Current Events in Asia-Pacific

Limited liftoff looming: Y-20 transport prepares for first flight (The Diplomat)

Russia, China Working On Deal Despite Property Rights Trouble (DefenseNews)

Did China Test its Carrier-Killer? (The Diplomat)

PM Says Bangladesh To Buy 1st Submarines (DefenseNews)

Obvious material here ... Japan explores war scenarios with China (The Diplomat, Flashpoints blog)

Special Report: China's military hawks take the offensive (Reuters) Chinese Generals Call For War With Just About Everyone (DefenseNews, Intercepts blog)

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)