Current Events in Asia-Pacific

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

From Aviation Week [excerpt]

Satellite imagery reveals mystery 'supergun' in Chinese desert (Jane's)

China's Carrier-Based J-15 Begins Mass Production, Delivery (The Diplomat, Flashpoints blog)

From Air Force Magazine, Feb 2012 issue [excerpt]

Indias New Carrier is Operational (USNI News)

A China-US war in space: The after-action report (Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists)

Document: China's Naval Modernization (USNI News)

China's Navy Makes Strides, Work Remains To Be Done (DefenseNews) Chris Carlson, of the Admiralty Trilogy Group (and Harpoon fame), gets a quote in there.

Very interesting and updated site: http://chinese-military-aviation.blogspot.com.es/p/surveillance-aircraft-i.html

From AOL Defense [excerpt]

Malaysia to establish marine corps, naval base close to James Shoal (Jane's)

From the recent copy of Undersea Wafare: Taiwan's Project Diving Dragon Resurfaces TAIPEI - Recurring reports that countries other than the United States are helping Taiwan build diesel-electric submarines domestically go back a decade. According to various articles, it's either the Western Europeans, Russians or Indians who are clandestinely concocting a submarine plan with the Taiwanese. While the notion that any country able to build subs would choose to so profoundly snub China appears unlikely, the question arises as to why these rumors persist. An island and its mythical being Then-United States president George W Bush in 2001 approved the sale of eight c…

From Defense Update [excerpt]

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

U.S. to Aid India in Building Aircraft Carriers (DOD Buzz)

China's Main Mission: South China Sea, Not Syria (The National Interest)

U.S. Army Learns Hard Lessons in N. Korea-like War Game (DefenseNews)

Indonesia selects Su-35 to meet air combat requirement (Jane's)