Daisuke Sato

Daisuke Sato oversees coverage of Asia with a focus on Japan and China. As Section Editor, he is responsible for curating regional news, verifying sources, and delivering sharp insight into military developments across the Indo-Pacific. His expertise strengthens our reporting from one of the most strategically contested regions in the world.
Aviation

U.S. Marine Corps F-35B stealth fighters arrived at RAF Marham

Around 10 U.S. U.S. Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II Joint Strike fighter aircraft arrived at Royal Air Force Station Mahram, United Kingdom (UK) on the evening of 3 September 2020.  Marines with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 211, Marine...
News

China launches secret spacecraft into orbit

China has launched the first unmanned spacecraft into orbit for a classified mission on 4 September. Chinese state media Xinhua reported mission success just under three hours after the opening of the launch window at 1:23 a.m. Eastern....
Aviation

South Korea unveils the first prototype of new KF-X fighter jet

For the first time, Korea Aerospace Industries or KAI has unveiled the first prototype of the next-generation KF-X fighter jet. South Korean aerospace giant KAI is progressing with the continued development of a fighter aircraft development program with...
Army

Australia just got one step closer to buying new self-propelled howitzers

The Australian Government released a Request for Tender in September 2020 for the Protected Mobile Fires project to buy and build 30 self-propelled howitzers. The details were given in a 3 September media release, to announce the request...
Army

Taiwan orders additional CM-34 Clouded Leopard armored vehicles

Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defense has announced that it placed an additional order of 21 CM-34 "Clouded Leopard" eight-wheeled wheeled infantry fighting vehicles. The new order comes on top of 284 CM-34 IFVs already ordered for the nation's...
Army

U.S. Army armoured vehicle crushes SUV in South Korea

Four persons have been killed in a crash involving U.S. military vehicles on a road near the Rodriguez Live Fire Complex in the city of Pocheon, South Korea, Aug. 30. An SUV carrying the four civilians rear-ended the...
Army

Chinese new 122mm self-propelled howitzer spied on the road

The new Chinese wheeled self-propelled howitzer system has been spotted on the road this week. The footage, which was released on 23 August on the Social media service Weibo, shows a military convoy of a new type...
Maritime Security

U.S. Marine Corps conducts rapid deployment drill in Japan

On August 20, the U.S. Marine Corps announced that 3rd Marine Expeditionary Brigade Marines conducted a Joint Humanitarian Assistance Survey Team rapid deployment drill in support of continued Alert Contingency Marine Air Ground Task Force training here. According...
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