ASEAN Defence Seniors eye enhanced security cooperation
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DEFENCE & SECURITY
Exercise Wallaby accident: All 12 injured SAF servicemen received medical care, rejoined unit
Training has resumed, with emphasis on the need to maintain safety distance, especially when driving in poor visibility, the Singapore Army said in a Facebook post on Sept 25.
China’s PLA conducts first public test launch of intercontinental ballistic missile
China “informed the countries concerned in advance”, according to a separate Xinhua report, which did not clarify the path of the missile or where exactly in the “high seas…
12 Singapore Armed Forces servicemen injured in Australia after accident during Exercise Wallaby
Singapore’s Defence Ministry said in a statement late on Sept 24 that a Hunter armoured fighting vehicle rear-ended another at about 7.40pm (local time) while moving back to…
Quad coast guards to carry each other’s personnel in Indo-Pacific; joint initiative planned for third countries
As China intensifies its hegemonic moves, Japan, the United States, Australia, and India aim to strengthen the rule-based maritime order by further advancing their cooperation in…
US military companies sanctioned for arms sales to Taiwan
The sanctions came after the US Department of Defence's Defence Security Cooperation Agency confirmed on Tuesday that the US State Department had approved a $228 million arms sale…
Japan’s ruling party presidential candidates discuss foreign, security issues in Okinawa
There have been voices within the government and the Liberal Democratic Party expressing concern about possible sudden changes in foreign and security policies where consistency…
Chinese espionage in Philippines: ‘They come in many forms’
Spies can be businessmen, expats, collaborators of local think tanks, diplomats, academics who used to work in the defence and security sector, janitors, and even politicians and…
US says navy aeroplane transits Taiwan Strait
China, which claims sovereignty over democratically-governed Taiwan, calls Western military transits in the area provocations. The Eastern Theatre Command of China's People's…
Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam to conduct joint military exercises in November
The exchange is aimed to actualise the trilateral cooperation plan for 2023 between the three nations’ defence ministries, according to the Vietnamese ministry.