McNamara’s (US Secretary of Defense 1961-68) experience in Vietnam highlights the need for clear exit strategies, understanding local conditions, and weighing public opinion. Misplaced loyalty, faith in numbers, and delayed honesty can lock leaders into failing choices.

Testing successfully demonstrated mission-ready counter-drone technology for use by the ADF. The system will further strengthen Australia’s sovereign defence capability, achieving a key milestone in advancing Australia’s ability to counter evolving aerial threats.

Australia’s fuel system is fragile—relying on luck, global shipping, and lean inventories. Structural reforms, including stockpiling, supply diversification, and alternative distribution, are critical to secure energy, support Defence readiness, and maintain national stability.

Eating together a tradition dating back 1.8 million years ago and can contribute to a greater life satisfaction. However, unless tasks and conversations are managed equitably and openly, they can be a negative experience, especially over festive periods.

On December 7, 1941, Japanese midget submarines attempted a covert attack on Pearl Harbor. Mechanical failures and early detection limited their impact, highlighting the role of vigilance, early warning, and human decision-making in maritime defence.

The author argues the ADF must rapidly expand autonomous systems across all services to maintain strategic deterrence and protect key sea lanes. High-volume, fast acquisition, continuous modernisation, and integration with industry and allies are crucial for future operational advantage.

The expanded MQ-28 Ghost Bat fleet of advanced autonomous aircraft should boost operational capability, integrating with existing crewed platforms, and enabling safer, more effective air combat missions through data-driven collaboration.

Western militaries should urgently integrate private-sector innovation and industrial mobilization into strategy, leveraging commercial tech for rapid, adaptive warfare and economic competition in order to maintain operational advantage in modern conflicts.

A single soldier- architect protected an ancient site during a brutal winter—showing how practical skill, calm leadership, and cooperation can preserve shared heritage even when everything around it is falling apart.

Marine archaeologists may soon identify a World War II B-17 bomber and its crew after 82 years, using well-preserved machine guns whose serial numbers offer crucial evidence for closure and historical record.