This perfectly captures the sentiment of most of the anti-AUKUS crowd. “Hope” as the primary basis for your approach to defence policy and willful ignorance of blatantly obvious existing malign behaviour.

China's Ministry of Defense has created the Aerospace Force, announced via a news release today.

When asked about what tasks will the Aerospace Force undertake and if it implies any changes to China’s space policy spokesperson Wu Qian answered:

'Space is a shared asset of

At Charlotte’s Pass, NSW

The #Philippines gets BrahMos ! Well done!

A huge fan of the B-1B. Such an amazing aircraft.

Seriously, is this confirmed?? Is #TheOrville coming back for a fourth season? Please make it happen!

Patience, please. AUKUS Pillar 2 is indeed making progress | Tom Corben and Sophie Mayo | bit.ly/3JriFkE

PLAAF WZ-8 supersonic drone? Looks to be.

Let's see - this would be the sensible path for Tehran to take.

As we all watch both #Ukraine and the #MiddleEastConflict lets not take our eye off the ball in the Indo-Pacific, particularly in relation to #Taiwan . We cannot embrace a comfortable assumption that we face no major crisis in our neighbourhood in this decade.

'The question is how does Iran choose to respond to this attack, and that will decide whether we get into some sort of escalatory cycle', Dr. Malcolm Davis 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦 tells ABC News following reports of an Israeli strike near the Iranian city of Isfahan.

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Let's hope both sides call it a day at this point. If the Iranians retaliate, especially on a larger scale, I don't see the Israelis holding back with more limited strikes in response. The gloves will well and truly be off.

We'd then be in a potential rapid escalatory cycle.

This morning, a Russian Tu-22M3 bomber crashed outside of Stavropol.

Footage of the Russian bomber falling, burning and in a flatspin:

On CNN International shortly at 2:30PM AEST to talk #Iran and #Israel then at 6:00pm AEST.

A busy media day...

Hezbollah now reportedly sending drone(s) into Israel.

Coincides with Supreme Leader of Iran Ali Khamenei's birthday. abc.net.au/news/2024-04-1…

BREAKING: Oil prices now up 4%

The reports on telegram are suggesting it could be 8th Shekari (fighter airbase) so possible the Khatami airbase or Isfahan airport- unconfirmed t.me/sepah_cyberi_i…