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ADECS 2018: South Korea harbours nuclear submarine ambitions
South Korea is airing ambitions to form a nuclear-powered submarine (SSN) fleet and the eventual commissioning of such boats is being described as ‘politically inevitable’.
Speaking at the ADECS 2018 conference in Singapore, Sukjoon Yoon, a retired Republic of Korea Navy (ROKN) captain and now representing the Korea Institute for ...
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ADECS 2018: ‘No naval arms race’ in Southeast Asia
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ADECS 2018: India outlines security threats
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ADECS 2018: Show highlights (video)
Simon Williams speaks with Shephard about ADECS 2018 show highlights and looking forward to next year's event.
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ADECS 2018: ASEAN shipbuilders struggle to climb the food chain
Most countries in the ASEAN region have a local shipbuilding industry – Vietnam, for example, has the fifth largest such industry in the world – ...
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ADECS 2018: Stark warnings for maritime defence in Asian waters (video)
Shephard speaks with key industry analysts on the challenges and facing the waters surrounding Asia-Pacific and how both navies and coast guards are combating these difficulties.
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ADECS 2018: CRFS making spectrum waves (video)
CRFS is exhibiting for the first time at ADECS 2018, the RF spectrum monitoring solutions company already has a footprint in the Asia-Pacific region but ...