Singapore Offers UAVs For Philippines ISR Duties

Credit: ScanEagle: Boeing Insitu
KUALA LUMPUR—Singapore has offered to send a detachment of UAVs for surveillance or reconnaissance in operations against militants claiming allegiance to the so-called Islamic State in the southern part of the Philippines. Apart from the UAV detachment, Singapore also offered a Republic of Singapore...
Marhalim Abas

Marhalim Abas, based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, covers Southeast Asian defense. He has worked as a journalist specializing in Southeast Asia defense and security since 1994, initially with the New Straits Times newspaper.

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