Current Events in Asia-Pacific

From Want China Times [excerpt]

From Naval Open Source Intelligence Blog (http://nosint.blogspot.com/2012/06/vietnam-to-buy-amur-diesel-submarines.html) Russia began to Vietnam to offer an upgraded version of the Kilo class submarines - Amur, this submarine is well suited for patrolling and fighting in the East Vietnam Sea. According to analysts, if Vietnam could buy a fleet of Amur submarines, submarine forces of Vietnam will truly become a powerful force in the region. Amur class submarines can also be equipped with missiles launched from submarines to attack ground targets, so it can fully protect all targets on the coast and the islands of the East Vietnam Sea South. Vietnam Navy can be a p…

From DefenseNews [excerpt]

Today's scheduled landing of a C-130 on North Field comes six days after the first F/A-18D Hornets from Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 121-MAG 12 landed for the first time on Tinian's West Field on May 23. Their landing established the effectiveness of the coral setup of the arresting gear. The goal was 10 arrestments in under an hour but they were able to do 12 in less than an hour. http://www.saipantribune.com/newsstory.asp...19293&cat=1 Out of room on Guam? Move to Tinian apparently. Ought to be interesting to see what ends up here especially since the Japanese are footing at least part of the bill.

From the DEW Line [excerpt]

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A Dog And Pony Show: North Korea’s New ICBM by Markus Schiller and Robert H. Schmucker Dog and Pony Show (PDF)

Can't remember where I saw it, but Taiwan is looking to get second hand FFG-7s to replace their Knox FFs.

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From RIA Novosti [excerpt] CV32: In light of this kind of resurgence and the pace of Chinese fighter advances, the failure to offer the F-22 to the JASDF continues to be a head scratcher.

From Defense Aerospace [excerpt] Link to Parliamentary Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade - 07/02/2012 - Department of Defence annual report 2010-11 (PDF) CV32: Note that AGSI's Harpoon 3 (H3) MilSim was the simulation used!

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From Flight Global [excerpt]

Carrier-capable version of LCA