Category Archives: Defence

‘I won’t testify. I’m afraid’

June 27, 2008 – 7:24 am

Two things jumped out at me after sitting today’s evidence exam (apart from the fact that the seats in the Examination Schools are bloody uncomfortable). The first was the SCOTUS ruling in Heller, where the Court held 5-4 that owning a gun for self-defence purposes was a Second Amendment right, while the second was the [...]

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Curioser and Curioser, said Alice

February 21, 2007 – 1:35 pm

Catallaxy commenter Dr Carlo Kopp had an interesting piece in yesterday’s Age. It appears Brendan Nelson is telling porky pies about the F22A Raptor, and Australia’s ability to acquire the aircraft. Money quote:
At this point the minister’s claims become bizarre. A news release issued the same day contained the statement that ‘the Government has not [...]

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Guest post by Dr Dennis Jensen, MP: It won’t be right on the night

January 23, 2007 – 6:43 pm

Dr Dennis Jensen is member for the West Australian seat of Tangney. A former air traffic controller, CSIRO and later Defence research scientist, and defence analyst, he’s widely recognised as one of the rising stars on John Howard’s backbench. He’s played an important part in Australia’s air capability debate, which we’ve discussed previously on Catallaxy [...]

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Catallaxy Exclusive - Raptor v Lightning

January 22, 2007 – 6:11 pm

This post is just to let people know that tonight at 6pm Queensland time (Tue 23 January), Catallaxy will publish an exclusive article on defence policy from Dr Dennis Jensen, MP (left). Dr Jensen is one of the leading participants in what has become a major national debate, and as a former defence analyst himself, [...]

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Turf Wars

January 5, 2007 – 1:35 pm

Let’s face it, I’m a gadget girl (have got a house full of the things), and this is one of the best online gadgets I’ve found. David Jackmanson is a clever little tech geek, and I’ve shamelessly pinched this off his site. It’s a 90 second animated history of just who’s had control of the [...]

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Defence are buying what?

December 31, 2006 – 1:47 pm

Defence analyst (and occasional Catallaxy commenter) Dr Carlo Kopp had an excellent piece in yesterday’s Age about the recent defence decision to buy Super Hornets as interim replacements for the F-111. Money quote:
The Super Hornet is the US Navy’s follow-on fighter to the “Classic Hornet”, currently flown by four RAAF squadrons. While slightly larger [...]

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F-22A Raptor: the f*** off factor

October 31, 2006 – 7:02 pm

Every now and again an issue bubbles along just under the radar of public debate. Sometimes it pops its head up for air, generating the occasional MSM opinion piece, but most of the time argument is confined to aficionados battling it out in the trade press.
Such an issue is the debate over the future shape, [...]

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