Ben Packham

Tho could be surprising

Sounds like new Defence sec announcement coming in next day or so. Scott Dewar remains the favourite.

Massive Leap In Ability To Spot Iranian Drones Headed To Persian Gulf The E-7A Wedgetail is arguably the best aircraft anywhere in the world for spotting low-flying Iranian drones and cruise missiles. twz.com/air/massive-le…

AUKUS ‘devouring defence readiness’, Paterson warns theaustralian.com.au/nation/defence… via @australian

@GnasherJew Moron

British convert to Islam Teresa Diamond from Southend-on-Sea shared a video claiming that the shooting at Bondi Beach was carried out by 'IOF soldiers' and that the victims were not Jews but Zionists. She also stated, 'Any Zionist that is taken off this planet... the more Zionists that go, the better place it will be.' She has previously been reported to both Essex Police (@EssexPoliceUK) and Counter Terrorism Policing (@TerrorismPolice), but they appear to have done nothing about her. Why?

@stephendziedzic That night present some problems for Australia

Fiji's Deputy PM Biman Prasad says Fiji's proposal for an "Ocean of Peace" (which is expected to be endorsed by Pacific leaders in Honiara next month) could include a call to end "militarisation" of supply chains and "securitisation" of development assistance

@AlexBristowASPI @JPEmbassyAU @Chambersgc @TaiwanAustralia @ChineseEmbinAus @mhar4 ‘… the People’s Liberation Army, led by Mao Zedong, played a minor role in the United Front against Japan compared with the Nationalist forces, led by Chiang Kai-shek. Then, as now, the PLA put the security of the Chinese Communist Party before the people.’

@JPEmbassyAU @bennpackham @Chambersgc @TaiwanAustralia @ChineseEmbinAus @mhar4

🇨🇳 Ambassador Xiao Qian in @australian today: distorting the status of Taiwan in post-war peace treaties & trying to wedge the 🇦🇺-🇯🇵 strategic partnership ⤵️ theaustralian.com.au/commentary/aus… For a restorative dose of history, please see my @ASPI_org analysis ⤵️ aspistrategist.org.au/as-authoritari…

In the latest episode of @LowyInstitute Conversations, @mfullilove and @HerveLemahieu 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…

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

Why is Melbourne Airport such a shit hole?

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

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

DeepSeek’s breakthrough should be less of a surprise than the stunned market reaction has shown, @BassiJustin & I write in @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…

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.

The ratio of star rank officers to soldiers in ⁦@AustralianArmy 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…

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

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

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

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

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