Current Events in Asia-Pacific

A First: North Korea Tests 'Polaris-1' SLBM (The Diplomat) Appears to be legit. I may throw this into the DB for more scary 'what if' scenario making.

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

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/

China Makes Advance Payment for Russia’s S-400 Missile Defense Systems (The Diplomat)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLUhqyapKo4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJ5wVpf4OHc

NIDS China Security Report 2016 (National Institute for Defense Studies (Tokyo), pdf)

ADIZ Update: Enforcement in the East China Sea, Prospects for the South China Sea, and Implications for the United States (US China Commission, pdf)

PLAN Type 901 integrated supply ship (Admiralty Trilogy, pdf)

A Glimpse Into China's Military Presence in the South China Sea (Stratfor)

China Reclaimed Land for South China Sea Anti-Submarine Helicopter Base Near Vietnam (USNI News)

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