Current Events in Asia-Pacific

Japanese Navy Unveils Biggest Warship Since WWII

China and Russia don't agree with it ... http://edition.cnn.com/2016/07/08/asia/north-korea-thaad-missile-deploy/

Significant Food Shortages Likely in North Korea (38 North)

US House approves frigate sale to Taiwan (The Diplomat, China Power)

From DefenseNews [excerpt]

Philippines To Buy 12 S. Korean Fighter Jets (DefenseNews)

The four Jiangwei I Type 053H2G Chinese frigates (1992-2015) converted in Chinese Coast Guard Cutters, keepping only the four 37mm quadruple mounts: http://china-defense.blogspot.com.es/

From Armed Forces Journal, November 2011 issue [excerpt]

Chinas Navy Goes Stealth (The Diplomat) Namely, the Type 056 Jiangdao FFL

China Deploys Advanced ASW Aircraft to South China Sea Air Base (The Diplomat)

China Naval Modernization: Implications for U.S. Navy Capabilities—Background and Issues for Congress (pdf, CRS, via USNI News)

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

How China Could Quarantine Taiwan, Part 1 of a ChinaPower Series (CSIS, 5 June 2024) How China Could Blockade Taiwan, Part 2 of a ChinaPower Series (CSIS, 22 August 2024)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-19861583 (rmks: This is in violation of the admittedly voluntary Missile Technology Control Regime. In addition, were the US to deploy these missiles in their own service, it would violate the 1987 INF Treaty signed with the USSR and continuing in force with the Russian Federation)

Taiwan To Provide Emergency Assistance To Chinese Military Planes (Defense World) If you recall the Global Thunder MBX, you will see a scenario here.

From DefenseNews [excerpt]

China Launches First Indigenous Aircraft Carrier (Financial Times, via RCD)

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.

North Korea's New KN19 Coastal Defense Cruise Missile: More Than Meets the Eye (The Diplomat)

From Jane's [excerpt]