Submarines are often seen as a force multiplier against stronger foes, but expanding fleets and new aspirations require Asia to think of managing the maritime risks, says the S Rajaratnam School of International Studies’ Collin Koh.
COVID-19 may have held up supply chains and devastated the global economy as the world spentand stimulus packages. But defence spending during this time hardly languished.
Past historical feats of submarines in the hands of the presumably weaker party against the stronger adversary further romanticises the idea that an undersea force is necessary. The Argentinean submarine San Luis created so much commotion during the Falklands War in 1982 that the United Kingdom devoted disproportionate anti-submarine efforts against this singular threat.
And in late 2021, much attention has been fixated on Australia’s plan for nuclear-powered attack submarines under the AUKUS deal with the United Kingdom and United States.Countries like Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and Vietnam already have. Over the recent years, new submarine aspirants have also emerged in Southeast Asia.
But what surprised many is when Myanmar commissioned a secondhand submarine from India in 2020, at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, and another in 2021, this time from China.
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