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personnel warned without a carrier, Australia would be vulnerable to all types of threat. One ex-Chief of Navy went so far as to claim that we" (the
Australians) "would no longer have a blue-water navy (one capable of operating away from friendly coasts)." Yet although the
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4385:Armoured warfare
4323:Military science
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2550:Sea Control Ship
2523:green-water navy
2515:brown-water navy
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1935:Humanitarian aid
1873:Security dilemma
1694:Power projection
1477:Economy of force
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4707:
4705:
4702:
4700:
4697:
4695:
4692:
4690:
4687:
4685:
4682:
4680:
4679:Counterattack
4677:
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4667:
4665:
4662:
4658:
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4650:
4649:
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4608:
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4511:
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4508:
4506:
4502:
4496:
4493:
4491:
4488:
4486:
4485:Psychological
4483:
4481:
4478:
4476:
4473:
4471:
4468:
4466:
4463:
4461:
4458:
4456:
4453:
4451:
4448:
4446:
4443:
4441:
4438:
4436:
4433:
4431:
4428:
4426:
4425:Combined arms
4423:
4421:
4418:
4416:
4413:
4411:
4408:
4406:
4403:
4401:
4398:
4396:
4393:
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4388:
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4364:
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4207:Military base
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4108:Depth charges
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4009:
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3999:
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3994:
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3990:
3986:
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3969:
3967:
3964:
3960:
3957:
3956:
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3948:
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3942:Anti-tank gun
3940:
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3935:
3933:
3930:
3928:
3925:
3921:
3918:
3917:
3916:
3915:Assault rifle
3913:
3909:
3906:
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3903:Battle rifles
3901:
3899:
3897:
3893:
3889:
3886:
3885:
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3879:
3876:
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3872:
3871:Infantry guns
3868:
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3808:
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3798:
3797:
3796:
3793:
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3790:
3786:
3783:
3779:
3773:
3770:
3766:
3765:Anti-aircraft
3763:
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3758:
3757:
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3753:
3749:
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3498:General staff
3496:
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3479:
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3469:
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3428:
3426:
3423:
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3418:
3416:
3415:Landing craft
3413:
3411:
3408:
3406:
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3399:
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3064:Enlisted rank
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2985:
2983:
2978:
2976:
2971:
2970:
2967:
2960:
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2948:
2933:on 2007-01-16
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2890:
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2838:
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2827:
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2813:
2808:
2807:public domain
2794:
2791:
2786:
2782:
2781:
2773:
2770:
2763:
2758:
2754:
2753:Thalassocracy
2751:
2749:
2746:
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2741:
2739:
2736:
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2729:
2726:
2724:
2723:Air supremacy
2721:
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2713:
2712:
2708:
2707:Oceans portal
2702:
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2629:
2627:
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2615:
2614:Taiwan Strait
2611:
2607:
2602:
2600:
2596:
2592:
2588:
2584:
2580:
2575:
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2566:Falklands War
2559:
2557:
2555:
2551:
2546:
2541:
2539:
2536:
2530:
2528:
2524:
2520:
2519:littoral zone
2516:
2512:
2508:
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2500:
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2240:
2236:
2232:
2228:
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2215:air supremacy
2212:
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2193:(also called
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2181:
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1991:
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1821:Air supremacy
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1797:
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1762:
1761:Islamic rules
1759:
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1741:Court-martial
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1396:
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1283:
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1273:
1270:
1268:
1265:
1263:
1260:
1258:
1257:Broken-backed
1255:
1253:
1250:
1248:
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1223:
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1128:
1127:
1120:
1117:
1115:
1112:
1110:
1107:
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1100:
1097:
1095:
1094:Expeditionary
1092:
1090:
1089:
1085:
1083:
1080:
1078:
1075:
1074:
1071:
1066:
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1058:
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1038:
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1018:
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1003:
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996:
993:
991:
988:
986:
983:
981:
978:
976:
973:
971:
968:
966:
965:Counterattack
963:
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956:
953:
951:
948:
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929:
926:
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908:
901:
898:
896:
893:
891:
890:Psychological
888:
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868:
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861:
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856:
852:
849:
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844:
842:
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837:
834:
832:
829:
827:
826:Combined arms
824:
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810:
807:
806:
805:
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797:
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790:
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755:
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686:
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678:
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480:Landing craft
478:
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