Current Events in Asia-Pacific

Taiwan To Provide Emergency Assistance To Chinese Military Planes (Defense World) If you recall the Global Thunder MBX, you will see a scenario here.

https://news.usni.org/2016/04/20/indias-first-boomer-leaves-on-acceptance-trials

Confirmed: India’s Next Aircraft Carrier Will Be Nuclear (The Diplomat)

China to Start Construction on 1st Type 075 LHD Amphibious Assault Ship for PLAN Soon (Navy Recognition) Type 075 Watch: China's Navy May Soon Be Second to the US Navy in Amphibious Assault (The Diplomat)

Australia Cedes the Seas (Wall Street Journal) Nutso.

The Philippines Is About to Give Up the South China Sea to China (Defense One) Depressing. Did China buy this guy?

Is North Korea Building a New Submarine? (38 North)

Thoughts in future H-20 Chinese stealth bomber: https://chinese-military-aviation.blogspot.com.es/p/attack-aircraft-ii.html http://thediplomat.com/2016/09/china-confirms-development-of-new-long-range-bomber/ http://china-pla.blogspot.com.es/2016_09_01_archive.html https://tiananmenstremendousachievements.wordpress.com/2016/01/06/china-to-commission-h-20-stealth-long-range-strategic-bomber-by-2020/

China’s Artificial Islands Are Bigger (And a Bigger Deal) Than You Think (War on the Rocks) Great article if you're considering a South China Sea scenario!

Leaked by SOAB Snowden: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/defence/our-french-submarine-builder-in-massive-leak-scandal/news-story/3fe0d25b7733873c44aaa0a4d42db39e

War with China: Thinking through the Unthinkable (RAND, pdf)

International Court Issues Unanimous Award in Philippines v. China Case on South China Sea (The Diplomat) Link to the court news release here Link to the full text (pdf) of the decision here CV32: The big question is what will China do next.

China and Russia don't agree with it ... http://edition.cnn.com/2016/07/08/asia/north-korea-thaad-missile-deploy/

China’s Expanding Ability to Conduct Conventional Missile Strikes on Guam (US-China Economic and Security Review Commission, pdf)

Submerged Deterrence: China’s Struggle to Field an SSBN Fleet (CSIS)

France's DCNS Wins Australia's $50 Billion Future Submarine Contract (The Diplomat)

How does China's first aircraft carrier stack up? (CSIS)

Air Defense Options for Taiwan: An Assessment of Relative Costs and Operational Benefits (RAND, pdf)

The submarine problem - deeper than meets the eye (Australian Defence Magazine)

Plain and clear situation, from the New York Times (even show clearly Jane's Fighting Ship's open in the bridge on page 144 in "Chinese Frigates", depending on open source intelligence, possible they've a reconnaissance book with parallel failures to this of US Army recent warplanes reconnaissance guide): http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/31/world/asia/south-china-sea-us-navy.html?_r=0