Tag: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
The Generation Game
The selection of the F-35 by US defence partners in Asia shows how seriously the perceived threat from China’s own fifth generation Chegdu J-20...
New build F-22 proposed to Japan
Lockheed martin has proposed selling Japan an upgraded, new production version of the F-22 to meet Japan’s next-generation fighter requirement. This would see an...
“Tank!!” The psychological impact of Armour
Mobility, firepower and protection. Three qualities of the Main Battle Tank that are seeing regional armies keep to modernise their stocks.
The tank is a...
Japan Air Self Defense Force Commemorates First F-35A Arrival to Misawa...
Senior leaders of Japan’s Ministry of Defense, U.S. Forces Japan, Pacific Air Forces and Lockheed Martin celebrated the arrival of the first Japan Air...
Role With It
Discussing the multi-role combat aircraft market in the Asia-Pacific region is a daunting exercise at the best of times, and one that has many...
Bolt to the Blue
The story of land-based medium- to long-range Surface-to-Air Missiles (SAM) in the Asia-Pacific is one of considerable contrasts. For example, the People’s Republic of...
Security Guards
The provision of internal security has expanded as new concerns have surfaced across the Asia-Pacific region, with the threat of well-armed and organised groups...
Big In Japan
Raising concerns over the strategic assertiveness of the People’s Republic of China in the East and South China Seas, as well as on the...
Tanked Up
It is an often repeated adage that Main Battle Tanks (MBT) are unsuitable for operation in the jungles, mountains and paddies common in Asian-Pacific...
Frigate or Destroyer?
Budgetary and strategic factors are slowly dividing the Asia-Pacific region into navies that can afford destroyers, and those that cannot. This, in turn, is...
