The
US Deputy Defence Secretary has written
Brendan Nelson to say that the F22 will not be offered as an export to Australia. The F22 is one of two fifth generation platforms, the JSF is the other, and more than a few in politics and policy have argued for the F22 instead of the JSF to be the RAAF's next platform.
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The
Australian Strategic Policy Institute [ASPI]
has had a bit of a monopoly on defence policy over the last few years. It has been especially influential, the "Our Failing Neighbour" report leading directly to the Australian operation in the Solomons. Another defence think-tank has popped up and started appearing in the mass-media with a jingoistic name - the
Kokoda Foundation
.
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