COVER-MAY 13:AMR 6/11/13 1:37 PM Page 1 VOLUME 21/ISSUE 3 MAY 2013 US$15 A S I A P A C I F I C ’ S L A R G E S T C I R C U L A T E D D E F E N C E M A G A Z I N E ANTI ARMOUR SUBMARINE WARFARE JOINT SURVIVABILITY SPECIAL MISSION DISMOUNTED ISTAR AIRCRAFT NAVAL DIRECTORY SINGAPORE MILITARY www.asianmilitaryreview.com GMB_2013_ISR_AsianMilitaryRev_April_002_Print.pdf 1 4/18/13 2:53 PM Content & Edit May13:AMR 6/11/13 6:03 PM Page 3 MAY 2013 ContentsContentsVOLUME 21 / ISSUE 3 06 Front Cover Photo: The fuel cell powered HDW Class 212A submarines have been in service with the German Navy since 2005. A The Wide Blue Yonder second batch of two boats in currently under construction Martin Streetly at ThyssenKrupp Marine As a region dominated by the vastnesses of the Pacific and Indian Oceans, Systems in Kiel, Germany © the Asia-Pacific nations have always had a strong interest in the ability to police ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems and monitor their national and economic regional interests 14 Singapore’s 48 Defence Stance Gordon Arthur Singapore may be the smallest country in SE Asia but it has 54 region’s most able military. Perched on tip of Malay Peninsula Survivability: Submarine warfare where Malacca and Singapore Stopping Enemy and upgrades Straits converge, Singapore Fires On Sea achieves world’s 4th highest Ted Hooton A century ago naval power was defence expenditure per capita AndLand counted in battleships, but the Gordon Arthur modern arbiter of naval power Survivability on the battlefield is consists of invisible battleships 40 important… obviously! Threats submarines which have played a 23 come from multiple directions major role in shaping modern Asia and in many shapes, so the per- and are likely to continue to tinent question is how to protect do so. A market survey calculated personnel and their platforms to that by the end of the decade the maximum extent possible the region’s expenditure on submarines will total $46 billion DismountedISTAR To Kill a Tank AMR Naval 62 Peter Donaldson Tom Withington Directory 2013 While soldiers have always func- When they first graced the Peter Donaldson tioned as sensors, now they are mud and horror of the battle- Asia is home to a very active among the greatest producers and fields of the First World War they made the horse cavalry naval market that is absorbing consumers of Intelligence, some of the most capable obsolete almost overnight. At Surveillance, Target Acquisition and the same time, these vessels and systems that the Reconnaissance (ISTAR) informa- global industry can offer. Many armoured land ships struck tion for immediate tactical use and nations in the region are either fear into the hearts of infantry, advancing or initiating their own for building the long-term under- able to pour down fire onto shipbuilding, engineering and standing of the operational the- their positions, with near systems integration capabilities atres and human cultures in which impunity from retaliation they find themselves l MAY 2013 l 03 Content & Edit May13:AMR 6/11/13 6:04 PM Page 4 Index of Advertisers AIRBUS MILITARY 9 AM GENERAL 47 AMR DSI 43 BOEING - F 18 17 BOEING INSITU 39 DIMDEX 61 DSA MALAYSIA 71 DSEI COVER 3 EXELIS COVER 4 HONEYWELL 13 IAI ELTA 5 IAI RAMTA 27 PACIFIC AUSTRALIA 59 PLASAN 29 RAFAEL 25 ROSTEC 66-67 SAGEM 21 SINGAPORE AIRSHOW 73 TADTE 53 THYSSENKRUPP MARINE 57 VIASAT COVER 2 VIKING 33 Advertising Offices Australia Peter Stevens, Publisher’s Internationalé Tel: (61) 8 9389 6601 Email: [email protected] France/Spain Stephane de Remusat, REM International Tel: (33) 5 3427 0130 E-Mail: [email protected] Germany/Austria/Switzerland/Italy/UK Adam Baddeley (1972 - 2013) Sam Baird, Whitehill Media Tel: (44-1883) 715 697 Mobile: (44-7770) 237 646 E-Mail: [email protected] India Vishal Mehta, Media Transasia India Limited On Tuesday, April 2, ASIAN MILITARY REVIEW's editor in chief, Adam Baddeley Tel: (91) 124 4759625, Fax: (91) 124 4759550 E-Mail: [email protected] passed away suddenly. 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Other identified the Pacific and a number of regional players into Indian service, Australia’s longer term features include a weapons bay located recapitalise their aviation patrol assets. Hand P-8A acquisition and future for Unmanned ahead of the platform’s main undercarriage in hand with such developments, the region’s Aircraft Systems (UAS) as persistent sur- sponsons, rear fuselage observation win- nations are also looking to ‘special mission’ veillance tools. In more detail, the Shaanxi dows, an Electro-Optical (EO) sensor turret platforms to provide intelligence on unpre- Y-8 ASW platform (variously referred to as beneath its forward fuselage and fore and dictable neighbours such as North Korea. the Y-8FQ, the Y-8GX-6 or the Y-8Q) was aft radar warning and missile approach 06 l ASIAN MILITARY REVIEW l Special Mission Aircraft May13:AMR 6/10/13 4:33 PM Page 3 S P E C I A L MISSIONAIRCRAFT Over time, Australia, tified as the Y-8GX-2 or the Y-8JB.