NEW DELHI: Missile defence is technically complex, and very expensive. It's virtually like firing a bullet to stop an incoming bullet. But with the sheer operational criticality of air and missile defence systems being reinforced by the tit-for-tat attacks between Israel and Iran, India needs to majorly crank up efforts to make its airspace as impregnable as possible.

Cambodia appears to have given the Chinese navy extended and exclusive access to its naval base in Ream despite official claims that they only arrived for training purposes, a U.think tank said. on the arrival of two Chinese corvettes last December, the first foreign warships allowed to dock at the new Chinese-built pier at Ream, Sihanoukville province.

The Philippines Learn more The Philippine leader says the US has given its commitment to honour the Mutual Defence Treaty with Manila He says the death of any Filipino serviceman arising from aggression by a 'foreign power' is 'an attack on the Philippines' The Philippines Raissa Robles. The death of any Filipino serviceman in the event of aggression by a "foreign power" in the South China Sea would be enough to invoke a defence treaty between the Philippines and the United States, President Ferdinand Marcos Jnr has warned.