The tragic loss of KRI Nanggala lays bare the limits to international cooperation on submarine rescue, says Dr Collin Koh, a Research Fellow at the Institute of Defence and Strategic Studies, a constituent unit of RSIS based in NTU, in a commentary. The writer noted that immediately upon receipt of the Indonesian request, Singapore dispatched the navy’s submarine support and rescue vessel MV Swift Rescue, which mounts a Deep Search and Rescue 6 deep-submergence rescue vehicle (DSRV) that very afternoon on Apr 21.

…Dr Collin Koh is Research Fellow at the Institute of Defence and Strategic Studies, a constituent unit of the S Rajaratnam School of International Studies based in Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.