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Strategic Influence

The alternatives to big ships

Joseph Zeller
10 March 2025
6 min
PME All levels

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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."
READ: The alternatives to big ships.

References

  • Australian Naval Institute: Approved Defence Organisation 
  • COLLECTIONS/The Runway (airforce.gov.au)
  • RAAF RUNWAY: RATIONALE GUIDELINES LEARNING OUTCOMES ETC)
 

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