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...
COVID Setback for SOF Training
Published in the November/December 2020 Issue - Special operations training programmes across the Indo-Pacific region have been significantly hampered by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
Special...
Navies Surface Interest in Unmanned Systems
Published in the November/December 2020 Issue - Unmanned systems manufacturers are finding a responsive market for their products among navies in the Indo-Pacific region.
The...
Penetrating Maritime A2/AD
Published in the November/December 2020 Issue - Increasing the range of air-to-surface missiles has become an important factor in penetrating A2/AD defences, particularly in...
Defend and Deter
Published in the November/December 2020 Issue - The air defence threat-and-response equation exists increasingly in integrated layers. Armada looks at two examples of how...
COVID adds to Malaysian Defence Funding Problems
Published in the September/October 2020 issue - Malaysian defence acquisition, not rapid at the best of times, has been hit hard by frequent changes...
SOF challenges as great power rivalry builds
Published in the September/October 2020 Issue - As Superpower competition expands in Asia, regional special forces are looking to re-equip to meet sub-threshold threats.
Asia...
Huawei’s Perceived Threat Explained
Published in the September/October 2020 Issue - The UK has banished Huawei from its telecommunications networks. Was this the result of US pressure, or...
Air Defence Reawakens
Published in the September/October 2020 Issue - There is renewed urgency to provide air defence systems that not only work in isolation, but can...
Ferreting Around for Secrets
Published in the September/October 2020 Issue – Japan has experienced an increase in visits by Chinese and Russian ISR aircraft, but also has snoops...
