Category Archives: Military

Whale Beaching Causes

Posted on July 27, 2023 by adelaidepete

Another mass pilot whale beaching in Western Australia has again happened and many are distressed who witness their obvious drive to come to fruitless aid of the initial members of the pod that are driven ashore. Many wonder what could … Continue reading →

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War on Two Fronts ?

Posted on February 13, 2022 by adelaidepete

The international media seem currently preoccupied with the possibility of war breaking out in Ukraine given the massive Russian military buildup and exercises on several fronts there. Were they bone-fide exercises then one would expect them to be conducted on … Continue reading →

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RAN NCDS Reminiscences

Posted on February 7, 2022 by adelaidepete

Royal Australian Naval Combat Data Systems Reminiscences RAN NCDS REMINISCENCES by Peter Allen Bray I was in my early twenties when I started at the new Combat Data Systems Centre at Fyshwick in 1973 as one of an initial two … Continue reading →

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Ebola Response

Posted on October 17, 2014 by adelaidepete

Australian Military have No Portable Isolation Capsules so could not Evacuate Australian Helpers sent to Ebola Crisis – Cases Doubling Each Four Weeks. With worldwide back orders, surely emergency manufacturing programs should be set up for more capsules and protective … Continue reading →

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Protect Newsworthy Sites against ISIS/ISIL militants

Posted on September 23, 2014 by adelaidepete

Visit Berlin or Paris or Madrid and you see militarily armed protective services police outside important synagogues, cathedrals, and famous museums and sites. This should be happening in other Western nations like Australia while the terror alert level is this … Continue reading →

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Australian Foreign Fighters Legislation Excessive.

Posted on September 23, 2014 by adelaidepete

I share the community horror at the brutal terrorism exhibited by ISIS/ISIL including radicalised Australians there in northern Syria & Iraq but the proposed laws seem to me to be cracking an acorn with a sledgehammer. Neither I nor my … Continue reading →

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Suggested Counter ISIS Strategy

Posted on September 11, 2014 by adelaidepete

1. Go After the Money. Institute formal sanctions on all their currency & trade dealings. 2. Block travel to areas of conflict by activists. 3. Automate social media & email monitoring to identify activists, operatives & deals. 4. Draft & … Continue reading →

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Missing Asylum Seeker Ship

Posted on July 3, 2014 by adelaidepete

Australia assessing refugees at sea http://au.news.yahoo.com/latest/a/-/latest/24374328/australia-assessing-refugees-at-sea/ Speculation is rife that a ship with Tamil asylum seekers bound for Australia and missing without communications since the weekend, has been intercepted by the RAN on the high seas with an alleged intent … Continue reading →

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Refugees on High Seas Arrested

Posted on October 29, 2012 by adelaidepete

Could someone who reports in the media please explain to the ordinary citizen how it is that our agencies can arrest purported asylum seekers on vessels on the high seas? Whatever happened to the three mile, or should that be … Continue reading →

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UAV Thinking

Posted on February 5, 2012 by adelaidepete

I’d like to extend discussion in the Australian newspaper and in a Linkedin forum recently that explored issues to do with the use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) or drones in recent warefare: We always knew pilots were unnecessary! What, … Continue reading →

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