighter jet after meeting with Anthony Albanese
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British Defence Secretary Grant Shapps travels from Canberra to Adelaide ...
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Australia's 'slipping' support for Ukraine in spotlight: A former Ukrainian MP urges Australia to provide more support to the country's war effort ...
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Australia's 'slipping' support for Ukraine in spotlight
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US Navy cuts Virginia-class submarine from budget in potential blow to pact: If approved, the proposal could have “a profound impact” on the navies of Australia ...
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US Navy cuts Virginia-class submarine from budget in potential blow to ...
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Bestselling US author Kristin Hannah honours Vietnam War nurses in new novel, The Women
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Bestselling US author Kristin Hannah honours Vietnam War nurses in new ...
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Australia boosts navy funding to build largest fleet since WWII: SYDNEY -- Australia will inject another 11.1 billion Australian dollars ($7 ...
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Australia boosts navy funding to build largest fleet since WWII
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Bestselling US author Kristin Hannah honours Vietnam War nurses in new novel, The Women
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Bestselling US author Kristin Hannah honours Vietnam War nurses in new ...
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Australia could get the world's most expensive anti-submarine warship, but the numbers are as complex as shipbuilding
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Australia could get the world's most expensive anti-submarine warship ...
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Call to bring back conscription as war looms: Australia must seriously consider reintroducing conscription to boost its troop numbers in the face of a looming ...
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Call to bring back conscription as war looms
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Defence Force turns down Australian helicopters: As the NZ military prepares to sell off decades-old aircraft, it has been revealed it passed up an offer to ...
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Defence Force turns down Australian helicopters
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20 Ways Anti-Semitic Australian Labor Government Complicit In Jewish Israeli Gaza Genocide| Countercurrents
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20 Ways Anti-Semitic Australian Labor Government Complicit In Jewish ...
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AUKUS: Are nuclear-powered submarines a good idea for Australia?: As Australians wait for the nuclear-powered subs that come with the AUKUS deal ...
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AUKUS: Are nuclear-powered submarines a good idea for Australia?
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The military’s toxic culture poses a real risk to Australia’s security: The landmark royal commission is an opportunity for the ADF to fix cultural and systemic ...
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The military’s toxic culture poses a real risk to Australia’s security
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Ukraine pleads with Australia to remove red tape holding back aid: The Ukrainian community made a direct plea to Defence Minister Richard Marles to remove ...
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Ukraine pleads with Australia to remove red tape holding back aid
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How does India's military measure up against China and Pakistan?: Global Firepower in its 2024 index put India’s military in fourth place and China’s at third on ...
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How does India's military measure up against China and Pakistan?
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Heavily armed 'optionally crewed' ships to enter service under massive reshaping of Australia's naval fleet
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Heavily armed 'optionally crewed' ships to enter service under massive ...
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Australia's surface naval fleet is being reshaped. Here's how it will change: Don't know your frigates from your AWDs and OPVs? Here's a run down of how ...
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Australia's surface naval fleet is being reshaped. Here's how it will ...
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Builder owes $52m, 19 projects in limbo: Failed construction giant St Hilliers owes $40 million to creditors, $10 million to subcontractors and suppliers and $2 ...
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Builder owes $52m, 19 projects in limbo
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Home Affairs contracts awarded to companies with suspected links to drugs, firearms and bribery
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Home Affairs contracts awarded to companies with suspected links to drugs ...
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It’s Time for Australia to Take a ‘Whole-of-Nation’ Approach to Foreign Policy: “Whole-of-nation” language carries a sense of urgency that the country’s economy ...
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It’s Time for Australia to Take a ‘Whole-of-Nation’ Approach to Foreign ...
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Frigates in firing line as government plans naval overhaul: Expectations are firming that the number of Hunter-class frigates will be slashed from a planned nine ...
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Frigates in firing line as government plans naval overhaul
Quick Glance: Government Plans Naval Overhaul
  • Defence Minister Richard Marles to announce overhaul of naval fleet, including changes to Hunter-class frigate program and additional maritime firepower.

  • Over $50 billion in government spending at stake, with top defence contractors competing for shipbuilding contracts to replace ageing frigates.

  • Government may reduce planned nine Hunter-class frigates to free up funds for other vessels.

  • Expectation of announcement of smaller 'tier two' vessels to complement navy combatants, in line with Defence Strategic Review.
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Ireland and Nato enter new agreement to counter Russia threat: Deal gives Ireland greater access to Nato resources, including intelligence ...
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Ireland and Nato enter new agreement to counter Russia threat
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Japan, Australia Agree on Joint Research on Mine-Detecting UUV: The Defense Ministry and the Australian Department of Defence agreed on Tuesday to begin joint ...
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Japan, Australia Agree on Joint Research on Mine-Detecting UUV
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Group fighting back against wealthy Boomers: They’re mostly old, mostly rich and fiercely protective of their perfect patches of inner-city dirt ...
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Group fighting back against wealthy Boomers
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Australia inks Lockheed Martin deal to build guided missiles at home: SYDNEY -- Australia will start manufacturing guided missiles in 2025 under a contract with ...
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Australia inks Lockheed Martin deal to build guided missiles at home
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If Trump returns to the White House, should we rethink the US alliance?: Shared democratic values underpin the US-Australia alliance, but Donald Trump has told ...
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If Trump returns to the White House, should we rethink the US alliance?
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Quick Glance: Albanese Government Initiates Review of 78 Missing Cabinet Files
  • Albanese government to conduct independent review into 78 cabinet files not handed over to National Archives.

  • Documents provide insight into high-level government considerations.

  • Morrison government failed to transfer records on Australia joining the US-led invasion of Iraq in 2003.

  • National Archives of Australia asked to release missing files for transparency.
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$100m Defence contract with KPMG rife with governance failures, review finds: A Defence data project involving a $100 million contract issued to KPMG is rife ...
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$100m Defence contract with KPMG rife with governance failures ...
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Australian arms exports to Israel in focus amid court case, port protests: Legal action and protests at Australian ports put spotlight on Australian weapons ...
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Australian arms exports to Israel in focus amid court case, port protests
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United States warns China to be 'safe and professional' following sonar attack on Australian naval divers
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United States warns China to be 'safe and professional' following sonar ...
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Defence admits 'poorly executed' process in $45 billion future frigate selection: The Defence Department has conceded its process for selecting its $45 billion ...
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Defence admits 'poorly executed' process in $45 billion future frigate ...
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PM plays down fears submarine pact could be put on back-burner: Hours after landing in Washington, Anthony Albanese said US politicians from all sides understood ...
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PM plays down fears submarine pact could be put on back-burner
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After France And US, Canada Says Israel Did Not Strike Gaza Hospital: The strike was more likely caused by an errant rocket fired from Gaza, the Canada Defence ...
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After France And US, Canada Says Israel Did Not Strike Gaza Hospital
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Mitsubishi Electric lands Australia defense contract in industry first: TOKYO -- Mitsubishi Electric has signed an agreement with the Australian Defence ...
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Mitsubishi Electric lands Australia defense contract in industry first
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Australia Confirms Chinese Firm’s Port Lease as Relations Thaw: Australia said that a Chinese firm can continue to lease the port of Darwin in the north of the ...
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Australia Confirms Chinese Firm’s Port Lease as Relations Thaw
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Mitsubishi Electric lands Australia defense contract in industry first: TOKYO -- Mitsubishi Electric has signed an agreement with the Australian Defence ...
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Mitsubishi Electric lands Australia defense contract in industry first
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Floating ‘turkeys’: Is Australia spending $50bn on dud ships?: The Australian armada is sinking under a mountain of debt as it chases projects some argue aren’t ...
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Floating ‘turkeys’: Is Australia spending $50bn on dud ships?
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Japan deploys F-35 fighter jets to Australia: The Australian Defence Department announced on Monday that Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) F-35A Lightning II ...
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Japan deploys F-35 fighter jets to Australia
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Australia redeploys troops to north in bid to deter China: SYDNEY -- Australia will move hundreds of troops to the country's north and concentrate ...
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Australia redeploys troops to north in bid to deter China
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Australia, Philippines hold military drills, plan South China Sea patrols: Approximately 1,200 Australian soldiers and 560 Filipino marines took part in military ...
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Australia, Philippines hold military drills, plan South China Sea patrols
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Three US marines killed in aircraft crash in Australia during training exercise: Three US Marines have been killed and others injured after an Osprey aircraft ...
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Three US marines killed in aircraft crash in Australia during training ...
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Soldiers Use AI to Telepathically Talk to Robot Dogs - ASME: The latest robotic controls don’t use implants like other brain-machine interfaces. Instead ...
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Soldiers Use AI to Telepathically Talk to Robot Dogs - ASME
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Aussie Town Arms Ukrainian Troops With Assault Rifles: A small regional center in Australia is the production hub for combat assault rifles going to Ukraine’s ...
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Aussie Town Arms Ukrainian Troops With Assault Rifles
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Flight MH370: Team of scientists may have found the missing aircraft’s location: A team of scientists, engineers and academics may have found the location of the ...
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Scientists synthesize new organometallic 'sandwich' compound capable of holding more electrons
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3 U.S. Marines killed, others injured in aircraft crash in Australia: The aircraft crashed Sunday on Melville Island during an exercise involving the militaries ...
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3 U.S. Marines killed, others injured in aircraft crash in Australia
Quick Glance: Three US Marines Killed in Australian Helicopter Crash
  • Five of the Marines are in serious condition.

  • The incident took place on Sunday on Melville Island, north of the Northern Territory capital, Darwin.

  • This is the second fatal helicopter crash during joint exercises in northern Australia in less than a month.

  • The Osprey is a hybrid aircraft combining features of helicopters and turbo-prop planes, capable of traveling much faster than a conventional helicopter.
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Australia army helicopter crash: No hope for survivors, minister says: Defence minister said significant wreckage found points to a catastrophic incident.
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Australia army helicopter crash: No hope for survivors, minister says
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Military vehicle crashes in Darwin, seven soldiers in hospital: It's the third military accident on Australian soil in just over a month.
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Military vehicle crashes in Darwin, seven soldiers in hospital
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Three US marines killed in aircraft crash in Australia during training exercise: The Osprey aircraft crashed in the Northern Territory’s Tiwi Islands on Sunday ...
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Three US marines killed in aircraft crash in Australia during training ...
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Rescue mission after military aircraft crash: A plane carrying US marines has crashed during military exercises north of Darwin on Sunday morning.
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Rescue mission after military aircraft crash
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Australian military receives initial batch of new UH-60M helicopters: The Australian Defence Force on Wednesday received the first four new 3 UH-60M Black Hawk ...
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Australian military receives initial batch of new UH-60M helicopters
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‘We’re trailing the world’: Push for Aussie made defence drones: The Australian Defence Force would quickly begin using locally made surveillance drones under a ...
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‘We’re trailing the world’: Push for Aussie made defence drones
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Wellbeing of non-religious ADF personnel at risk, former recruiter warns: Number of evangelical chaplains has increased in recent years despite majority of ...
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Wellbeing of non-religious ADF personnel at risk, former recruiter warns
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Australian defence department accused of safety failures after soldiers mauled by crocodile in north Queensland
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Australian defence department accused of safety failures after soldiers ...
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How could FPV drones change warfare?: The light “kamikaze” drones used in Ukraine are cheap and lethal
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How could FPV drones change warfare?
Quick Glance: How could FPV drones revolutionize warfare?
  • The lightweight 'kamikaze' drones used in Ukraine are inexpensive and highly effective.

  • FPV drones, also known as First Person View drones, provide the operator with a live video feed, enhancing their control.

  • FPVs require skilled remote pilots and are designed for speed and maneuverability.

  • The larger and more advanced SwitchBlade drones supplied by America to Ukraine, equipped with small anti-personnel warheads, have a price tag of $52,000 or more.
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Black box found in wreckage of crashed Australian military chopper: Defence also said it has been given the recovered wreckage of the chopper by the Queensland ...
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Black box found in wreckage of crashed Australian military chopper
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US Republicans pass defence bill with anti-abortion, LGBT add-ons: Democrats say legislation, which is all but assured to fail in the US Senate ...
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US Republicans pass defence bill with anti-abortion, LGBT add-ons
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Greens push Labor to release declassified climate crisis report ‘full of explosive truths’
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Greens push Labor to release declassified climate crisis report ‘full of ...
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Consultancy firm boasted ‘unfettered access’ to Defence, national security agencies
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Consultancy firm boasted ‘unfettered access’ to Defence, national security ...
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Morrison lashes out at robo-debt ‘political lynching’, rejects royal commission findings
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Morrison lashes out at robo-debt ‘political lynching’, rejects royal ...
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In preparing for future warfare, there are no risk-free approaches: The amazing people of the ADF understand they are subject to an unlimited liability in the ...
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In preparing for future warfare, there are no risk-free approaches
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In preparing for future warfare, there are no risk-free approaches: The amazing people of the ADF understand they are subject to an unlimited liability in the ...
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In preparing for future warfare, there are no risk-free approaches
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US will help Australia develop guided missiles by 2025; to cooperate with India for Indo-Pacific security
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US will help Australia develop guided missiles by 2025; to cooperate with ...