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Not always you have good images of a warship's combat information centre, its nerve centre (see bottom left image). 👀

Croc: you called Grab? Kitty: yes it's me. Croc: come board me. I know, you think I'm shit-posting. True, but amidst the gloom of geopolitical upheavals, we can do well with some lighthearted content. 😉

The very interesting USV serving the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, which can be carried by the Mogami class frigate in its stern dock, seen here undertaking mine countermeasures role.

A new, major development for intra-ASEAN dispute management: Indonesia and Malaysia agree to jointly develop the disputed Ambalat offshore energy block. jakartaglobe.id/business/jakar…

What a spin! 🙃

Following the Indo-Pacific Partnership for Maritime Domain Awareness launched in May 2022, this Quad-at-Sea Ship Observer Mission involving the Quad member states' maritime law enforcement agencies is the grouping's latest maritime security initiative. pib.gov.in/PressReleasePa…

A major shift, I believe, though PBBM publicly flagged concerns before about the country being potentially dragged into conflicts involving the US outside the WPS context. reuters.com/world/china/ph…

PRC state media proudly presenting how Beijing blatantly flouts laws governing international airspace. 🙃

Kim cuts a good deal: getting advanced Russian military tech in exchange for DPRK's legacy equipment such as vintage artillery and munition, not to mention flesh-and-blood supply for Russia's meat assault waves. ukrinform.net/rubric-ato/401…

Great images of the Japan Self-Defense Force's F-35B JSF. 👍🏽👇🏽

Maiden attempt for tonight’s dinner: mee siam goreng with pan-seared scallops. No, I don’t rely on pseudo-science and quack logic to claim Hokkaido scallops are too radioactive for consumption only to contradict myself by consuming them. 😉

Vietnam, if I'm not wrong, is the first ASEAN country to strike the deal. Not down to zero as it desires and with caveats for sure, but still it serves as a good test case for other ASEAN economies. ft.com/content/692605…

Very forthright of Beijing to come clean with its strategic intent over Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine, and leaving no room for ambiguity as to which party it supports. scmp.com/news/china/dip…

Over-simplistic extrapolation that Beijing's economic difficulties amid US trade war give ASEAN leverage in the proposed Code of Conduct negotiations. In fact, Beijing has been driving this whole thing; ASEAN never has any leverage due to disunity. asean.bernama.com/news.php?id=24…

It's interesting that Trump's tariff letter to Malaysia was addressed to the King, not PM Anwar, whereas the letter to Thailand was addressed to the acting PM, not the King. bloomberg.com/news/live-blog…

Should have been the case since Day 1 of entering office. wsj.com/politics/natio…