Current Events in Asia-Pacific

Pakistan Launches Production of New Fighter Jet (DefenseNews)

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

From Defense Aerospace India Acquires Capability for Air Defence Against Incoming Ballistic Missile Threats (Source: Indian Ministry of Defence; issued Nov. 27, 2006) The country today achieved a significant milestone in missile defence system. It acquired the capability for air defence against incoming ballistic missile threats, at 1025 hrs this morning. A Target Missile (modified Prithvi) simulating adversary's missile was launched from Interim Test Range, Balasore. The trajectory of the target missile was continuously tracked and the information was compiled in the Mission Control Centre (MCC) and transmitted to Launch Control Centre (LCC) for launching …

Australia Sells Amphibs for Scrap (DefenseNews)

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/

From Aviation Week China adds precision strike to capabilities Apr 8, 2009 By Richard D. Fisher, Jr. China has been developing and purchasing weapons for precision-strike warfare. This is the hard edge of the People’s Liberation Army’s (PLA) doctrinal drive toward using increasingly sophisticated information technologies such as C4ISR (command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance) to improve the capabilities of weapon systems (DTI March, p. 39). The PLA’s near-term goals appear to be greater asymmetric capabilities to target U.S. naval assets in the western Pacific and in space as part of an anti-access strategy. Lon…

A Dog And Pony Show: North Korea’s New ICBM by Markus Schiller and Robert H. Schmucker Dog and Pony Show (PDF)

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

From Armed Forces Journal, November 2011 issue [excerpt]

From Navy Times Police raid Japanese base over suspected leak By Mari Yamaguchi - The Associated Press Posted : Tuesday Aug 28, 2007 7:18:28 EDT TOKYO — Police raided a Japanese naval base Tuesday to investigate an alleged leak of sensitive warship technology data shared between Japan and the U.S., defense officials said. The leak involves U.S.-developed technology for the Aegis radar systems used on several Japanese destroyers and U.S. warships carrying missile interceptors. Investigators believe the information was circulated among Japanese naval academy students. The scandal has embarrassed Japanese defense officials at a time when Tokyo and Washingto…

Employing Land-Based Anti-Ship Missiles in the Western Pacific (RAND, pdf)

From ARES Malaysia Takes Delivery of Its First Ever Submarine Posted by Christina Mackenzie at 1/27/2009 9:39 AM CST Malaysia took delivery today of its first ever submarine: a Scorpene built by French military shipyard DCNS in partnership with Spanish shipyard Navantia. The submarine, named the Tunku Abdul Rahman (after Malaysia's first Prime Minister following independence in 1957), completed its sea tests at the end of December and was handed over to Admiral Dato'Sri Aziz Hj Jaafar, chief of staff of the Royal Malaysian Navy at a ceremony in the Mediterranean port of Toulon. The vessel will sail to Malaysia in the summer and meantime the crew will comp…

China Security Report 2012 (pdf, National Institute of Defense Studies, Japan)

From Flight International DATE: 06/11/08 SOURCE: Flightglobal.com PICTURE: J-10 debuts at Airshow China 2008 By Barbara Cockburn China's J-10 strike fighter aircraft, made its debut during an aerial display on 4 November in front of a crowd of spectators at the 7th China International Aviation and Aerospace Exhibition, known as Airshow China, held in Zhuhai, south China's Guangdong Province.

From Jane's [excerpt]

Chinas Increasingly Good Mock Air Battles Prep Pilots for Real War (Wired, Danger Room blog)

Japan Plans to Raise Military Budget Amid China Row (DefenseNews)

These things are pretty cool: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K9_Thunder

From Defense Aerospace Deed of Settlement and Release Signed for FFG Upgrade (Source: ADI Ltd.; issued May 30, 2006) ADI Limited has signed a Deed of Settlement and Release with the Commonwealth of Australia formalising the Government’s decision to reduce the FFG Upgrade Project from six ships to four and resolving all outstanding commercial and contractual issues on the A$1 billion project. The deed, signed by vice president Thales Naval Australia and ADI director of naval Ali Baghaei, and Defence Materiel Organisation deputy CEO Kim Gillis on Monday May 29, is the result of several months of detailed negotiations. The signing comes one month after the fir…

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