The recent emergence of plans by South Korea, Japan, India and China to develop sophisticated domestic jet fighters may seem on the surface like an Asian challenge to the longstanding hegemony of US and European manufacturers of such military hardware. However, the difficulties in developing indigenous military aircraft are enormous, writes Marc R. DeVore, as he looks back at similar efforts by India and Japan from the 1980s that ultimately ended in failure
It is axiomatic that India requires to self sufficient in the design, development and production of ...
The commercial aircraft industry is no stranger to trade friction, which has brought bitter internat...
The global trade in arms is to a large degree underpinned by the strong demand for arms in Asia and ...
Some of Asia’s aerospace industries are starting work on fifth-generation fighter aircraft. Despite ...
For ten years (1957 - 1967), the Indian government worked to create a high-performance fighter jet o...
India’s desire to transform itself into an international military power has brought about a rapid sh...
India has traditionally looked northward towards Pakistan as a potential aggressor. Since the creati...
Four major regional powers in Asia – China, India, Japan and South Korea – seek to acquire fifthgene...
Japan’s hopes for using its X-2 Shinshin combat aircraft programme to leap into the forefront the gl...
This research case explores and provides a critical perspective on the strategic destruction of the ...
Prolonged systemic challenges continue to strain and divide China’s military aviation industry, espe...
Until the 1990s, it was no secret that China possessed one of the most laggard and technologically b...
China’s development of a fifth generation fighter (J-20) was deemed inevitable over a decade ago, ma...
Several states in Southeast Asia have long attempted to produce their own armaments, both to support...
Japan will soon fly its X-2 fifth-generation fighter jet for the first time, prompting the possibili...
It is axiomatic that India requires to self sufficient in the design, development and production of ...
The commercial aircraft industry is no stranger to trade friction, which has brought bitter internat...
The global trade in arms is to a large degree underpinned by the strong demand for arms in Asia and ...
Some of Asia’s aerospace industries are starting work on fifth-generation fighter aircraft. Despite ...
For ten years (1957 - 1967), the Indian government worked to create a high-performance fighter jet o...
India’s desire to transform itself into an international military power has brought about a rapid sh...
India has traditionally looked northward towards Pakistan as a potential aggressor. Since the creati...
Four major regional powers in Asia – China, India, Japan and South Korea – seek to acquire fifthgene...
Japan’s hopes for using its X-2 Shinshin combat aircraft programme to leap into the forefront the gl...
This research case explores and provides a critical perspective on the strategic destruction of the ...
Prolonged systemic challenges continue to strain and divide China’s military aviation industry, espe...
Until the 1990s, it was no secret that China possessed one of the most laggard and technologically b...
China’s development of a fifth generation fighter (J-20) was deemed inevitable over a decade ago, ma...
Several states in Southeast Asia have long attempted to produce their own armaments, both to support...
Japan will soon fly its X-2 fifth-generation fighter jet for the first time, prompting the possibili...
It is axiomatic that India requires to self sufficient in the design, development and production of ...
The commercial aircraft industry is no stranger to trade friction, which has brought bitter internat...
The global trade in arms is to a large degree underpinned by the strong demand for arms in Asia and ...