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The Office of the Chief of Army in Australia has recently announced that “what could be termed ‘death’ symbology/iconography” is to be eliminated from their military culture. The memo, written by Lieutenant General Angus Campbell, Chief of Army, listed several examples of such iconography, followed by why the symbol negatively represents the Australian Army: “pirate […]
Guest Author Carl Higbie When the Second Amendment was ratified in 1791 the founding fathers made it simple. “A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.” Note the sometimes-inconspicuous commas between each subject denoting that; militia, […]
On Monday, the U.S. and U.K. issued a series of joint statements warning about an ongoing Russian cyber campaign that aimed to support Russian intelligence gathering and even future offensive operations within the two nations. The hacking effort has been targeting network infrastructure devices like routers, as well as “critical infrastructure” providers and even internet […]
Retirement of Australia’s long-serving P-3 Orion fleet—planned for 2021—moved a step closer on March 20 with the announcement that its replacement, the Boeing P-8A Poseidon, had attained initial operating capability (IOC) five months ahead of schedule. The Chief of Air Force, Air Marshal Leo Davies, said that declaring IOC is “a significant milestone because the […]
Qantas Airways has begun regular non-stop service between Australia and London. The first 17 hour plus flight took off from Perth in Western Australia. The maiden flight of a new non-stop regular passenger service between Australia and Britain has touched down at London’s Heathrow Airport. The Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner, operated by Qantas Airways, arrived Sunday in […]
An Australian man of Afghan descent drove his vehicle into Christmas shoppers in the Australian city of Melbourne on Thursday, injuring 19 people. Although the incident appears to be an intentional attack, Australian authorities have made it clear that they are not treating it as a terror related incident, citing the suspect’s history of mental […]
Australian Federal Police accidentally live streamed a secret meeting where they were planning the arrest of a suspected North Korean agent. The live stream occurred on Periscope two days before the operation occurred. A Sydney man was subsequently arrested and being charged under weapons of mass destruction laws. The Australian Federal Police accidentally live streamed […]
Veterans Day, or Remembrance Day or Armistice Day, as it’s also known in the Commonwealth countries, just ended. Let’s see how people honored their militaries’ sacrifices. In northern France, a 100-gun salute commemorated the centenary of the Battle of Passchendaele. Reenactors from around the world gathered and fired restored WWI artillery pieces. Passchendaele, which took […]
As tensions have risen between the United States and North Korea over the last year, American allies South Korea and Japan have repeatedly come up in conversation as nearby nations that warrant American support, but also as valuable partners in the event of open war with Kim Jong Un’s North Korean regime. Because of North […]
Terrorism. Foreign espionage. Covert influence operations. Cyber espionage. Theft of industrial secrets. Encrypted communications. It’s all getting to be too much to keep up with, Australia’s domestic intelligence agency said in a staggering new report. “During this reporting period, a range of factors contributed to the steadily worsening overall security and operational environment,” Australian Security […]
A hacker stole non-classified information about Australia’s Joint Strike Fighter programme and other military hardware last year after breaching the network of a defense contractor, the defense industry minister said on Thursday. About 30 gigabytes of data was stolen in the cyber attack, including details of the Joint Strike Fighter warplane and P-8 Poseidon surveillance […]
Leah Libresco is a statistician and former newswriter at FiveThirtyEight, a data journalism site. She is the author of “Arriving at Amen.” Before I started researching gun deaths, gun-control policy used to frustrate me. I wished the National Rifle Association would stop blocking common-sense gun-control reforms such as banning assault weapons, restricting silencers, shrinking magazine sizes […]
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