Some History.... > The Royal Australian Corps of Signals (RASigs) is one of the 'arms' (combat > support corps) of the Australian Army. It is responsible for installing, > maintaining and operating all types of telecommunications equipment and > information systems. ... > Australia has the unique distinction of having had the first regularly formed > signal unit in the British Empire... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Australian_Corps_of_Signals
> The 1st Australian Wireless Signal Squadron was a unit of the Australian > Imperial Force (AIF) which served in Mesopotamia (modern-day Iraq) during > World War I. Formed in late 1915, it took part in the Mesopotamian Campaign > from 1916 to 1918, providing communications to British forces. Later, > elements of the squadron served as part of Dunsterforce in 1918 and 1919, and > in Kurdistan in 1919. The unit was also known as the 1st Wireless Signal > Squadron and 1st Australian and New Zealand Signal Squadron. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1st_Australian_Wireless_Signal_Squadron Australians in Mesopotamia (Chapter 1, The Signal Units, 1916-17) http://static.awm.gov.au/images/collection/pdf/RCDIG1069687--1-.PDF Marghanita Tom Worthington wrote: > On 19/08/14 23:19, Stephen Loosley wrote: > >> ... technology and specifically ... > > The "Future Land Warfare Report 2014" from the Australian Army's > Directorate of Future Land Warfare Headquarters said "Military cyber > operations can be as effective as precision-guided munitions against > either a nation-state or a non-state actor": > http://www.army.gov.au/~/media/Files/Our%20future/Publications/FLWR_Web_B5_Final.pdf > > My suggestion was an "Australian CyberWarfare Battalion", made up of > reserve personnel working in the IT industry: > http://blog.tomw.net.au/2013/08/australian-cyberwarfare-battalion.html > > Also Australia could order four additional P-8 Poseidon Maritime Patrol > Aircraft, fitted with CEA Technologies' Australian phased array radar > technology, for electronic warfare and surveillance: > http://blog.tomw.net.au/2014/03/maritime-patrol-aircraft-with.html > > Australia has already ordered EA-18G "Growler" Electronic Warfare > variants of the F/A-18F Super Hornet aircraft: > http://blog.tomw.net.au/2012/09/australia-purchaing-electronic-warfare.html > > Also Australia should limit it purchase of submarines to six > conventionally powered ones, smaller than the current Collins class. > Instead investment could be made in Autonomous Underwater Vehicles > (AUVs) to be launched from the submarines. The AUVs can use technology > from the one person submarine made in Sydney for James Cameron: > http://blog.tomw.net.au/2014/08/james-camerons-submarine-made-in-sydney.html > > -- Marghanita da Cruz BSc (Computer Science) ICT Consultant, Author & Editor of Annandale on the Web Ramin Communications Pty Ltd (ABN: 027 089 713 084) Web: http://ramin.com.au/ Phone:(+61)0414-869202 Email: marghan...@ramin.com.au _______________________________________________ Link mailing list Link@mailman.anu.edu.au http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link
