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I understand that for operational secrecy reason, not all action would be published, but I would have thought there should be at least post mission briefings an
by cyberferret 10y ago
I understand that for operational secrecy reason, not all action would be published, but I would have thought there should be at least post mission briefings and outcomes being discussed by news sources and political leaders after the fact?
For instance, here in Australia I know there has been a squadron of F/A-18s conducting bombing and strike campaigns in Afghanistan, but we don't hear anything at all about the sorts of missions they have been running, nor their effectiveness. Indeed, many Australians I have spoken to actually have no idea that we had a sizeable amount of our Air Force over there conducting operations.
- RileyJames 10y agoI had no idea, what (if any) details are reported and where? Do you suggest any sources I can follow to stay more informed of Australian involvement?
- cyberferret 10y agoThere is really no public channel that I am aware of. Googling around I see news articles from ABC etc., but those seem to be more of a PR spin on our involvement over there. The reason that I personally know is that my sister in law and her husband are both in the RAAF and have been deployed in the Middle East a few times (though not Afghanistan).
- megous 10y agoAustralia is one of the least transparent countries with regards to airstrikes. It would be nice if there was public pressure for them to be more transparent. https://twitter.com/airwars/status/822008554316066816 https://twitter.com/airwars/status/822008554316066816