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Strategic Research Department
April 6, 2012
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INTERESTING
PRC Journal: U.S. Military Turns West Pacific Into Test Site for 'AirSea Battle'
Liaowang, March 19, 2012
Want China Times (Taiwan), April 5, 2012
Foreign Affairs, April 4, 2012
U.S. - AMERICAS
Jane's Defence Weekly, April 2, 2012
Stratfor, April 4, 2012
By Robert D. Kaplan
Orbis (FPRI), Spring 2012
Asia Times, April 4, 2012
The Age (Australia), April 2, 2012
Foreign Affairs, April 4, 2012
AOL Defense, April 3, 2012
PIRACY
Maritime Executive, April 3, 2012
Fars News Agency, April 3, 2012
CYBER
Israel: Cyber Warfare Added to Matriculation Syllabi To Meet 'Natl Challenge'
Yedi'ot Aharonot, March 25, 2012
Kanwa Asian Defense Review, January 1, 2012
Foreign Affairs, April 4, 2012
Washington Post, April 2, 2012
ENERGY
Deal hoped for on borders to exploit massive deposits
ANSAmed (Italy), April 5, 2012
CLIMATE CHANGE - ENVIRONMENT - ARCTIC - ANTARCTIC
This year’s frenzy of oil and gas exploration in newly accessible Arctic waters could be the harbinger of even starker changes to come.
Reuters, April 3, 2012
Interfax-AVN (Russia), April 2, 2012
SHIPBUILDING/SHIPPING/SCRAPPING
Handy Shipping Guide, April 3, 2012
Poor results for 2011 blamed on weak rates, slowing world growth and high fuel costs
Journal of Commerce, April 2, 2012
Transport Intelligence, April 4, 2012
RUSSIA
Video: Military Secret Program Profiles Shkval Torpedo
REN TV (Moscow), March 3, 2012
Severodvinsk Ship Builders to Extend the Service Lives of All Project 667BDRM Ballistic Missile Submarines to 35 Years
ARMS-TASS, March 26, 2012
INDIA
NewsTrack India / IANS, April 4, 2012
RIA Novosti, April 6, 2012
Force (India), March 29 - April 1, 2012
RUSSIA/INDIA
Press Trust of India, April 4, 2012
Press Trust of India, March 31, 2012
EUROPE
The new Joint Forces Command (JFC) achieved Initial Operating Capability today
UK Ministry of Defence, April 2, 2012
New Concept for the Polish Navy: No More Big Ships
Gazeta Wyborcza, March 29, 2012
Ukrainian Paper Pins High Hopes on Construction of Corvette
Den (Kiev), March 28, 2012
Spanish frigate Méndez Núñez said to have ignored distress call. Boat was carrying 72 people fleeing Gaddafi regime, only nine of whom survived
El Pais (Spain), March 29, 2012
Council of Europe (Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons), March 29, 2012
AFRICA
TKMS to supply 2 MEKO frigates and six Super Lynx helicopters in €2.5bn deal
Defence Professionals, April 5, 2012
United States Africa Command, April 2, 2012
The Day Live (Nigeria), March 31, 2012
All Africa, March 28, 2012
Defence Web (South Africa), April 2, 2012
ASIA/PACIFIC
The Australian, March 9, 2012
U.S. News & World Report, April 5, 2012
Western Australia Today, April 4, 2012
gCaptain, April 4, 2012
Vietnam’s relationship with China is a test of the strategic challenge it faces against a long historical backdrop. Hanoi’s rapprochement with the US and its joining ASEAN are manifestations of its diplomatic adroitness.
RSIS, April 3, 2012
Pattaya People, April 4, 2012
The Indonesian Navy recently received its second locally-made fast attack craft with a plan to procure 14 units until 2014. This is part and parcel of its plan to have a ‘balanced’ fleet capable of performing wide-ranging naval tasks.
RSIS, April 2, 2012
MIDDLE EAST
Deal hoped for on borders to exploit massive deposits
ANSAmed (Italy), April 5, 2012
Yemen Post, March 30, 2012
Xinhua, March 30, 2012
Israel: Cyber Warfare Added to Matriculation Syllabi To Meet 'Natl Challenge'
Yedi'ot Aharonot, March 25, 2012
IDF Fights Brain Drain
Mako, Apil 3, 2012
The Case for a New Nuclear Strategy
Foreign Affairs, March 31, 2012
Israel Defense Forces Press Release, April 4, 2012
GCC strategic stockpile idea lives on. Regional rivalries question food sharing ideal.
Reuters, April 4, 2012
Reuters, April 3, 2012
CHINA-UNITED STATES / AMERICAS
PRC Journal: U.S. Military Turns West Pacific Into Test Site for 'AirSea Battle'
Liaowang, March 19, 2012
New York Times, April 2, 2012
New York Times, April 2, 2012
By Richard A. Clarke
China Quarterly, March 2012
China Quarterly, March 2012
China Quarterly, March 2012
China Quarterly, March 2012
China Quarterly, March 2012
China Quarterly, March 2012
China Quarterly, March 2012
China Quarterly, March 2012
China Quarterly, March 2012
China Quarterly, March 2012
CHINA-INDIA
First Post / Press Trust of India, March 30, 2012
CHINA-RUSSIA
RIA Novosti, April 3, 2012
CHINA-ASIA
Asia Times, April 5, 2012
Kanwa Asian Defense Review, January 1, 2012
Vietnam’s relationship with China is a test of the strategic challenge it faces against a long historical backdrop. Hanoi’s rapprochement with the US and its joining ASEAN are manifestations of its diplomatic adroitness.
RSIS, April 3, 2012
CHINA MILITARY AND DEFENSE
Want China Times (Taiwan), April 5, 2012
Epoch Times, April 5, 2012
Kanwa Asian Defense Review, January 1, 2012
China’s new defence budget – particularly given the sizable and growing funding it dedicates to military R&D and procurement – demonstrates Beijing’s continuing resolve to gain military power commensurate with its growing soft power.
RSIS, April 4, 2012
CHINA: Navy-Naval-Maritime
Want China Times (Taiwan), April 6, 2012
Video: Twelve Minutes of Life-and-Death Test
Two fighter pilots in the PLA Navy's South Sea Fleet had a harrowing 12 minutes on the evening of 5 January, when all the interior lights and instruments in their J-10 fighter blacked out.
CCTV (China), January 5, 2012
Digitized 'Floating Homes' - With an Intelligent Pier, Informatized Seamen and Army Forces for Naval Battles, Completely New Information Elements Are Integrated Into System of Joint Operations
Jiefangjun Bao, March 22, 2012
Kanwa Asian Defense Review, January 1, 2012
Jiefangjun Bao, March 31, 2012
Video: PLA Navy Destroyer Flotilla Performs Ship-Helicopter Coordinated Training
CCTV-7, January 16, 2012
Video: PLAN Submarine Force Includes Long-Distance Drills Part of Routine Training
CCTV-7, January 12, 2012
CHINA: Space - Army - Air Force- 2nd Artillery – EW – Logistics – Joint – Cyber – Reserves/Militia, etc…
Kanwa Asian Defense Review, January 1, 2012
Kanwa Asian Defense Review, January 1, 2012
Table of Contents of PRC S&T Journal 'Aerospace Control' Oct 11
Hangtian Kongzhi, October 1, 2011
Table of Contents of PRC S&T Journal 'Military Medical Science' Oct 11
Junshi Yixue, October 1, 2011
Table of Contents of PRC's 'Journal of Air Force Engineering University' Oct 11
Xian Kongjun Gongcheng Daxue Xuebao (Ziran Kexue Ban), October 1, 2011
Tracking Principle, Simulation for Roll-Pitch Strap-Down Seeker
Hangkong Bingqi, October 1, 2010
CHINA: Geo-Pol-Economic
CNET (Asia), March 20, 2012
Global Voices, April 03, 2012
ETC…
Vision Gain, March 2012
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