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Podcast: Defence & Security Podcast Network
Episode: Middle East conflict reignition, with Major General (Ret'd) Gus McLachlan
Description: In this episode of the Defence Connect Podcast, senior journalist Robert Dougherty is joined by former Australian Army leader and former Commander Forces Command, MAJGEN (Ret'd) Gus McLachlan. McLachlan previously attended Royal Military College - Duntroon and the University of NSW, while completing a 37-year career with the Australian Army. He retired as Major General in December 2018.  The pair discuss: The reignition of intense military conflict in the Middle East, drawing on McLachlan's previous service as a UN peacekeeper in southern Lebanon. The reliance of Israel's military forces on modern fighter jet aircraft, use of explosive pagers and what the nation's m...