Commercial drones: Privatising air power
PETER LAYTON | In irregular wars, the state has traditionally had a monopoly on the use of air power. This has now been overturned. With the… Read More
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How to fix America’s North Korea strategic failures
PETER LAYTON | North Korea has the initiative. It is now firing rockets over the Japanese home islands and has seemingly tested a… Read More
Limiting China’s future strategic predominance
PETER LAYTON | Mr Peter Varghese AO, recently retired Department of Foreign Affairs head, has laid out his vision of a possible new regional… Read More
North Korea’s nuclear ambitions are not unstoppable
PETER LAYTON | North Korea has the initiative. It is flying rockets over Japan, it claims to have mounted a hydrogen bomb on to… Read More
Fifth-generation warfare: An evolving technical dimension of war
PETER LAYTON | For the Australian Defence Force’s Army, Navy and Air Force Chiefs, the future is ‘fifth generation.’ That being so, I recently wrote a paper… Read More
Five fifth-generation warfare dilemmas
PETER LAYTON | The future of the ADF is ‘fifth generation’, or at least the Chiefs of … Read More
How to complicate North Korea’s nuclear weapons plans
PETER LAYTON | North Korea has the strategic initiative. Its plan to build a nuclear armed, long-range missile force is nearing completion. Other countries can… Read More
Fifth generation air warfare
PETER LAYTON | Fifth-generation air warfare is a beguiling concept. It offers the promise of making the use of air power in future wars significantly… Read More
Australia’s defence strategy: Evaluating alternatives for a contested Asia
PETER LAYTON | Many books on Australian defence simply repeat old beliefs. This valuable new work does not, instead breaking new ground in proposing a… Read More
The battle for Southeast Asia’s soul
PETER LAYTON | Media headlines are stolen by talk of China’s island building in the South China Sea and whether Australia should join in Freedom… Read More
