‘Selfless acts’: posthumous VC for Vietnam vet who braved enemy fire to try to save mates theaustralian.com.au/nation/defence…

Yikes!

SpaceX launches classified satellite for ADF theaustralian.com.au/nation/defence… via The Australian

Defence morale plunges as chiefs fail leadership test theaustralian.com.au/nation/defence…

Former defence chief tipped for top diplomatic role theaustralian.com.au/nation/defence… via The Australian

Virginia sub budget plea stokes AUKUS fears theaustralian.com.au/nation/defence… via The Australian

Australia joins exclusive missile club with Tomahawk test theaustralian.com.au/nation/defence… via The Australian

NRL PNG deal money well spent to keep China at bay theaustralian.com.au/commentary/nrl… via The Australian

Execs named as ACCC goes after Downer and Ventia for price fixing theaustralian.com.au/business/legal… via The Australian

North Korean IT worker scam hits Australian firms theaustralian.com.au/nation/north-k… via The Australian

The ratio of star rank officers to soldiers in ⁦Australian Army almost double that of the US. The US Army⁩ will trim 5% of general-officer jobs in coming years, chief’s spokesman says - Defense One defenseone.com/policy/2024/12…

Actually we are double the British Army. As much as four times more star ranks per enlisted soldier than the US. There is an overhead for running even a small Defence force but growth in roles in the central bureaucracy grew wildly under the previous CDF. Time to reset the dial.

DeepSeek’s breakthrough should be less of a surprise than the stunned market reaction has shown, Justin Bassi & I write in The Australian today. ASPI's own Critical Tech Tracker has shown for 2 years that Chinese published AI research rivals the US. theaustralian.com.au/commentary/dee…

Trump plan risks appeasement of Russia, envoy warns theaustralian.com.au/nation/trumps-… via The Australian

Australian, US subs sail out as Chinese flotilla nears WA theaustralian.com.au/nation/defence… via The Australian

Why is Melbourne Airport such a shit hole?

Defence defiant on ‘legacy’ choppers, despite US move to scrap them theaustralian.com.au/nation/defence…

In the latest episode of The Lowy Institute Conversations, Michael Fullilove and Hervé Lemahieu discuss missile diplomacy in the Middle East and the reactions, both positive and negative, to President Trump's unpredictable foreign policy. youtu.be/JKsSNvBkFQI?fe…