Current Events in Asia-Pacific

Bulldogs Away 2022 Fiction Essay Contest Winner (Proceedings, November 2022)

China Commissions New Guided-Missile Destroyer (The Diplomat, Flashpoints) PLAN commissions first Type 052D DDG, puts second on sea trials (Jane's)

Australia could buy F-35B (Jane's)

Very interesting and speculative, but based on facts, article: https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=http://nationalinterest.org/feature/why-the-us-navy-shouldnt-fear-chinas-hunt-red-october-21630&source=gmail&ust=1501110097125000&usg=AFQjCNFfEtWKqAbQBGgPnQWJEI22DnYKrw

Air force faces strike fighter gap (Sydney Morning Herald)

China goes all out with major island building project in Spratlys (Jane's)

Looks Like Chinas Sending a Stealth Fighter to Sea (War is Boring blog)

The Real Problem with Strikes on Mainland China (War on the Rocks blog)

Anti-access lessons from the past (USNI, Proceedings)

'Type 093T' sub design breaks cover (Jane's)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fhxc7fhDOtA

A short but concise article in Mer et Marine (in French) about the Chinese Navy, by Bernard Prézelin, editor of Combat Fleets of the World, with photos of new submarines and a consideration about the little islands dispute, the possesion of one of the guarantees to the owner a EEZ of 200 nm: http://www.meretmarine.com/fr/content/focus-limpressionnante-montee-en-puissance-de-la-marine-chinoise

From Flight Global [excerpt]

Australia signs up for Poseidon (Jane's)

NORAD Chief: North Korea Has Ability to Reach U.S. With Nuclear Warhead on Mobile ICBM (USNI News)

China Warns of ‘Inevitable’ War with US Over South China Sea (Defense One)

China Points Finger At U.S. Over Asia-Pacific Tensions (Aviation Week/Reuters)

What History Says about China's Chances in a War with America (The National Interest)

http://alert5.com/2012/08/27/photo-china-unveils-j-8f-tactical-reconnaissance-fighter/ Another one for the DBs...

How China Is Building the Biggest Commercial-Military Empire in History (Defense One) This one is chock full of scenario fodder.