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Strategic Influence
The alternatives to big ships
Joseph Zeller
10 March 2025
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The author argues large warships are vulnerable to modern weapons, so Australia needs a dispersed naval force of fast attack missile boats and aerial drones, which are harder to detect and target—cost-effective and tactically superior."
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Australian Naval Institute: Approved Defence Organisation
COLLECTIONS/The Runway (airforce.gov.au)
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