Royal Australian Army (RAA)

The last Australian Defence White Paper was written in 1987, when the Soviet Union was still the enemy in a Cold War World. A new Deence White Paper is now being written which will decide Australia's defense strategy and equipment priorities into the 21st. Century.

The new Australian Liberal-National party coalition government's perspective on national defense and its perceptions of the regional security situation, concluding that the new Australian government is very keep on enhanced military relations with the United States - but it has the problem of trying to convince China that its relations with the USA are not part of some anti-China 'containment plot'.

A wide variety of helicopter types are available to regional armies and air forces, including reverse sensor and weapons fits. This survey is not intended to be exhaustive - t considers only some of the types available in the context of the Australian Army's Project Air 87.