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minimum requirement The Defence White Paper’s assessment that the ADF needs a fleet of 100 fighters represents the lower end of a credible force structure. (JSF PO)
The numbers game
AUTHOR: Alan Stephens
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Australia’s current Defence White Paper identifies a requirement for some 100 advanced strike-fighters.
Yet in a recently published article on national security threats and the structure of the Australian Defence Force (Security Challenges, Winter 2010), former Chief of Army Peter Leahy speculated that a fleet of “about 50” would be sufficient to meet future contingencies.
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