Current Events in Asia-Pacific

Australia Sells Amphibs for Scrap (DefenseNews)

Guys Just wondering if anyone had thoughts and time to put down some quick notes on Australias Collins Class subs? How have you seen their performance or abilities, good/bad/ugly?

How China Got There First: Beijings Unique Path to ASBM Development and Deployment (China Brief, Jamestown Foundation)

http://thediplomat.com/flashpoints-blog/2013/06/04/japan-mulls-a-preemptive-strike-capability/ (The Diplomat, Flashpoints blog)

Excellent article. Deleterious Neglect: Will the U.S. Navy Surrender Maritime Asia? (The Diplomat)

First P-8I touches down in India (Flight Global)

China's Navy Forms First Carrier-Borne Jet Force (Defense Aerospace)

Indian Navy Commissions First MiG-29K Fighter Squadron (RIA Novosti)

Annual DoD Report Claims Steady Chinese Military Expansion (DefenseNews)

Australias Submarine Folly (The Diplomat, Flashpoints blog) Link to the Australian Defence White Paper 2013.

Is China Carelessly Overextending Itself? (The Diplomat, Flashpoints blog)

State Media: China Plans Second, Larger Aircraft Carrier (DefenseNews)

Planning the unthinkable war: 'AirSea Battle' and its implications for Australia (ASPI)

The DF-21D or Carrier Killer: An Instrument of Deception? (The Diplomat, Flashpoints)

LCS Freedom Arrives in Singapore (DefenseNews, Intercepts blog)

China Points Finger At U.S. Over Asia-Pacific Tensions (Aviation Week/Reuters)

Taiwans New Source for Submarine Tech? (The Diplomat, Flashpoints blog)

A Russia-China Alliance Brewing? (The Diplomat)

South Korea Selects the Taurus KEPD 350 Cruise Missile (Defense Update)

China Naval Modernization: Implications for U.S. Navy Capabilities (pdf, Congressional Research Service)