Jane's Defence Weekly - Asia/Pacific

Asia/Pacific

*ANAAC takes delivery of four new Mi-17s
The Afghan National Army Air Corps (ANAAC) has taken delivery of another four Mil Mi-17 'Hip' transport/assault helicopters, the US Naval Air Systems Command ...
20-Nov-2009

Indonesia compiles inventory to aid defence industry revitalisation
The Indonesian government has commenced a programme to draw up a comprehensive list of armed forces requirements over the next decade and beyond in ...
20-Nov-2009

Oil costs fuel Australian energy-saving initiative
The Australian Department of Defence (DoD) has implemented a series of initiatives over the past year in a bid to reduce energy operating costs ...
20-Nov-2009

*Pakistan unveils first domestically assembled JF-17
The first fully Pakistan-assembled JF-17 aircraft, built in collaboration in China, is scheduled to be formally unveiled on 23 November - almost two decades after...
20-Nov-2009

Malaysian navy reports on LST blaze
The Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN) released its board of inquiry findings on 14 November into the fires of 8/9 October that destroyed its ex-Newport-class...
19-Nov-2009

Dubai Air Show: Indian Air Force buys ground-based radar system
Thales Air Systems is to deliver 19 Ground Smarter 100 radar systems to the Indian Air Force (IAF), the company announced at the Dubai ...
18-Nov-2009

Australia's DMO announces organisational reforms
Initiatives to transform Australia's Defence Materiel Organisation (DMO) into a more businesslike and commercially orientated entity were unveiled on 13 November by DMO Chief ...
17-Nov-2009

Thailand's first Erieye aircraft makes maiden flight
The first Saab 340 Erieye airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) aircraft for the Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF) has made its maiden flight, ...
17-Nov-2009

Vietnam loses MiG-21 trainer in crash
A Vietnam People's Army Air Force (Khong Quan Nhan Dan Viet Nam) MiG-21UM 'Mongol-B' two-seat combat trainer aircraft crashed on 12 November with the ...
16-Nov-2009

Tensions rise over Korean naval clash
South Korea demonstrated its resolve to defend its maritime border in the Yellow Sea (West Sea) on 10 November during its first naval clash ...
13-Nov-2009

China seals J-10 fighter sale to Pakistan
China has agreed to sell at least 36 of its CAC J-10 multirole fighter aircraft to Pakistan in a deal involving one of its ...
13-Nov-2009

China's fifth-generation fighter to fly 'soon'
The Deputy Commander General of the People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF), He Weirong, announced that China's 'fourth-generation fighter' - considered fifth-generation in the ...
12-Nov-2009

EOS supplying remote weapon stations to Singapore
Australian company Electro Optic Systems (EOS) is supplying around 100 of its R-600 remote-controlled weapon stations (RCWSs) to equip Terrex 8x8 infantry carrier vehicles...
11-Nov-2009

Indian procurement policy update could provide 'tremendous opportunity'
India's updated defence procurement procedures (DPP) could provide India's defence industries with a "tremendous opportunity" to develop over the next decade and beyond, an associate...
11-Nov-2009

Thailand suffers delay in APC deliveries
Deliveries of the Royal Thai Army's (RTA's) first batch of Ukrainian-manufactured BTR-3E1 armoured personnel carriers (APCs) has been delayed, a senior official of Ukrspetsexport ...
10-Nov-2009

Saab and Avia form Thai joint venture
Saab and Avia Satcom, a Bangkok-based telecommunications company, are to form a joint venture (JV) in Thailand to facilitate the Swedish company's technology transfer ...
09-Nov-2009

Australia and US update submarine co-operation agreement
Australia and the US have updated a key submarine agreement that provides for industrial and naval co-operation on issues that include the support of ...
06-Nov-2009

NATO defends co-operation with Afghan forces despite Helmand attack
NATO has defended its efforts to prevent Taliban infiltration of the Afghan army and police following the deaths of five British soldiers in Helmand at...
06-Nov-2009

Malaysia commissions second Scorpene
The Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN) officially commissioned its second and final Scorpene-class submarine, KD Tun Abdul Razak , on 5 November in Cartagena, Spain....
06-Nov-2009

Thailand increases indigenous defence manufacturing
Thailand has increased indigenous defence manufacturing targets in response to the growing costs of military procurement, the director general of the Thai Ministry of ...
06-Nov-2009

North Korea tries to engage US in bilateral talks
North Korea announced it has completed the reprocessing of spent nuclear fuel rods to extract weapons-grade plutonium in an attempt to convince the US...
05-Nov-2009

Australia requires help for future submarine
The design and development of Australia's future submarine programme would be at the margins of the country's present scientific and technological capacity and would ...
05-Nov-2009

Indian Army receives first batch of Yukthirath PPVs
The Indian Army took delivery of its first 14 Indian Ordnance Factory (IOF)-manufactured 'Yukthirath' improved mine-protected vehicles (MPVs) on 30 October, according to a...
04-Nov-2009

USAF issues light-attack aircraft RfI for Afghanistan
The US Air Force (USAF) has issued a request for information (RfI) to find an advanced flight trainer and light-attack aircraft for the Afghanistan ...
03-Nov-2009

Cambodia to raise FY10 defence budget by 23%
The Cambodian government has proposed to raise its Fiscal Year 2010 (FY10) defence budget to USD274 million, an increase of nearly 23 per cent ...
03-Nov-2009

Indian Hip-H helicopter crashes in Kashmir
An Indian Air Force (IAF) Mil Mi-17-1V 'Hip-H' transport helicopter crashed in the mountainous Kashmir region on 30 October, according to local media reports. ...
02-Nov-2009

Japanese destroyer suffers damage following collision
The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) destroyer JS Kurama collided with the South Korean container ship Carina Star on 27 October, causing a fire...
30-Oct-2009

Singapore deploys ARTHUR detachment to guard Afghan base
Singapore has deployed two of its ARTHUR (ARTillery HUnting Radar) weapon location systems to a conflict zone for the first time, Jane's has learned....
30-Oct-2009

Belarus joins CSTO Rapid Reaction Force
Belarus formally joined the Rapid Reaction Force of the Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO) on 20 October. The move follows the 7,000-troop, six-nation deployment ...
30-Oct-2009

Malaysian MiGs to go by end of 2010
The Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) is initiating a phased reduction of its MiG-29 fighter fleet that will see the aircraft phased out of ...
30-Oct-2009

Controversy mounts over use of EOD 'dowsing rods' in Thailand
Controversy is mounting over the effectiveness of remote substance detectors widely used by the Royal Thai Army (RTA) and Royal Thai Police (RTP) bomb squads,...
30-Oct-2009

Wedgetail EWSP suite trials get under way
Trials of the electronic warfare self-protection (EWSP) suite of Australia's troubled AUD3.8 billion (USD3.5 billion) Wedgetail airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) programme are...
30-Oct-2009

India-US exercises reinforce emerging strategic relationship
The Indian and US armies have successfully concluded their largest joint manoeuvres to date, using mechanised forces in northern India to augment interoperability for counter-insurgency...
30-Oct-2009

*Indian Army may turn to 1950s-vintage artillery
The Indian Army's artillery directorate is considering the acquisition of additional Soviet-designed 130 mm M-46 field guns, developed in the 1950s, from surplus stocks within...
30-Oct-2009

UK joint fires group used in Afghanistan
Artillery, Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (GMLRS) and attack helicopter fires in Afghanistan's Helmand province have been co-ordinated by a British Army Joint Fires ...
30-Oct-2009

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