Malabar 2025 Naval Exercise

Australia Joins India, Japan, and US for Malabar 2025 Naval Exercise to boost Indo-Pacific security

Australia has officially joined India, Japan, and the United States for Exercise Malabar 2025, a high-profile Indo-Pacific maritime exercise designed to boost interoperability, strategic coordination, and collective maritime security. The Australian Ministry of Defence confirmed the nation’s participation on Wednesday,...
Technically, Mistral 3 is an infrared-guided, fire-and-forget missile designed to intercept a broad set of low-altitude threats

Australia Moves Toward Local Missile Production: NIOA, MBDA Ink Pact on Mistral Air Defense System

Australian munitions company NIOA and European missile manufacturer MBDA have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to explore Australian production and assembly of the Mistral very-short-range air defense (VSHORAD) missile, a move that could make Australia the first country outside...
ASEAN-Quad

Quad at a Crossroads: Trump’s Second Term Puts Indo-Pacific Unity to the Test

In international geopolitics, however, a week can feel like an eternity—and a few months can alter the entire balance of power. In 2017, during his first term, it was none other than Donald Trump who revived the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue—or...
Indonesia Successfully Tests Indigenous Autonomous Submarine Prototype in Surabaya

Indonesia Successfully Tests Indigenous Autonomous Submarine Prototype in Surabaya

Indonesia’s state-owned shipbuilder PT PAL Indonesia successfully conducted a torpedo firing test of its autonomous submarine prototype, the KSOT (Kapal Selam Otomatis Tanpa Awak), on October 30 in Surabaya, East Java. The event marks a significant step in Indonesia’s efforts...
South China Sea- Japan

Japan’s dramatic defence shift is reshaping South China Sea’s strategic calculus: Southeast Asian states cannot afford to ignore

The South China Sea to the Taiwan Strait: Asia’s Security Order in Flux The ocean lanes of the Indo-Pacific are increasingly tense: from the contested features of the South China Sea, across the narrowing waters of the Taiwan Strait, to...
Australia–Indonesia

Australia-Indonesia Economic Partnership Emerges as Key to Strengthening Indo-Pacific Supply Chain Resilience Amid US–China Rivalry

With the intensifying great power rivalry, middle powers like Indonesia and Australia are increasingly asking a critical question: can economic cooperation provide a hedge against growing strategic vulnerability? This concern shaped the discussions during the Indonesia–Australia 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue held...
China - US

China’s Landward Advance: Can Washington’s Indo-Pacific Strategy Contain Beijing’s Expanding Influence in South Asia?

The great power contest between Washington and Beijing is playing out not just in trade tariffs and technological rivalry — it is increasingly manifesting in steel and concrete, in pipelines and ports, in the tension between sea lanes and land...
U.S. Marines with the 3rd Marine Division conduct a simulated missile fire mission using the Navy-Marine Expeditionary Ship Interdiction System (NMESIS) ROGUE Fires launcher during an Expeditionary Advanced Base Field Training Exercise at the Central Training Area, Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, on July 28, 2025. (Photo: U.S. DoD)

U.S. Tests NMESIS Anti-Ship Missiles in Japan Amid Indo-Pacific Military Build-Up to Counter China’s Expanding Naval Presence

The USNS Guam offloaded a system that may reshape the military balance in the Western Pacific. Crated aboard the ship was the Navy-Marine Expeditionary Ship Interdiction System (NMESIS), a highly mobile, ground-based anti-ship missile platform. Within weeks, Marines from the 12th...
BrahMos Missiles

BrahMos Missiles: India to Equip Entire Naval Fleet with 300 BrahMos Missiles by 2030, Signaling Strategic Shift in Indo-Pacific

The Indian Navy is preparing for nothing short of a revolution at sea. By 2030, every major surface combatant in its frontline fleet—destroyers, frigates, next-generation corvettes, and missile vessels—will be armed with the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile. It is not...
J-35A Fighter Jet

China’s Fujian Aircraft Carrier Embarks with J-35 Stealth Fighters, Posing Direct Challenge to U.S. Naval Supremacy in Indo-Pacific

In late 2025 or early 2026, the world will witness a milestone in global naval history. China’s People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) is preparing to field its first operational stealth fighters at sea—the twin-engine J-35—aboard the Type 003 Fujian supercarrier....
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