Pushing Back with OPVs

Asian Military Review

07 April 2020

Governments since the 1990s have recognised the importance of maritime territory and the economic value it has. Since then, offshore patrol vessels (OPVs) have become a procurement priority for Asian maritime nations alongside more traditional war-fighting ships such as corvettes and frigates. But Dr Collin Koh Swee Lean, a research fellow at RSIS, told AMR that depending on the government, there are varying levels of importance granted to maritime law enforcement agencies (MLEAs), and this differs between sub-regions. “We see more resources invested into MLEAs in Northeast Asia and to a lesser extent India in South Asia. But we still don’t witness a more radical shift in funding priorities towards MLEAs in SE Asia,” he said.

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