Upgraded Taiwanese M60A3 MBTs emerge
Several examples of upgraded Republic of China Army (RoCA) M60A3 main battle tanks were sighted at a training facility earlier in March, open-source imagery...
Indonesia Still Opts for Silo Procurement Over Interoperability
Diverse procurement strategies exacerbates capability gaps within and between Indonesia’s armed forces.
Indonesia proposed raising its defence expenditure to $10.6 billion (IDR165.2 trillion) for FY2025,...
Zero Day: Future Vision or Just Entertainment Fiction
Hysteria spreads as China first blockades, and later invades, one of Taiwan’s frontline islands. Some citizens race to evacuate, disinformation abounds, riots occur, and...
Japan’s Defence Budget Grows but Dependence on Imports Remains
Japan’s government is now increasing defence expenditure in the face of growing threats, but its own defence industry still falls short of developing ‘home...
Special Force Stealth Attack From the Sea
Special force small team attack craft either surface or subsurface have gained importance in light of their potential for littoral raids.
Special Forces (SF) operations...
Uncrewed Eyes Look East
Longer range/endurance UAVs make a different to the tyranny of distance when it comes down to ISR.
For full situational awareness, governments and their armed...
Corps Capabilities
The US Marine Corps is overhauling its electronic warfare capabilities supporting land and littoral manoeuvre warfare against a backdrop of ongoing Sino-US tensions in...
The Increasing Impact of Asia in Europe and the Ukraine War
The Shangri-La Dialogue laid bare China’s undeniable support for Russia in the war in Ukraine, as well as Beijing’s blatant hypocrisy when it says...
Departing From Standard Practice: AUKUS, Nuclear Power and Export Controls
The AUKUS agreement has never looked straight-forward, and who will rewrite the iTAR rules?
Now headed into its fourth year since its proposed founding, the...
India to spend $415.9 billion on defense between 2025 and 2029,...
India is poised to further expand its defense budget over the next decade to sustain readiness for a potential two-front conflict with regional adversaries...
