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Commander Forces Command Greg Bilton
Chief of the Defence Force Angus Campbell
FoundedMarch 1
1901
Commander-in-chief David Hurley
Governor-General of Australia
Engagements World War II
World War I
Vietnam War
Official site army.gov.au
Size29,511 ; 18,738 (Active Reserve)
Found1901-03-01 00:00:00
Command forc commandMajor General Matt Pearse
Role Land warfare
Part of Australian Defence Force
Chief of armi Rick Burr
Parent organizations Department of Defence
Okra answer panel branchesBranches
Okra answer panel chief of staff Chief of staff
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The Australian Army is the principal land warfare force of Australia, a part of the Australian Defence Force along with the Royal Australian Navy and the Royal Australian Air Force. The Army is commanded by the Chief of Army, who is subordinate to the Chief of the Defence Force who commands the ADF.

Queen's funeral: Full guide to the gun carriage and the main procession

Queen's funeral: Full guide to the gun carriage and the main procession
Sep 19,2022 1:40 am

... The procession in fullMounted Metropolitan Police • Royal Canadian Mounted Police • Bands of The Rifles and Brigade of Gurkhas • Representatives of the George Cross from Malta, the Royal Ulster Constabulary and the UK National Health Service Representative detachments of Commonwealth forces: Territorial Air Force of New Zealand • Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment • The Corps of Royal New Zealand Engineers • Royal New Zealand Armoured Corps • Royal Regiment of New Zealand Artillery • Royal New Zealand Navy • Royal Australian Air Force Reserve • Royal Australian Army Nursing Corps • Royal Australian Army Ordnance Corps • Royal Australian Infantry Corps • Royal Australian Engineers • Royal Regiment of Australian Artillery • Royal Australian Navy • The Canadian Armed Forces Legal Branch • The Royal Canadian Air Force (Reserve) • The Calgary Highlanders • The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of Canada • The 48th Highlanders of Canada • The North Shore (New Brunswick) Regiment • The Royal New Brunswick Regiment • Le Regiment de Ia Chaudière • The Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry Highlanders (Princess Louise s) • The Canadian Grenadier Guards • Governor General s Foot Guards • Royal 22e Regiment • The King s Own Calgary Regiment (RCAC) The Governor General s Horse Guards • The Royal Canadian Engineers • The Canadian Armed Forces Military Engineering Branch • The Royal Regiment of Canadian ArtilleryRepresentatives of the Royal Air Force: 603 (City of Edinburgh) Squadron Royal Auxiliary Air Force • Royal Auxiliary Air Force • Royal Air Force Marham • The Combined Bands of the Royal Air Force • Royal Air Force College, Cranwell • Royal Air Force RegimentRepresentatives of the Army: The Honourable Artillery Company • Adjutant General s Corps • British Army Bands Sandhurst and Colchester • The Queen s Gurkha Engineers • The Royal Welsh • The Duke of Lancaster s Regiment • The Royal Regiment of Scotland • Welsh Guards • Irish Guards • Scots Guards • Coldstream Guards • Grenadier Guards • Bands of the Irish Guards and Welsh Guards • Corps of Royal Engineers • Royal Regiment of Artillery • Royal Tank Regiment • The Royal Lancers • The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers and Greys)Representatives of the Royal Navy: Royal Navy • Royal Marines • The Combined Bands of the Royal MarinesDefence advisers and staff of Her Majesty s realms: Jamaica • New Zealand • Australia • CanadaRepresentative colonels of Commonwealth forces of which Her Majesty was Colonel-in-ChiefChaplains of the armed forces: Principal Church of Scotland & Free Church Chaplain Royal Air Force • Principal Roman Catholic Chaplain Royal Air Force • Chaplain-in-Chief Royal Air Force • Deputy Chaplain General (Army) • Principal Roman Catholic Chaplain (Army) • Chaplain General (Army) • Principal Church of Scotland and Free Churches Chaplain (Royal Navy) • Principal Roman Catholic Chaplain (Royal Navy) • Chaplain of the FleetRepresentatives of forces of which the Queen was air commodore-in-chief • Representative Colonels Commandant, Colonels and Honorary Colonels of Her Majesty s Regiments and Corps • Commandant General, Royal Marines • Representatives of Her Majesty s ships • Commander Strategic Command • Vice Chief of the Defence Staff • Chief of the Air Staff • Chief of the General Staff • Chief of the Naval Staff • Chief of the Defence Staff • Drum Horse and State Trumpeter • 1st Division of the Sovereign s Escort • ADC to the Major General Commanding the Household Division • Brigade Major Household Division • Major General Commanding the Household Division • Combined Bands of the Scots Guards and Coldstream Guards Pursuivants and Heralds of Arms of Scotland: March • Linlithgow • Ormond • Rothesay • Falkland • Unicorn • Carrick • Marchmont Pursuivants and Heralds of Arms of England: Portcullis • Rouge Dragon • Norfolk • Windsor • York • Bluemantle • Wales • Maltravers • Chester • RichmondKings of Arms: Norroy and Ulster King of Arms • Lord Lyon King of Arms • Clarenceux King of Arms • Lady Usher of the Black Rod • Garter King of ArmsThe Earl Marshal • Bands of the Scots Guards and Coldstream Guards • Captain, the King s Body Guard of the Yeoman of the Guard • Captain general, the King s Body Guard for Scotland (Royal Company of Archers) (Gold Stick for Scotland) • Captain, His Majesty s Body Guard of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms Royal Household; Vice Chamberlain of the Household • Comptroller of the Household • Treasurer of the Household • Queen s Gurkha Orderly Officer (x2) • Royal Waterman (x2) • Director of the Royal Collection • Comptroller Lord Chamberlain s Office • Master of the Household • Keeper of the Privy Purse • Private secretary to the Queen • Master of the Horse • Lord Steward • Her Majesty s Page (x2) • Her Majesty s Palace StewardBehind the gun carriage: Escort Party of the Household CavalryRoyal Family: The Earl of Wessex and Forfar • The Duke of York • The Princess Royal • The King • Peter Phillips • The Duke of Sussex • The Prince of Wales • Vice Admiral Sir Tim Laurence • The Duke of Gloucester • The Earl of SnowdonRoyal Car 1: The Queen Consort • The Princess of WalesRoyal Car 2: The Duchess of Sussex • The Countess of Wessex and ForfarField officer in Brigade Waiting • Silver Stick in Waiting • Colonel Coldstream Guards • Gold Stick in Waiting • Adjutant in Brigade Waiting • Silver Stick Adjutant • Crown EquerryHousehold of the King: Master of the Household • Equerry • Principal Private Secretary • TreasurerSecond division of the Sovereign s escortRepresentatives of Civilian Services: Merchant Navy • Royal Fleet Auxiliary • The Maritime Coastguard Agency • Police Services • Fire and Rescue Services • His Majesty s Prison Services • Ambulance Service • British Red Cross • St John Ambulance • Royal Voluntary Service • Cadet forcesRear: Mounted Metropolitan PoliceOnce the procession reaches Wellington Arch at Hyde Park Corner, at about 13:00 BST, the coffin will be transferred to the new State Hearse for its final journey to Windsor Castle...

Russia's laser weapon claim derided as propaganda

Russia's laser weapon claim derided as propaganda
May 19,2022 6:25 pm

... " Additionally, Russia could use lasers on the battlefield to blind Ukrainian soldiers, retired Australian Army major general Mick Ryan told the Washington Post, although this is banned under a 1995 protocol added to the UN treaty that prohibits weapons causing excessive injury or having indiscriminate impact...

Russia's laser weapon claim derided as propaganda

May 19,2022 6:25 pm

Russia claims to have used laser weapons on The Battlefield in Ukraine, although the US says it has seen no evidence of this and Ukraine has derided it as propaganda. What are laser weapons and how effective could they be in The Conflict ?

Yury Borisov , The Deputy Prime Minister in charge of military development, told Russian TV that a laser prototype called Zadira was being deployed in Ukraine and had burned up a Ukrainian drone within five seconds at a distance of 5km (three miles).

This Was in addition to a previous laser system called Peresvet - named after a medieval Orthodox warrior Monk - which could be used to dazzle satellites orbiting high above Earth and prevent them from gathering information.

" If Peresvet blinds, then the New Generation of laser weapons lead to the physical destruction of The Target - Thermal destruction, they burn up, " Mr Borisov said.

However, an official with the US Department of Defense said he had not seen " anything to corroborate reports of lasers being used" in Ukraine.

Meanwhile, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky mocked The Russian claim, comparing it to the so-called " wonder weapons" that Nazi Germany claimed to be developing during World War Two.

" The clearer it became that they had no chance in The War , the more propaganda there was about an amazing Weapon that would be so powerful as to ensure a Turning Point , " He Said in a video address.

" And so we see that in the third month of a full-scale war, Russia is trying to find its 'wonder Weapon '. . this all clearly shows the complete failure of The Mission . "

What laser weapons Can - and Can 't - do

Little is known about the Zadira laser programme, But in 2017 Russian media said state nuclear corporation Rosatom had helped develop it as part of a programme to create weapons based on new physical principles, news agency Reuters reported.

But there is at least One Country which has developed a laser Weapon . Last month Israel released video showing a laser system shooting down rockets and drones.

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Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said it could Shoot Down drones, mortars and rockets for just $3. 50 (£2. 80) A Shot . " It may sound like Science Fiction , But it's real, " He Said .

But Missile Defence expert Dr Uzi Rubin from the Jerusalem Institute for Strategy and Security (JISS) said laser Weapon technology would not alter The Balance of power on The Battlefield in Ukraine.

" Zelensky is right - it's no wonder Weapon , " he told The Bbc . " It took them several seconds to shoot the UAV down. There are much better ways to do it, to use a Stinger or any anti-aircraft missile would have been cheaper, faster and longer range. "

Lasers work by sending out a beam of infrared light that heats up its Target until it combusts. Dr Rubin said The Power of even advanced laser weapons was still too weak to make a significant difference on The Battlefield , and such weapons had a low " kill rate".

" It's not like in Star Wars where they point a laser gun at the Bad Guys and quickly push a button and the Bad Guy explodes. In reality, it's more like a mere microwave oven. If you want to make a cup of water boil it takes some time. The laser is the same. You need to put it on The Target and wait until it heats up and destroys it, " He Said .

The laser Can only Focus On one Target at a time, Dr Rubin said, while Missile Defence systems Can engage multiple incoming targets simultaneously.

Additionally, lasers are neutralised by bad weather because they don't work in rain or snow and cannot penetrate cloud.

However Israel's " Iron Beam" does have a rationale, He Said , But mainly as a way of saving money. Israel's expensive Iron Dome interceptor missiles are designed to protect major cities from incoming missiles, rather than mortar rounds or drones.

" Missile warfare is A War of resources. It's cheaper to make The Rockets than to defend against them. So whatever you Can do to reduce the costs of defending is useful, " He Said .

" Energy weapons Can be useful in reducing costs - But it's not going to make a revolution. "

Additionally, Russia could use lasers on The Battlefield to blind Ukrainian soldiers, retired Australian Army Major General Mick Ryan told the Washington Post, although this is banned under a 1995 protocol added to the UN treaty that prohibits weapons causing excessive injury or having indiscriminate impact.

Russia, the US, UK and others are signatories to the protocol.

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Source of news: bbc.com

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