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Books to Battles

S3E2 - Dr. Peter Layton and Heterogeneous Airpower

Aug 5, 2026 · 34m

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In this episode of Books to Battles , Col. Cory Hollon speaks with Dr. Peter Layton, a retired Royal Australian Air Force officer and grand strategist, about his concept of heterogeneous air power . Layton argues that the rising cost and complexity of manned combat aircraft has created a resilience problem for middle-power air forces, particularly in a prolonged war of attrition. Drawing on the Russia-Ukraine war, he examines how rockets, missiles, drones, and manned aircraft can combine to create an air force with greater resilience, scalability, and mass . The discussion explores the implications for air superiority, control of the air, precision warfare, industrial capacity, force…