Current Events in Asia-Pacific

Indias New Carrier is Operational (USNI News)

China practices Taiwan invasion with civilian ferries, bomber flights in Bashi Channel (Jane's)

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

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

Apparently sounds as MiG-29K should be overhauled after each carrier landing! http://www.defensenews.com/land/2017/08/04/indian-navy-wants-russian-mig-29k-jets-to-be-ruggedized/

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.

From Aviation Week [excerpt]

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 AOL Defense [excerpt]

India's Indigenous Nuclear Submarine, Agni-V ICBM Set To Launch In 2015 (The Diplomat, Flashpoints)

From Defense Update [excerpt]

From Air Force Magazine, Feb 2012 issue [excerpt]

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

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

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

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

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

China Makes Advance Payment for Russia’s S-400 Missile Defense Systems (The Diplomat)

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