Current Events in Asia-Pacific

India Mulls Big Jump in French Rafale Order (DefenseNews)

This Simple Ship Could Let the Chinese Navy Circle the Globe (Wired, Danger Room blog)

China's Soar Dragon UAV reappears (DefenseNews' Intercepts blog)

India tests sea based Brahmos missile (RIA Novosti)

Chinese Beidou satnav system fully operational (Aviation Week)

Japan Plans to Raise Military Budget Amid China Row (DefenseNews)

China Security Report 2012 (pdf, National Institute of Defense Studies, Japan)

Is January Chinese ASAT testing month? (All Things Nuclear, Union of Concerned Scientists)

Key trends to watch in the Year of the Snake (China Real Time Report blog, Wall Street Journal) Good stuff here if you're pondering a venture into the Westpac battleset.

Meet the New PLAAF (Air Force Magazine, January 2013)

Russia sells new subs to China (Kommersant, via DefenseNews' Intercepts blog)

China's Arctic Aspirations (SIPRI)

A Special Report on Taiwan Defense (American Chamber of Commerce in Taipei)

The “Long Pole in the Tent”: China’s Military Jet Engines (The Diplomat)

Sri Lanka: War is Over but Tensions Run High (The Diplomat)

Turkey Plans To Build up to 8 Frigates (DefenseNews)

From DefenseNews [excerpt]

Planning for the Future: Conditions of Combined ROK-U.S. Military Intervention in Potential DPRK Contingencies (PDF) (DefenseNews' Intercepts blog)

Alarm as China issues rules for disputed sea (New York Times)

China's first ARM breaks cover (Jane's)