{"id":53129,"date":"2020-01-27T06:00:39","date_gmt":"2020-01-26T19:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/?p=53129"},"modified":"2022-03-30T14:30:36","modified_gmt":"2022-03-30T03:30:36","slug":"the-strategist-hottest-10-0-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/the-strategist-hottest-10-0-2\/","title":{"rendered":"The Strategist Hottest 10.0"},"content":{"rendered":"
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It\u2019s that time again. Coinciding with the biggest musical countdown<\/a> of the year is the biggest countdown of a defence and strategy site\u2019s most popular articles of 2019.<\/p>\n

This year saw a couple of perennial favourites drop from the highs of previous years. Only one piece specifically on the F-35 made it into this year\u2019s top 10, compared with four last year.<\/p>\n

China dropped out of the list entirely when in 2018 it made three appearances.<\/p>\n

In 2019 our readers were most interested in investigating the whole range of what the Australian Defence Force does, starting at number 10 with Brendan Nicholson\u2019s report from HMAS Canberra<\/em> on the navy\u2019s Indo-Pacific task force, followed by John Coyne and James Rickard on the need for the army\u2019s new armoured vehicles to be based in northern Australia.<\/p>\n

ADF chief Angus Campbell\u2019s speech highlighting the dangers posed by authoritarian states\u2019 use of political warfare, written up by Brendan Nicholson, was next in line and was only just pipped by Nitin Gupta\u2019s piece looking at the future of the Australian Army.<\/p>\n

Next up was a piece that touched on our F-35 favourite, my report from the Avalon air show on the launch of the \u2018loyal wingman\u2019 drone concept and the personnel challenges facing the Royal Australian Air Force.<\/p>\n

Another John Coyne piece was next, with his discussion of the problem of visa overstayers shifting the talk away from defence to border security for a moment.<\/p>\n

Marcus Hellyer had the next two spots, first with a piece on how the ADF should and shouldn\u2019t be used in coming up with an effective national response to the bushfire crisis Australia is still in the grips of. This article took off, making it to number 4 on the list despite being published with only two weeks left in the year. We suspect the discussion of the response to a changing climate might make some appearances in 2020\u2019s list.<\/p>\n

Number 3 was his look at calls for Australia to purchase the short take-off and landing \u2018B\u2019 variant of the F-35.<\/p>\n

The top two pieces for 2019 were about the same event and have ended up being among the most popular Strategist<\/em> pieces of all time. Number 2 was a joint effort by Marcus Hellyer (again!), Nathan Ruser and Aakriti Bachhawat that examined India\u2019s strike on a purported terrorist camp in Pakistan in retaliation for an attack in Kashmir.<\/p>\n

Taking out the top spot, however, was Nathan Ruser\u2019s solo piece on the Balakot strike, which used satellite imagery to call into question India\u2019s claims that the facility was destroyed and hundreds of militants were killed.<\/p>\n

And that rounds it out. Thanks to all of our authors and readers for supporting us throughout the year. We hope you enjoy what we\u2019ve got planned for 2020.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s the full top 10 for 2019:<\/p>\n

10. Royal Australian Navy\u2019s Indo-Pacific task force on show to the region<\/a>, by Brendan Nicholson<\/p>\n

9. Australia\u2019s new armoured vehicles must operate from the north<\/a>, by John Coyne and James Rickard<\/p>\n

8. ADF chief: West faces a new threat from \u2018political warfare\u2019<\/a>, by Brendan Nicholson<\/p>\n

7. The Australian Army should focus on what it does best<\/a>, by Nitin Gupta<\/p>\n

6. \u2018Loyal wingman\u2019 drone won\u2019t solve RAAF\u2019s biggest challenge<\/a>, by Jack Norton<\/p>\n

5. Australia\u2019s other border security problem: visa overstayers<\/a>, by John Coyne<\/p>\n

4. Fighting fires is not the Australian Defence Force\u2019s job<\/a>, by Marcus Hellyer<\/p>\n

3. Plan \u2018B\u2019 for the F-35<\/a>, by Marcus Hellyer<\/p>\n

2. India\u2019s strike on Balakot: a very precise miss?<\/a>\u00a0by Marcus Hellyer,\u00a0Nathan Ruser\u00a0and\u00a0Aakriti Bachhawat<\/p>\n

1. Were India\u2019s airstrikes in Pakistan a strategy for public approval?<\/a>\u00a0by Nathan Ruser<\/p>\n

We\u2019ll be back to our usual programming tomorrow after a short break for the Australia Day public holiday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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