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https://www.airforcemag.com/boeing-passes-preliminary-design-review-for-new-wgs/ Boeing won approval from the Space Force to move forward with its newly designed Wideband Global Satellite Communications system, setting the stage for production to begin next year. Passing the preliminary design...

https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2020/10/chinas-war-on-uighur-culture/616513/?utm_source=pocket-newtab How do you protect a culture that is being wiped out? For Uighurs, this is more than just a hypothetical. Repressive measures against the ethnic minority have progressively...

Not sure if you seen this one already, it has some interesting moments @Waz on one of your new favourite subjects these days hehe :)

https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/india-russia-strategic-partnership-constant-factor-in-volatile-world/articleshow/78478780.cms NEW DELHI: It has been a strategic partnership that has grown in strength with every passing year. Built on the rich legacy and preparation...

https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/sell-taiwan-f-35-counter-chinese-aggression-170121 US. policymakers should make selling F-35 jets to Taiwan a priority. Taiwan’s government has requested them. Leading U.S. Senators, including Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.)...

Context: Type 26 was selected (as basis for CSC) but now the program cost is being reviewed and newer+cheaper (incl. off the shelf) tenders could be invited again by year-end or next year. =============== The news concerning this context really picked up before this forum started so I forgot...

It has been a long story, earlier details which I might get into a bit later...but news/updates governing this will be archived here. It is of increasing conclusive relevance in news cycle increasingly given fiscal pressure from covid downturn in economy. The current contenders are the: F-35A...

https://www.forbes.com/sites/lorenthompson/2020/10/02/raytheon-defines-first-principles-for-building-a-space-sensor-layer/#202ac86841ce The U.S. Department of Defense is contemplating construction of the most ambitious space constellation in history to defeat the threat posed by hypersonic...

https://www.jewishpolicycenter.org/2020/10/02/why-japan-must-reconsider-its-aegis-deployments/ Daniel Gouré, Ph.D., is a vice president at the public-policy research think tank Lexington Institute. The security environment in the Western Pacific is becoming more challenging for the U.S., its...

https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/why-us-air-force-flying-b-1-bombers-near-taiwan-169878 The skies in the waters around Taiwan have become increasingly crowded in recent weeks, and two U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancer bombers and a Chinese People’s Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF)...

https://warontherocks.com/2020/10/arming-without-aiming-challenges-for-japans-amphibious-capability/ Benjamin Schreer is professor and head of the Department of Security Studies and Criminology at Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia. Editor’s Note: This is an excerpt from a policy...

https://www.defensenews.com/global/asia-pacific/2020/10/01/japan-reveals-record-high-budget-request-supporting-hypersonic-tech-f-35-buys-and-more/ Japan is set to continue its recent trend of setting new records for its annual defense budgets, with the country continuing to cast a wary eye on...

https://www.flightglobal.com/helicopters/resurgent-tiger-fights-for-survival-in-australian-arh-competition/140432.article It may have taken years for the Airbus Helicopters Tiger to finally hit its stride in Australia, but the capability improvement now achieved may have come too late to save...

https://news.mongabay.com/2020/09/indonesias-new-intelligence-hub-wields-data-in-the-war-on-illegal-fishing/ The Indonesian Maritime Information Center (IMIC), launched in July, aims to tackle illegal fishing and other maritime violations in the country’s waters by drawing on data and...

https://www.businessinsider.com/marine-corps-rethinks-asia-troop-locations-to-take-on-china-2020-9 The Marine Corps will reexamine where it's postured in the Asia-Pacific region as the service prepares for possible conflict with China, the commandant said this week. Tens of thousands of...

This article itself is a summary of how the strategic thought of Australia (after the grievous imminent threat to it in WW2 i.e Japan that most shaped the downstream psyche) was first geared towards Indonesia in the post WW2 scenario, and how it has now transitioned to PRC in the last couple...

Israel Aerospace Industries Ltd. (IAI) today signed an agreement to acquire 50% of the equity of BlueBird Aero Systems, an Israeli UAS developer and integrator in the small tactical UAS arena. As part of the transaction, IAI is acquiring the holdings of Piramal Technologies SA from India, which...

Some excellent visuals @Vergennes @Costin84 @Dante80 et al.

https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/4017420 TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — The U.S. military announced that it will stage exercise "Keen Sword" with Japan Self-Defense Forces (JSDF) in Japan amid fears China could exploit distractions caused by the U.S. presidential election on Nov. 3. On Sept. 17...