Looking Inward
India’s Government is seeking to meet its urgent defence requirements from within the country.
India’s ongoing border face-off with China along the Sino-Indian border, near...
All Seeing, All Knowing
Extensive research is being undertaken by the U.S. Department of Defense to turn the desire for All Joint Domain Command and Control (JADC2) into...
China’s Amphibious Assault
To what extent has the Chinese Navy (PLAN) extended its capacity to conduct offensive amphibious operations?
Once largely aimed at constraining an adversary’s ability to...
Shipbuilding – A Numbers Game
While experience grows among Indo-Pacific naval designers, order numbers remain crucial to keeping costs down and yards in business.
The Indo-Pacific region has a significant...
Higher Caliber
Western manufacturers are now seeing increasingly successful small arms designs emerging from Asia.
The weapon carried by every soldier not only impacts on their effectiveness...
More Bang for Your Buck
Most Asian nations that operate fleets of legacy fighter aircraft continue to procure upgrade packages to increase capability and the extend service life of...
Space V Airborne ISR – or Mix and Match
Owning satellite based ISR for military use is still an exclusive ‘club’, but airborne ISR still provides that most countries need.
Until relatively recently, satellite-based...
Remote Firepower
Taking the gunner out of harm’s way provides flexibility in terms of where a weapon is sited, how large in can be and how...
RAN Melds Unmanned Systems Into New Model Navy
The Royal Australian Navy’s new strategy for developing unmanned surface and sub-surface systems delivers both capability and capacity to support the navy’s new fleet.
Navies...
Eyes in the Sky
Roaming UAVs ease airborne border and coastal surveillance.
Enduring territorial disputes, illegal immigration, transnational crime, and domestic and international terrorism in Asia-Pacific continue to drive...
