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YEAR EDITOR’S NOTE

CREDIT [ REPORT ]

LINE A Decade of Growth

The new decade that we are in now is marked by heightened global
tensions and is a far cry from the nineties, which was the era of the
Editor ‘Peace Dividend’, when the end of the Cold War resulted in a sharp
Vittorio Rossi Prudente decline in military spending. The global scenario today is markedly
vittorio.prudente@gbp.com.sg different with militaries having to invest in modernizing and
Deputy Editor replacing military assets.
Jay Menon
jay.menon@gbp.com.sg The Asia Pacific region today features a thriving defence industry, with
a greater proportion of indigenously defence platforms than ever
Bangalore Bureau Chief before. Going forward, Asian militaries will have to find an ideal
Atul Chandra
atul.chandra@gbp.com.sg balance between homegrown defence technology and the import of
high-end military equipment. It is heartening to see many militaries in
Singapore Bureau Chief the region already adopting such a strategy.
Aprajita Anil
aprajita.anil@gbp.com.sg
If there has been one major surprise, it is China’s rapid military
US Bureau Chief ascendancy and the growth of its arms exports. Recent data from
Arun Sivasankaran Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) suggests
arun.sivasankaran@gbp.com.sg that China has overtaken Russia, to become the second-largest arms
producer in the world, behind the United States. China’s North
Contributors
Tamir Eshel Industries Group Corporation (NORINCO), with sales of US$17.2
billion, is now the world’s largest land systems manufacturer.
Art Director
Miamica Khonglah As we head towards our third decade of continuous publication, I
maya.khonglah@gbp.com.sg cial intelligence and machine learning to gain
would like to thank our readers and friends from the industry for their
Web Director unstinting support. Our extensive and unmatched coverage of Silent competitive military advantages over China and
Elmer Valencia international aerospace and defence exhibitions will continue in 2020, Russia. China already declared its intention to
elmer.valencia@gbp.com.sg with a greater emphasis on digital offerings as we cater to changing be the world leader in AI by 2030, and similarly,
trends. Happy reading! Russia has called AI “the future of humanity”
Circulation Manager
Akshay Satyamurthy and sees the development of superhuman
akshay.satyamurthy@gbp.com.sg intelligence as the key to the world. "Whoever
Editor Assassins becomes the leader in this sphere will become
Asian Defence Technology the ruler of the world,” Russian President
Advertising Contacts: Vladimir Putin declared. Russia’s Tupolev PAK
marketing@gbp.com.sg DA next-generation strategic bomber is likely
to be equipped with AI-guided missiles with a
Europe & Americas AI IN DEFENCE HAS GIVEN RISE TO AUTONOMOUS range of up to 7,000 km (about 4,350 miles)
and all other countries:
Global Communications sas WEAPONS, ONES THAT ACT ON THEIR OWN to analyze the aerial and radio-radar situation
Tel: +39 049 723548 and determine its direction, altitude and speed.
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Japan Israel was one of the first countries to “reveal
Visionworks that it has deployed fully automated robots:
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self-driving military vehicles to patrol the border
India + South East Asia Global Business Press Pte.Ltd. The exponentially burgeoning use of Artificial intelligence (AI) in the with the Palestinian-governed Gaza Strip.”
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Artificial Intelligence Center, says, "in future wars, the side with the first wave of £4 million funding to revolu-
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AI systems into combat via a spearhead initiative called Project process thousands of strands of intelligence
Maven, which uses AI algorithms to identify insurgent targets in and data by using Artificial Intelligence (A.I.).
Iraq and Syria. Nine projects will share an initial £1 million to
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The Pentagon’s latest National Defence Strategy calls for the rapid to overcome increasing ‘information overload’
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