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...
Taiwan test fires AIM-120 AMRAAMs locally for the first time
The Republic of China Air Force (RoCAF) has reportedly performed the first local live-firing of the US-made Raytheon AIM-120 Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAMs).
Local...
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...
Rolls-Royce delivers 16-cylinder version of mtu Series 8000 for the first...
First two 16V 8000 engines are delivered to Taiwan
Delivering power for Coast Guard patrol vessels
32 engines of the new type already...
Taiwan eyes future indigenous combat aircraft
Research and development (R&D) on a next-generation fighter aircraft for the Republic of China Air Force (RoCAF) is already in progress, the president of...
China ramps up military drills near Taiwan after “foreign provocations”
China has once again flexed its increasing power projection capabilities with yet another unprecedented show of force in recent days, with its air and...
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...
China’s CSSC launches third Type 075 amphibious assault ship
The People’s Liberation Army Navy’s (PLAN’s) third Type 075 amphibious assault was launched at the state-owned shipbuilder China State Shipbuilding Corporation’s (CSSC’s) Hudong-Zhonghua shipyard...
China ratchets up regional pressure with military aircraft activities near Taiwan,...
Chinese military aircraft activity has surged over the past weekend with Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defense (MND), which publishes daily reports of Chinese air...
