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By: Wendell Minnick (www.defensenews.com)
China’s use of swarming tactics with fishing vessels to project and protect Beijing’s territorial claims in the South China Sea appears unstoppable, experts say.
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By: Agence France Presse (www.afp.com)
said Friday it would give Vietnam six vessels to boost the communist country’s capacity to patrol its territorial waters, amid a bitter maritime dispute with Beijing in the South China Sea. The deal for the six used vessels, worth 500 million yen ($5 million), was announced in Hanoi during a two-day visit by Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida aimed at deepening bilateral ties. 
Vietnam is enhancing its maritime security capabilities including its acquisition of Damen 9014 OPV. (Photo: Damen)
By: Ridzwan Rahmat, James Hardy and Alex Pape
Vietnam's highest legislative body, the National Assembly, has endorsed a VND16 trillion (USD747 million) plan to boost the country's maritime surveillance and defence capabilities. The decision comes as Hanoi is engaged in a territorial standoff with China in the South China Sea. By: Wendell Minnick (www.defensenews.com)
Thucydides, the Greek historian who penned the story of the Peloponnesian War, wrote that “the strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must.” The quote might be an appropriate description of what Vietnam is suffering after the placement of a Chinese mega oil rig off its coast this month. 
With Australia already succeeded in acquiring ex-JMSDF submarines, the door may be open for Southeast asian countries to procure advanced weapon systems from Japan? (Photo: Wikimedia Commons)
By: Joyce de Thouars (www.shepardmedia.com)
Japan’s removal of its arms export ban could offer up opportunities for defence sales to Southeast Asian countries, government officials have divulged. The news follows a decision on 1 April by the Cabinet of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to approve a plan to ease the restrictions on arms exports. By: Carl Thayer (www.thediplomat.com)
For the past two years China has dispatched a flotilla of People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) warships to the farthest reaches of the South China Sea to assert Beijing’s claim to “indisputable sovereignty” over the waters and features lying within its nine-dashed line. Beijing’s ambitious claim covers an estimated eighty percent of the South China Sea. On each occasion PLAN warships sailed to James Shoal, or Beting Serupai in Malay, eighty kilometers off the coast of East Malaysia. According to Bill Hayton, who is completing a book on the South China Sea, China’s claim is based on a double historical error. 
TNI-AL armada sailing in the open sea. With a healthy economy, indonesia could afford to better equip its armed forces. (Photo: Wikimedia Commons)
By: Clint Richards (www.thediplomats.com)
Over the past few years, China has steadily increased its assertiveness in the South China Sea. Its most recent claim to fishing rights over most of this territory has given other countries in the region cause to worry that China may soon try to implement an Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) across the South China Sea as it tries to assert its claim out to the controversial nine-dash line. This would put Chinese jurisdiction literally just off the shores of most Southeast Asian countries. While all the countries neighboring China’s claims are worried about this threat to their sovereignty, few have the means to challenge it, especially on their own. Indonesia is perhaps one country that could do so with the help of a substantial ally. It also has the resources to fund a navy capable of defending its territorial waters. Nonetheless, it remains to be seen if Indonesia can harness its economic potential and transform itself into a substantial regional power. By: Jim Gomez (www.ap.org)
The Philippines on Thursday called on Malaysia, Vietnam and other claimants to join its legal challenge to China's massive territorial claim in the South China Sea. 
Chinese sailors stand at attention as the Chinese frigate Yancheng comes in to dock at Limassol port in Cyprus in this January 4, 2014 file photo. REUTERS/Andreas Manolis/Files
By Stuart Grudgings (http://uk.reuters.com)
(Reuters) - The submerged reef would be easy to miss, under turquoise seas about 80 km (50 miles) off Malaysia's Borneo island state of Sarawak. But two Chinese naval exercises in less than a year around the James Shoal have shocked Malaysia and led to a significant shift in its approach to China's claims to the disputed South China Sea, senior diplomats told Reuters. The reef lies outside Malaysia's territorial waters but inside its 200 nautical mile exclusive economic zone. 
KD Tun Razak a few days before its delivery. These Scorpene submarines are among the most capable in South East Asia. (Photo: Wikimedia Commons)
By: Koh Swee Lean Collin (www.thediplomat.com)
In early January this year, Vietnam formally joined the Southeast Asian “submarine club” with its first Russian-built Kilo-class submarine christened the Hanoi. Not too long ago, Jakarta expressed interest in acquiring the same model of submarines from Russia or more boats from South Korea, ostensibly to augment the incoming new fleet of three SS-209 boats purchased from South Korea back in August 2012. Just recently in November 2013, Singapore contracted German shipbuilder ThyssenKrupp to develop the Type-218SG, the first of two boats slated to enter service in 2020. By: Ngo Minh Tri and Koh Swee Lean Collin (thediplomat.com)
On January 16, 1974, the Republic of Vietnam Navy (RVN) discovered the presence of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) in the Crescent Group in the western Paracel Islands, which was held by South Vietnam. This was an unexpected development, because notwithstanding the reduced U.S. military assistance to Saigon after the signing of the Paris Peace Accords in 1973, and subsequent reduction of South Vietnamese garrisons on the islands, the Chinese had not taken unilateral actions to subvert the status quo – by which the Amphitrite Group in the eastern Paracels and the Crescent Group were respectively under Chinese and South Vietnamese control. Over the next two days, the opposing naval forces jostled with one another in close-proximity maneuvers off the islands, before a firefight erupted as the South Vietnamese troops attempted to recapture Duncan Island. The skirmish subsequently escalated with overwhelming Chinese reinforcements deployed to the clash zone, including close air support staged from nearby Hainan Island and missile-armed Hainan-class patrol vessels. Shorn of American naval support, given that the U.S. Navy Seventh Fleet was then scaling down its presence in the South China Sea following the peace accords of 1973, the RVN was utterly defeated. Beijing swiftly exploited the naval victory with an amphibious landing in force to complete its control of all the Paracel Islands. By Indo Asian News Service - HANOI
A ceremony was held at Cam Ranh port in southern Vietnamese province of Khanh Hoa on Wednesday to induct its first Russian-made Kilo class submarine, the HQ 182- Hanoi, into service. The newly-named submarine is the first of six diesel-powered Kilo-636 Varshavyanka attacking models that Vietnam bought from Russia to enhance its navy's capacity. 
The Chinese aircraft carrier Liaoning (Photo by Li Tang / for China Daily)
By German Radio (http://www.defencetalk.com)
Due to a lack of security agreements and codes of conduct, East Asian countries continue their naval arms race, increasing the risk of a military confrontation as rapidly expanding economies vie for scarce resources. The first of six Russian kilo-class submarines arrived at Cam Ranh naval base just in time for the New Year. The sub, named Hanoi, is being hailed by Vietnam’s media and government. According to Vietnam expert Carlyle A. Thayer, the boat’s arrival marks “a giant step forward” for the Southeast Asian nation in terms of defense capabilities. The emeritus professor from the University of New South Wales in Australia says the Vietnamese military is now capable of operating on four levels: on land, at sea, in the air and under water. Alongside Indonesia, Singapore and Malaysia, Vietnam is now a member of the South East Asian club of countries with submarine capabilities. However, Thayer believes that it will take some time until the submarines are fully operational, as Vietnam still lacks overall strategic planning, trained sailors and the technical know-how. “Technical support from Russia will be needed for at least 10 years, if not longer,” Thayer said. Vietnam would like to buy Russian-made T-90 main battle tanks to increase its military power.12/1/2014  The latest upgrade of T-90 Russian-made main battle tank, the T-90S, was showed at Russian Arms Expo defense exhibition, September 2013, in Russia. (Picture Army Recognition) http://www.armyrecognition.com
According to the website Voice of Russia, Vietnam would like to buy Russian-made main battle tank T-90. Vietnam wants to equip its armed forces with modern main battle tanks to response about the increase of military power from its neighboring countries. |
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