Episode 130

Podcast: Asia Pacific Defence Reporter · APDR

Opublikowano: 2026-03-09

The unrelenting aerial bombardment of Iran by the US and Israel continues - with no known end point. Israel would probably like to keep attacking forever and in the case of the US, it might stop when President Trump gets bored. Gulf states have called for assistance from a number of countries to counter Iran's aerial attacks, including Australia. The sad reality is that with an annual Defence budget of almost $60 billion there's not a lot we can send. Army has a good ground based system called NASAMS but it's not optimised for this sort of conflict - and...