Current Events in Asia-Pacific

Chinese aircraft carrier expands capabilities (Flight Global)

Indian Army Successfully Tests BrahMos Block-III Deep Penetration Variant (The Diplomat, Flashpoints blog)

A Special Report on Taiwan Defense (American Chamber of Commerce in Taipei)

Chinas Emerging C4ISR Revolution (The Diplomat)

Sri Lanka: War is Over but Tensions Run High (The Diplomat)

The “Long Pole in the Tent”: China’s Military Jet Engines (The Diplomat)

Impressions on Chinas Second Missile Interceptor Test (Defense Aerospace)

Australia Sells Amphibs for Scrap (DefenseNews)

US institute: NKorea launch site upgrade complete (AP)

maybe useful for a model of a PRC Carrier Group

Japan to Choose Osprey for China Defense? (The Diplomat)

Eight New Points on the Porcupine: More Ukrainian Lessons for Taiwan (War on the Rocks)

Russia hands over refitted Indian sub (RIA Novosti)

China's first ARM breaks cover (Jane's)

First Nirbhay Cruise Missile Test Fails (Defense Update)

Indian Minesweeper Catches Fire at Dock (DefenseNews) More bad news for the IN.

Indian Navy Commissions First MiG-29K Fighter Squadron (RIA Novosti)

First P-8I touches down in India (Flight Global)

Long march ahead for Chinese naval airpower (Flight Global)

A short but concise article in Mer et Marine (in French) about the Japanese Navy as fourth world navy, by Bernard Prézelin, editor of Combat Fleets of the World: http://www.meretmarine.com/fr/content/focus-la-marine-japonaise-la-4eme-place-mondiale