Sourced : Yahoo News By Tim Kelly and Nobuhiro Kubo Japan plans to dispatch its largest warship on a three-month tour through the South China Sea beginning in May, three sources said, in its biggest show of naval force in the region since World War Two. China claims almost all the disputed waters and its… Continue reading JAPAN PLANS TO SEND LARGEST WARSHIP TO SOUTH CHINA SEA
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CHINA DEVELOPS NEW “HUMPBACK” SSBN WITH CAPABILITY OF STRIKING THE U.S.A
Sourced : International Business Times By Tareq Haddad Images of China’s new nuclear submarines have emerged and are believed to carry a weapons arsenal powerful enough to reach the United States. The ‘Jin’ Type 094A has a large ‘hump’ concealing 12 submarine-launched ballistic missiles known as ‘big waves’, with a range of over 11,000km (6,835m).… Continue reading CHINA DEVELOPS NEW “HUMPBACK” SSBN WITH CAPABILITY OF STRIKING THE U.S.A
CHINA : IF INDIA MAKES MORE ICBM’S BEIJING WILL HELP PAKISTAN RESPOND
Sourced : Sputnik After India completed testing on Monday of its newest ballistic missile variant, China warned New Delhi that if long-range missile development continues, Beijing would help Pakistan, an “all-weather friend,” do the same. In an editorial, China’s state-run Global Times wrote, “If the UN Security Council has no objection over (inter-continental ballistic missiles),… Continue reading CHINA : IF INDIA MAKES MORE ICBM’S BEIJING WILL HELP PAKISTAN RESPOND
U.S NAVY WANTS TO GROW FLEET TO 355 SHIPS
Sourced : USNI News By: Sam LaGrone and Megan Eckstein The U.S Navy released a new fleet plan that calls for 355 ships, outlining a massive increase in the size of its high-end large surface combatant and attack submarine fleets but a modest increase in its planned amphibious ship fleet, according to a Dec. 14… Continue reading U.S NAVY WANTS TO GROW FLEET TO 355 SHIPS
CHINA AND RUSSIA CLOSE RANKS AGAINST U.S MISSILE-DEFENCE SYSTEM
Sourced : South China Morning Post Chinese and Russian defence officials on Tuesday blasted Washington’s plans to deploy a missile defence system, saying it would prompt a new arms race. The officials said Beijing and Moscow would conduct another joint computer-simulated missile-defence exercise next year in response to proposed US deployments in Northeast Asia and… Continue reading CHINA AND RUSSIA CLOSE RANKS AGAINST U.S MISSILE-DEFENCE SYSTEM
U.S ARMY WARNS THAT FUTURE WAR WITH RUSSIA OR CHINA WOULD BE “EXTREMELY LETHAL AND FAST”
Source : Defence One By : Bradley Peniston Leaders say warfare in the coming decades will be fundamentally different from the past 25 years To envision the wars of the future, first remember those of the distant past, with their soul-numbing artillery barrages and unstinting waves of conventional enemy forces. Then speed up that mental… Continue reading U.S ARMY WARNS THAT FUTURE WAR WITH RUSSIA OR CHINA WOULD BE “EXTREMELY LETHAL AND FAST”
CHINA TO DEPLOY 36 J-20 STEALTH FIGHTERS BY 2018
Sourced : Defense World Even as Japan has announced the deployment of US-made F-35 Stealth fighters, Chinese media has claimed that the home-grown stealth aircraft, the J-20 has completed its research and development phase and is entering the stage of mass production. The production is slated at two fighters per month and at this… Continue reading CHINA TO DEPLOY 36 J-20 STEALTH FIGHTERS BY 2018
CHINESE MILITARY TO PROVIDE “AID AND TRAINING ASSISTANCE” TO SYRIAN GOVERNMENT
Sourced : South China Morning Post The Chinese military will provide aid and training to the Syrian government under a deal reached between a Beijing envoy and Syria’s defence minister in Damascus on Sunday. It is another step in Beijing’s engagement in the Middle East after China named Xie Xiaoyan, former ambassador to Iran, as… Continue reading CHINESE MILITARY TO PROVIDE “AID AND TRAINING ASSISTANCE” TO SYRIAN GOVERNMENT
CHINESE SU-30 AIRCRAFT CONFRONT JAPANESE F-15S IN EAST CHINA SEA
Sourced : Defence World Two Chinese Su-30 fighter aircraft had a confrontation with two Japanese F-16 fighters over the disputed waters in the East China Sea last month. The Japanese jets beamed their fire-control radar to the Chinese ones, but the F-15Ss flew off after the Chinese side “took action” during the incident on June… Continue reading CHINESE SU-30 AIRCRAFT CONFRONT JAPANESE F-15S IN EAST CHINA SEA
INDIA’S EVOLVING NUCLEAR FORCE AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR U.S. STRATEGY IN THE ASIA-PACIFIC
Yogesh Joshi Frank O’Donnell Harsh V. Pant Strategic Studies Institute and U.S. Army War College Press India’s growing and diversifying nuclear force raises challenges for its defense planners. New nuclear options need to be located within a holistic view of India’s defense approach, with clearly assigned roles for conventional and nuclear forces dependent on the… Continue reading INDIA’S EVOLVING NUCLEAR FORCE AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR U.S. STRATEGY IN THE ASIA-PACIFIC