Current Events in Asia-Pacific

How Taiwan Would Defend Against a Chinese Attack (USNI News)

China Commissions New Guided-Missile Destroyer (The Diplomat, Flashpoints) PLAN commissions first Type 052D DDG, puts second on sea trials (Jane's)

Through a glass, darkly: Chinese, American, and Russian anti-satellite testing in space (Space Review) PDF version of the above article China Secretly Tested an Anti-Satellite Missile (The Diplomat, Flashpoints)

China's activities surrounding Japan's airspace (Japan Ministry of Defense)

The Future of Chinas Expeditionary Operations (CIMSEC)

INS Sindhuratna tragedy: Two feared lost, seven injured (India Today)

Modified J-20 seen being prepared for maiden test flight (Jane's)

PLA Officer: China Must Establish South China Sea ADIZ (The Diplomat, Flashpoints)

Australia signs up for Poseidon (Jane's)

India's Indigenous Nuclear Submarine, Agni-V ICBM Set To Launch In 2015 (The Diplomat, Flashpoints)

Deterring the Dragon ... From (Under) the Sea (Proceedings, February 2014)

Document: China's Naval Modernization (USNI News)

Submarines in Southeast Asia: Proliferation, Not a Race (The Diplomat)

INS Vikramaditya Deployment Options for India (Defense Aerospace)

China confirms hypersonic vehicle test (Jane's)

Robert Gates: Pakistan 'Really No Ally At All' (The Diplomat, Flashpoints)

Indonesia Might Purchase Russian Su-35 Fighters (The Diplomat, Flashpoints)

Japan To Formally Nationalize 280 Islands (The Diplomat, Flashpoints)

Refitted Aircraft Carrier Sails Out From Russia to India (RIA Novosti)

Add This Fighter-Bomber to the List of New Chinese Warplanes (War is Boring blog)