Three retired senior RAAF officers have published a review of the culture of learned failure in the administration of defence in Australia and the US, claiming Australia’s defence force will become largely irrelevant within decades.
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Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: PETA applauds Rudd’s vegetarian stance
Mr Rudd may have spit the dummy on a RAAF flight at the prospect of having his diet derailed by a fatty meat meal, but who wouldn’t? writes PETA’s Alistair Cornell.
Defence Minister Brendan Nelson: shopaholic
When it comes to problem shoppers, one Australian is in a class of his own: our Defence Minister, Dr Brendan Nelson.
Tips and rumours
Water use by mining in Pilbara. I live and work in the Pilbara and had a mate from Tom Price come over on the weekend. He works for a major engineering contractor (to Hammersley Mining among others) in Tom Price. He reports that a couple of weeks ago they were sent on a job to erect safety […]
Air power and history’s lessons are far from fantasy
History’s real lesson on air power is clear: don’t be fixated on engine power over flexibility and don’t go down complex industrial paths to secure your aircraft, writes Abraham Gubler.
