commonwealth of australia
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The Vegemite wars
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1j86xydjpro- Grey Havoc
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- 2025 british commonwealth canada commonwealth of australia humor interesting times
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Australia sunscreen scandal grows as more products pulled off shelves (BBC News)
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c62qdje2ll4o- Grey Havoc
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- 2025 bbc commonwealth of australia
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Why Australians celebrate Christmas twice a year (BBC)
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/crevj4nn34yo- Grey Havoc
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- 1980s 2020s bbc british commonwealth christmas commonwealth of australia
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Joint Project 9102 (Australia)
https://www.australiandefence.com.au/news/news/defence-re-visits-jp9102 Some more background: https://www.defence.gov.au/news-events/releases/2023-04-03/lockheed-martin-deliver-defence-satellite-communication-system...- Grey Havoc
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- 2020s australian department of defence cold war ii commonwealth of australia communications satellite geosynchronous orbit late 2010s lockheed martin satellite satellite communications
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- Forum: Secret Space Projects
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RIP Julian McMahon
Passed away on the 2nd of July. https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2025/0705/1521987-fantastic-four-actor-julian-mcmahon-has-died-aged-56/ https://www.ign.com/articles/fantastic-four-and-niptuck-actor-julian-mcmahon-dies https://deadline.com/2025/07/julian-mcmahon-dead-1236449999/...- Grey Havoc
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- 2025 actor british commonwealth commonwealth of australia detective dr. doom early 21st century late 20th century movie star movies popular culture science fiction tv series united states
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Were there tariffs on military exports?
I don't know where else to ask this, and I've arrived here via a circuitous route so please bear with me. I've recently gone down the rabbit hole of the Australian car industry of the 60s and apart from the basic Australian manufactured models we imported Zephyrs and Crestas from the UK and...- Rule of cool
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- 1960s aerospace industry automotive history british commonwealth cold war commonwealth of australia defense industry
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Austal USA's unique ship float process
Austal USA, located in Mobile Alabama, uses a unique procedure to float ships. After module construction, modules are transported a short distance down the road to two final assembly halls. Once final assembly is complete, the hulls are rolled onto a barge. The hulls are then floated down the... -
Australian Navy's newest boats made in China
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-24/australia-navy-boat-made-in-china/105205286 Regards, -
Australia 'engaging with Indonesia' as Russia requests access to island military base
https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/australia-engaging-with-indonesia-as-russia-requests-access-to-island-military-base/nhnwh8zz5 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-15/naus_russiaindonr_1504/105179532 https://www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/world/2025/04/15/russia-air-force-base Great... -
World’s first computer powered by human brain cells
https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/ai-computer-human-brain-cells-cortical-labs-cl1-b2709866.html Interesting to say the least. Regards, -
Challenger 650s for Australian ISR?
It is unclear if they are being leased out to the RAAF or another government agency, though on reflection, the wording makes it seem more like the company itself will providing ISR coverage under contract/s?: https://www.aerotime.aero/articles/bombardier-challenger-australia Interesting...- Grey Havoc
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- australia cold war ii commonwealth of australia isr strategic reconnaissance
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Sukarno stays in power - what would Australia do?
So let's assume that Indonesian socialist leader Sukarno was more competent in terms of economic (or at least listened to better advisor) and managed to avoid the economy crisis that led to his downfall in OTL 1966. He remained relatively popular and in power; Indonesia remained socialistic and...- Dilandu
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- 1970s 1980s alternate history angkatan laut republik indonesia angkatan udara republik indonesia australian army cold war commonwealth of australia indian ocean indonesian air force indonesian army indonesian navy late 1960s nuclear powered vessels pacific ocean republic of indonesia royal australian air force royal australian navy soviet union tentara republik indonesia - angkatan darat
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- Forum: Alternative History and Future Speculation
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Alternate post-WW2 RAN amphibious fleet
Admin suggestion: if there is an appropriate existing thread, please combine. The RAN has had a very spotty track record after 1945 with regards to actually landing forces on any of the islands in its neighborhood outside of existing port facilities. This first post is to establish what...- BlackBat242
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- alternate history amphibious warfare vessel australian army british commonwealth cold war commonwealth of australia pacific ocean post-world war ii royal australian engineers royal australian navy vietnam war
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Chinese warships spotted 150 nautical miles from Sydney
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/chinese-warships-spotted-150-nautical-miles-from-sydney-20250219-p5ldkq.html https://www.yahoo.com/news/australia-says-chinese-navy-ships-220131368.html Pretty serious situation even though Govt says no issue. Regards, -
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Alternative RAAF fleets.
A comment in another thread abut how Australia should have transferred RAN A4s to the RAAF instead of selling them to New Zealand reminded me of a bunch of other Australian decisions. Meteor for Korean War service when we were building Nene-Vampires. Authorising 30 F104s in early 57, cancelling...- Rule of cool
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- alternate history anti-submarine warfare close air support cold war commonwealth of australia electronic warfare fighters royal australian air force royal australian navy strategic bomber strategic reconnaissance
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Superstar engineer John Hart-Smith skewered Boeing’s strategy | Obituary
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ADF Recruiting
Australian Defence Force to recruit Five Eyes personnel Are we going freelance................... Regards, -
Ansett Australia
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sqcc2ActCCU- Grey Havoc
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- 20th century air new zealand ansett airlines of australia ansett airways ansett transport industries ansett-ana british commonwealth british empire civil aviation cold war commonwealth of australia early 21st century interwar period late 1930s new zealand pacific ocean theater post-cold war sir reginald myles ansett kbe united states army air forces world war ii
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- Forum: Aviation & Space
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SEA 1180 OPV (Royal Australian Navy)
(Last post extract was from July 2013) It seems that SEA 1180 was later reactivated in 2015, with a contract awarded to Luerssen Australia and Civmec Limited in 2018, but things are apparently not going well at all...- Grey Havoc
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- 2010s arafura-class offshore patrol vessel asc shipbuilding australian department of defence civmec limited cold war ii commonwealth of australia early 2020s early 21st century late 2000s luerssen australia naval vessels lürssen offshore patrol combatant offshore patrol craft offshore patrol vessel opv post-cold war royal australian navy sea 1180 phase 1 war on terror
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- Forum: Secret Naval Projects
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Automated and Autonomous Systems for Combat Service Support: Scoping Study and Technology Prioritisation
https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/pdfs/AD1024203.pdf- Grey Havoc
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- 2016 ardr 16 / 0054 australian army australian department of defence british commonwealth cold war ii commonwealth of australia computing cybernetics defence science and technology group (australia) land division (dstg) late 2010s robotics unmanned aerial vehicle unmanned ground vehicle
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- Forum: Secret Army Projects