DefenceTalkChinese warships will continue to patrol waters where Beijing has territorial claims, a top general said Sunday, amid simmering rows with neighbouring countries over the South China Sea and islands controlled by Japan. Lieutenant General Qi Jianguo, deputy chief of the general staff of the People’s Liberation Army, defended the patrols as legitimate and said […]https://www.defencetalk.com/chinese-patrols-in-asian-seas-legitimate-general-48006/

DefenceTalkPlans to expand the American naval presence in the Pacific with new ships and hi-tech weaponry will go ahead despite steep budget cuts, the US Navy chief said before a trip to the region. Admiral Jonathan Greenert told AFP in an interview he will seek to “reassure” partners during a nine-day trip to Japan, Singapore […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-shift-to-asia-on-track-despite-budget-cuts-admiral-47720/

DefenceTalkIt takes a crisis to concentrate the mind. Faced with unusually bellicose rhetoric from the regime in Pyongyang, the Obama Administration reversed course on National Missile Defense (NMD) and is rapidly bolstering its theater air and missile defenses in the region. The Department of Defense will add 14 ground based interceptor missiles to 30 currently […]https://www.defencetalk.com/crisis-in-northeast-asia-makes-the-case-for-jlens-47395/

DefenceTalkTwo recent studies have shown that, essentially, an arms race is in full swing in Asia – cause for serious concern, considering the number of simmering conflicts in the region. The national interests of Asian countries are growing along with their economic clout and affluence, prompting governments in the region to protect their spheres of […]https://www.defencetalk.com/the-new-arms-race-in-asia-47196/

DefenceTalkDeputy Defense Secretary Ash Carter is traveling to Asia to meet with U.S. allies and partners and continue defense consultations on a range of common security challenges. Carter will visit defense and government officials in Yokota, Japan; Seoul, South Korea; Manila, the Philippines; and Jakarta, Indonesia. In Jakarta he will hold bilateral meetings, attend a […]https://www.defencetalk.com/carter-visits-asia-to-discuss-common-security-challenges-47185/

DefenceTalkRussia is losing arms markets in Asia and the Middle East, two of its traditional strongholds, but gaining new ones in Latin America and Africa, a Russian arms official said this week ahead of an aviation expo in India, a major buyer of Russian weaponry that has recently been opting for Western hardware. “While losing […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russian-weapons-sales-shift-away-from-east-46674/

DefenceTalkSouth Asia’s biggest airshow kicks off in India on Wednesday, where global armament firms will be vying for multi-billion dollar contracts from the world’s biggest importer of weapons. India launched the biannual Aero India event in 1996, three years before a mini-war with Pakistan prompted New Delhi to go on a global shopping spree for […]https://www.defencetalk.com/global-firms-eye-lucrative-contracts-at-india-air-show-46657/