Pacific Winds 20231025

A daily collection of news affecting the Asia-Pacific region

Oct 24, 2023

Alliances

Micronesia-Marianas (2^nd Island Chain+)

Governor worried about Guam’s security amid burgeoning regional tensions
PIT 20231024
https://www.pacificislandtimes.com/post/governor-worried-about-guam-s-security-amid-burgeoning-regional-tensions

Governor lobbies military, contractors for new hospital
PDN 20231024
https://www.guampdn.com/news/governor-lobbies-military-contractors-for-new-hospital/article_dc2d9bdc-7176-11ee-9c08-17371f4bb382.html

US, South Korea conduct anti-submarine warfare exercise near Guam
Defense News 20231023
https://www.defensenews.com/news/your-navy/2023/10/23/us-south-korea-conduct-anti-submarine-warfare-exercise-near-guam/

US Navy missile warning programme clears critical design review
Janes 20231024
https://www.janes.com/defence-news/defence/latest/us-navy-missile-warning-programme-clears-critical-design-review

Palau-Taiwan Trade Show 2023 Starts!
Island Times 20231024
https://islandtimes.org/palau-taiwan-trade-show-2023-starts/

Island Waves

China’s Peace Ark: Building Bridges with Pacific Island Nations
RSIS 20231023
https://www.rsis.edu.sg/rsis-publication/rsis/chinas-peace-ark-building-bridges-with-pacific-island-nations/

Defence Force Going into Major Restructure
Post Courier (PNG) 20231024
https://www.postcourier.com.pg/defence-force-going-into-major-restructure/

Taiwan + SCS

Missing Stinger missile launcher turns up at Taiwan organized crime arsenal
Taiwan News 20231024
https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/5026353

China sends 9 military aircraft, 6 navy ships around Taiwan
Taiwan News 20231024
https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/5026179

Japan-U.S.-Australia-Canada-New Zealand Multilateral Exercise (Noble Caribou)
JMSDF 20231024
https://www.mod.go.jp/msdf/en/release/202310/20231024en.pdf

Coast Guard cutter makes historic visit to Philippines as tensions flare in South China Sea
S&S 20231024
https://www.stripes.com/branches/coast_guard/2023-10-24/coast-guard-cutter-tacloban-philippines-11812284.html

Australia cannot stay silent on China’s bullying of the Philippines
AFR 20231024
https://www.afr.com/policy/foreign-affairs/australia-cannot-stay-silent-on-china-s-bullying-of-the-philippines-20231024-p5eeja

US Warns It Will Defend Philippines After South China Sea Collisions
The Diplomat 20231024
https://thediplomat.com/2023/10/us-warns-it-will-defend-philippines-after-south-china-sea-collisions/

Philippines’ Marcos Jnr urges quick end to probe into ‘dangerous’ collision with Chinese vessel
SCMP 20231024
https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3238992/south-china-sea-philippine-leader-urges-quick-end-probe-dangerous-collision-chinese-vessel

Philippines needs self-restraint over Ren'ai Jiao
China Military 20231024
http://eng.chinamil.com.cn/OPINIONS_209196/Opinions_209197/16261425.html

South China Sea Situation: Enhance Multilateral Cooperation to Deter Beijing
Yomiuri 20231024
https://japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/editorial/yomiuri-editorial/20231024-145365/

Capabilities

Sino-Russo missile threats key new US OTH radars
Asia Times 20231024
https://asiatimes.com/2023/10/sino-russo-missile-threats-key-new-us-oth-radars/

China’s nuclear arsenal must be strong enough to deter any potential US nuclear blackmail
GT 20231024
https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202310/1300484.shtml

UK’s ‘limited’ Indo-Pacific presence criticised amid fears conflict not far away
Independent (UK) 20231023
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/china-james-cleverly-uk-government-mps-commons-defence-committee-b2434754.html

Australia’s nuclear-powered submarines will be worth the wait—and the cost
ASPI 20231024
https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/australias-nuclear-powered-submarines-will-be-worth-the-wait-and-the-cost/

AUKUS as Big Science?
Lowy 20231025
https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/aukus-big-science

Lockheed Australia’s battle management Agile Shield passes counter-drone operational test
Breaking Defense 20231024
https://breakingdefense.com/2023/10/lockheed-australias-battle-management-agile-shield-passes-counter-drone-operational-test/

China missile edge over U.S. puts Japan at risk of threats: analyst
Nikkei 20231024
https://asia.nikkei.com/Politics/International-relations/China-missile-edge-over-U.S.-puts-Japan-at-risk-of-threats-analyst

U.S. Army Expanding Watercraft Footprint in the Pacific
USNI 20231024
https://news.usni.org/2023/10/24/interview-u-s-army-expanding-watercraft-footprint-in-the-pacific

U.S. Focuses on Deterrence as China Raises Stakes in Indo-Pacific
US DoD 20231024
https://www.defense.gov/News/News-Stories/Article/Article/3566970/us-focuses-on-deterrence-as-china-raises-stakes-in-indo-pacific/

UK Defence and the Indo-Pacific
USNI 20231024
https://news.usni.org/2023/10/24/report-on-u-k-defense-in-the-indo-pacific

UK lawmakers say ‘limited’, ‘modest’ Indo-Pacific presence not enough to address China threat
Breaking Defense 20231024
https://breakingdefense.com/2023/10/uk-lawmakers-say-limited-modest-indo-pacific-presence-not-enough-to-address-china-threat/

Jet-Powered JDAM Aims To Turn Bombs Into Cruise Missiles
The Drive 20231024
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/jet-powered-jdam-aims-to-turn-bombs-into-cruise-missiles

SPY SATELLITES AREN’T NEARLY AS ALL-SEEING AS YOU THINK
Sandboxx 20231023
https://www.sandboxx.us/news/spy-satellites-arent-nearly-as-all-seeing-as-you-think/

DoD developing strategy to tap commercial space market
Space News 20231024
https://spacenews.com/dod-developing-strategy-to-tap-commercial-space-market/

Companies lobby Congress to approve $1 billion ‘hedge portfolio’
Defense News 20231024
https://www.defensenews.com/battlefield-tech/2023/10/24/companies-lobby-congress-to-approve-1-billion-hedge-portfolio/

Development of China's Distant-Water Fisheries
PRC (Xinhua) 20231024
http://english.scio.gov.cn/whitepapers/2023-10/24/content_116769913.htm

China vows to keep striking illegal activities in distant-water fisheries white paper
GT 20231024
https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202310/1300487.shtml

China Dismisses Defense Minister Amid Swirl of Speculation
NYTimes 20232024
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/24/world/asia/china-defense-minister-ousted.html

Li Shangfu removed from position as China’s Minister of National Defense
GT 20231024
https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202310/1300475.shtml

Power

The United States: More normal and less exceptional than you think
Lowy 20231024
https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/united-states-more-normal-less-exceptional-you-think

Exercises

First-ever US-Japan-ROK joint exercise on Korean Peninsula highly adverse to regional security
China Military 20231024
http://eng.chinamil.com.cn/OPINIONS_209196/Opinions_209197/16261393.html

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