Indo-Pacific News A Canadian French-language newspaper has reported that a A$3.2 billion sale of turboprop engines from Pratt and Whitney Canada to the Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC) is…
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Indo-Pacific News A video posted on China’s social media app Weibo has shown what appears to be a possible air launched hypersonic missile being carried by a Xian H-6N bomber…
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Indo-Pacific News The United States is reported to be moving forward with three separate arms sale packages to Taiwan, with guided rockets, missiles, and airborne reconnaissance pods set to be…
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Indo-Pacific News North Korea has revealed a new road-mobile intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) at a night military parade in its capital Pyongyang, with reports the new missile will be capable…
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Info-Pacific News In addition to improvements to its airborne Electronic Warfare (EW) capabilities, Japan is also planning to bolster its ground-based EW order of battle in the coming years. Japan’s…
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INDO-PACIFIC NEWS Taiwan has scrambled its fighter jets 4,132 times so far this year to intercept Chinese military aircraft, an increase of 129 per cent compared to all of last…
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INDO-PACIFIC NEWS Japan’s Defence Ministry has issued its annual budget request to the country’s powerful finance ministry, seeking a record budget for the eighth consecutive year. The ¥5.8tr (A$77bn) request…
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Indo-Pacific news A private operator has acquired up to four Boeing KC-135R Stratotankers formerly operated the Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF). The four tanker aircraft have been registered with…
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Indo-Pacific news The maritime forces of India and Japan have concluded a joint exercise in the North Arabian Sea. The three-day Japan-India maritime exercise took place between September 26-28 and…
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Indo-Pacific news The Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) and Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) will use the upcoming RSAF training detachment in Australia to conduct air-to-air refuelling (AAR) collaboration…
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With Australia, Japan, and other nations in the Indo-Pacific region increasingly being drawn together to counter Chinese territorial aspirations, ADBR’s OSINT series of analysing the various regional orders of battle in play continues. In this issue, we look at the Japan Air Self Defense Force
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Indo-Pacific news The government of Japan’s new Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga is expected to seek a further increase in the US ally’s defence budget, continuing the trend of setting new…
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Indo-Pacific news Taiwan has started publicising its encounters with Chinese military aircraft over the increasing tense Taiwan Strait. The self-governing island’s Ministry of National Defense (MND) is updating the daily…
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Indo-Pacific News A Chinese television station doing a news piece on the Ulan-Ude helicopter factory in Russia has shown a low-visibility grey Mi-171Sh combat assault helicopter in People’s Liberation Army…
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Indo-Pacific news China has launched and recovered an unmanned reusable spacecraft for the first time, marking another milestone in its space program. The experimental spacecraft was launched by rocket from…
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Indo-Pacific news The Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) will resume its combat aircraft training in Australia, after a suspension in such activities due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Several RSAF…
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Indo-Pacific news An estimated 11,000 personnel from the US Navy, Air Force, Army, and Marine Corps are taking part in Exercise Valiant Shield 2020, a high-end warfighting training activity conducted…
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Indo-Pacific news South Korea’s Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) has announced that the first prototype of the Korean Aerospace Industries KF-X fighter jet has entered final assembly at the company’s…
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Indo-Pacific news Austrian media reported on September 6 that Austrian Defence Minister Klaudia Tanner has confirmed that the European country will enter negotiations with Indonesia for the sale of its…
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Indo-Pacific news Japan is continuing to explore its Ballistic Missile Defence (BMD) options following its earlier decision to cancel plans which would have seen it place two Aegis Ashore systems…