The Raven wrote in message ...
Fair enough, perhaps I should have clarified.......................but it's
not like a nation is going to have heaps of aircraft without a decent
population.

Britain's got a fair size airforce, hasn't it ?

I'd have thought that Australia would have had more aircraft due to the size
of the territory they have to defend.

The fact that Australia is entirely surrounded by oceans means that it needs
to be able to guard its coastline.

Most of the population is coastal, and is concentrated in and around the
major cities, so I suppose that's where the airforce will be concentrated.

But they will still need to prevent any potential threats making a landing
on the coast in a secluded area and then setting up base on Australian soil.

Cheers
Graeme