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Sea state<\/strong><\/p>\n

China\u2019s navy has added a new rescue unit<\/a> to its South Sea fleet. The move increases the battle-readiness and capability of the fleet, which is \u2018carrying out more missions\u2019<\/a> in the disputed South China Sea. Created in a \u2018recent round of military reform\u2019<\/a>, this unit will be navy\u2019s second rescue unit, in addition to the one already assigned to the North Sea fleet. Having two such units will allow the PLA to deploy submarines to the area more effectively and safely by providing increased support and emergency rescue capacity<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The US Navy is planning to use a hypervelocity projectile<\/a> (HVP) in its existing five-inch guns. The guns, which have an effective range of 13 to 15 miles, are installed on all cruisers and destroyers. The HVPs were originally intended for use in electromagnetic rail guns<\/a>, but are being adapted for use in existing weapons systems to shorten the deployment timeframe.<\/p>\n

Australia has conducted an annual maritime military exercise with the Philippines. This year, the LUMBAS exercise<\/a> included the HMAS Adelaide<\/em> and HMAS Darwin<\/em>, which were in the Philippines as part of the Indo-Pacific Endeavour Joint Task Group.<\/p>\n

Flight path <\/strong><\/p>\n

US Air Force General David Goldfein has revealed that the US is making preparations to have its B-52 bombers on 24-hour ready alert, in case the tensions with North Korea escalate into a \u2018global situation\u2019<\/a>. According to Goldfein, the alert order hasn\u2019t yet been given, but arrangements are being made on a contingency basis. If an order is given, it\u2019ll be the first time since the Cold War that the bombers are on 24-hour ready alert.<\/p>\n

India appears to be getting cold feet about its fifth-generation fighter aircraft development project with Russia. A report from Defence News<\/a><\/em> quotes Indian Air Force officers expressing their dissatisfaction with the capabilities being developed. Since its 2007 inception, the program has hit multiple roadblocks<\/a>, with disagreements on cost, production numbers and technology.<\/p>\n

The Russian Ministry of Defense last week revealed<\/a> that it will receive 10 upgraded Ka-27M helicopters per year to increase anti-submarine capabilities. The total fleet of 46 helicopters will have new radio and tactical command equipment and each will be able to carry four APR-3E torpedoes. The Ka-27s have been in service since the early\u00a01980s<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Rapid fire<\/strong><\/p>\n

Thousands of files from the US embassy in Jakarta have been declassified and released. They document the US government\u2019s \u2018knowledge and support\u2019<\/a> of the Indonesian army\u2019s mass killing campaigns in the 1960s. The cables sent from embassy officials clearly show<\/a> that the US knew that the Indonesian army and some Muslim organisations were executing allegedly communist civilians, and viewed the activities positively<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Daily Mail<\/em> claims<\/a> that, due to recruitment shortages, the British Army has changed its drug abuse policy and will allow recruits who test positive once<\/a> to continue their basic training. Apparently, that\u2019s nothing new in the British Army<\/a>, but the move has caused criticism<\/a>, as well as drawing support. An anti-drug activist criticised the \u2018normalisation of drug use\u2019 and a former head of the army called it a \u2018sad reflection on [British] society\u2019, while another former head of the army argued in favour of \u2018a second chance\u2019 for young people.<\/p>\n

A new exhibition<\/a> at the Australian War Memorial casts a light on the activities of Australia\u2019s Special Forces. The \u2018From the Shadows\u2019 exhibition was developed in collaboration with the Special Forces Command and provides an insight into a usually hidden world. Visitors learn about the soldiers\u2019 personal stories<\/a> and can view more than 600 objects.<\/p>\n

Zero gravity<\/strong><\/p>\n

Last week, the Australian government signed a space tracking treaty<\/a> with NASA, preceding the launch of our own space agency. The treaty covers space facilities owned by NASA and located in Australia, such as the Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex<\/a>, which is funded by NASA but managed and operated by Australia\u2019s CSIRO. Australian space collaborations with the US first began in 1957, with the establishment of a radio tracking facility in Woomera. CSIRO\u2019s chief executive, Larry Marshall, observed<\/a>, \u2018From humanity\u2019s first steps on the Moon, to flying past Pluto, to Cassini\u2019s recent descent into Saturn, CSIRO and NASA have partnered to not only see more deeply into our Universe, but inspire the next generation of scientists.\u2019<\/p>\n

Philosophy may not be the first thing you think of in relation to space, unless you\u2019re Assistant Professor Emily Thomas, who wrote an excellent article for The Conversation<\/em><\/a> about a debate that began 300 years ago between philosophers on the nature of the cosmos. If space is the distance between objects, and there were no objects, would space therefore not exist? Relationist Gottfried Leibniz thought so, while absolutist Samuel Clarke<\/a> believed space to be a giant divine container, concluding that space would still exist in the absence of objects.<\/p>\n

Wired watchtower<\/strong><\/p>\n

It\u2019s been a week of dire warnings about bad things cyber in Canberra this week. The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner released<\/a> its 2016\u201317 annual report last week, which revealed that 114 voluntary data breach notifications had been reported<\/a>. While that number seems low, it\u2019s likely to spike next year as mandatory data breach notification requirements enter into force.<\/p>\n

More ominously, ASIO\u2019s latest annual report stated<\/a> that the agency is facing an \u2018unprecedented security intelligence caseload\u2019. The report has picked out state-sponsored cyber espionage<\/a> and foreign influence campaigns<\/a> as notable challenges, though the agency chose not to name names. That hasn\u2019t stopped commentators from trying to pin the tail on the elephant in the room<\/a>, however. Soon-to-be secretary of the new mega Department of Home Affairs, Mike Pezzullo, spoke in similar tones at a separate occasion, warning that \u2018home is not what it used to be<\/a>\u2019 and highlighting the threat of the \u2018global dark web for murder\u2019 in particular.<\/p>\n

Lastly, and more optimistically, the United Arab Emirates has appointed its first<\/a> minister of state for artificial intelligence. The appointment is part of an ambitious body of work that seeks to put the UAE at the forefront of technological development worldwide, and to put UAE homes on Mars by 2117.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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