Rapid Fire April 12, 2013: Australia Boldly Challenges US Lead in Self-Unaware DoD Briefings

• Australia’s Defence Science and Technology Organisation (DSTO) published its 5-year strategic plan [PDF]. Let it be known that the US DoD has not been the sole issuer of “read it if you really must” briefings this week. The DSTO ode to itself features a variation of the word “lead” 44 times in 55 pages, so don’t say you haven’t been warned.