SINGAPORE: The Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) will restructure its intelligence and cyber defence units as well as acquire new ships to boost ...
SINGAPORE: The Singapore Armed Forces will restructure its intelligence and cyber defence units as well as acquire new ships to boost maritime security, Defence Minister Ng Eng Hen said in Parliament on Monday .
“Military spending in Asia has grown by more than 50 per cent in the last decade, with both China and India in the list of top five global spenders. ASEAN member states have doubled their spending on defence over the last 15 years,” he added.“Willy-nilly, these events, conflated, have resulted in the Asia arena becoming more militarised and contested.”
“The terrorism threat to Singapore remains high,” MINDEF said, adding that Singapore has been a terrorist target in the past, most recently in 2016 for regional militants linked to the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria . The Chief of Defence Force and Permanent Secretary will lead a committee tasked with this effort, and oversee the development of an integrated cyber command and force to defend Singapore’s digital borders especially against foreign cyber actors.
“The cyber domain is more difficult to plan and execute than in air, land and sea, and may require different types of units and force configuration,” Dr Ng said. “These ships will be dedicated and deployed for greater persistence to protect our territorial waters,” it stated.
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