29 January 2019
- RSIS
- Media Mentions
- ADECS 2019: Southeast Asia has a Dearth of Maritime Patrol Aircraft
ADECS 2019: Southeast Asia has a Dearth of Maritime Patrol Aircraft
There is a degree of polarity when it comes to naval assets in Southeast Asia, with some countries having a disproportionately large number of surface assets to patrol a relatively small area – Singapore is a case in point – while other countries such as Indonesia and the Philippines have far too few assets to monitor huge maritime areas. One solution for this ‘persistent resource capability shortfall’, according to Collin Koh, a research fellow of the Maritime Security Programme at RSIS, and who presented at the Asia Defence Expo & Conference Series 2019 conference, is utilisation of maritime patrol aircraft.
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