Singapore navy to get eight new warships

Tackling threats: Ivy Ng (on platform), wife of Defence Minister Dr Ng Eng Hen, launching Singapore’s first littoral mission vessel, the ‘Independence’. — The Straits Times / Asia News Network

SINGAPORE has launched the first of eight new warships that will sharpen the navy’s firepower to tackle new maritime threats.

Independence, a littoral mission vessel, will go through sea trials from next year after its combat systems are installed.