(IHS Jane’s 360) UK-based underwater engineering and services group JFD has completed the build and integration of the first of two new submarine rescue systems for the Indian Navy (IN).
By Rathna K. Muralidharan, RealClearDefense: “As Beijing’s military continues to encroach on its neighbors’ naval territories and claim international waters for itself, Pacific countries are looking for systems to monitor and secure their borders.”
America Needs to Reorient Its South Asia Policy
By Akhilesh Pillalamarri, RealClearDefense: “South Asia is at the center of global geopolitical and economic trends. It is a rapidly developing region, containing a quarter of the world’s people. India, soon to be the world’s most populous country, is the fastest growing major economy in the world, having surpassed China last year.”
Why is the U.S. bombing Chinese separatists, and what does it say about the flailing war effort in Afghanistan?
By Daniel Gouré, RealClearDefense: “A competent and sustainable ANDSF is essential to the U.S. strategy of eventually transitioning security responsibilities to the Afghan government.”