Current Events in Asia-Pacific

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

Admiral Says China Outnumbers US in Attack Submarines (DOD Buzz)

How Taiwan Would Defend Against a Chinese Attack (USNI News)

Robert Gates: Pakistan 'Really No Ally At All' (The Diplomat, Flashpoints)

Japan doubles the number of F-15J based at Naha, Okinawa, to some 40 planes, near disputed Senkaku islands: http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/01/31/national/japan-doubles-number-f-15s-okinawa-amid-senkaku-incursions-china/#.VrXZevnhDIU

Johnston says AWD programme in 'deep, deep trouble' (Jane's)

From Flight Global [excerpt]

China hikes defense budget, to spend more on internal security (Reuters)

Indian Navy Sea Harriers retired and going to museums from March 2016: http://www.defensenews.com/story/defense/naval/naval-aviation/2016/03/21/indian-navy-retires-sea-harriers/82070296/

Manfred Meyer (edited by Larry Bond and Chris Carlson), Modern Chinese Maritime Forces, Second Edition (Admiralty Trilogy Group, 1 July 2024).

A Russia-China Alliance Brewing? (The Diplomat)

Regime Change in North Korea: Be Careful What You Wish For (38 North)

Russian Pacific Fleet Prepares For Arrival of New Missile Submarines (Federation of American Scientists blog)

How China Plans to Use the Su-35 (The Diplomat) Why China Wants the Su-35 (China Brief, Jamestown Foundation)

Chinese nuclear forces, 2013 (Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, pdf)

New North Korean Helicopter Frigates Spotted (38 North)

China Naval Modernization: Implications for U.S. Navy Capabilities (pdf, Congressional Research Service)

From our good friend in the Harpoon world, Chris Carlson: Chinas Eagle Strike-Eight Anti-Ship Cruise Missiles: Designation Confusion and the Family Members from YJ-8 to YJ-8A (Defense Media Network)

Chinese Fighters Intercept US Spy Plane, Pentagon Confirms (DefenseTech)

Singapore and the F-35B Joint Strike Fighter (The Diplomat)