Persistent C4ISR Ambition

There are now ISR assets available to suit the budget of every nation that needs one, but the actionable intelligence gained will not be comparable.

- Justin Bronk

In the Asia-Pacific region, the physical distances involved in any potential military operations, as well as the shifting and multi-faceted geopolitical situation faced by each of the individual states means that the requirements that feed Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C4ISR) acquisition are challenging and very different to those faced by European states.

However the region does encompass some of the best funded and most technologically advanced military forces, most notably those of China, Japan and South Korea; but also multiple smaller actors with far lesser resources to draw on but nevertheless pressing defence needs which have led to innovative combinations of equipment and practices from East and West.