The participants during the summit. - Photo: EMBASSY OF THE UNITED STATES IN BRUNEI DARUSSALAM
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN: Lieutenant Colonel (U) Muhd Adif Zaman and Captain (U) Mohamad Alauddin Basar both from the Royal Brunei Air Force (RBAirF), participated in the Multilateral Integrated Air and Missile Defence Summit and Senior International Leader Event-Pacific 2025 (MISSILEPAC ‘25) held from Dec 1-5 on Oahu, Hawaii.
The week-long conference, hosted by the 94th Army Air and Missile Defence Command (AAMDC), brought together military leaders, defence experts, and regional partners from across the Indo-Pacific to advance cooperation, expand shared capacity, and strengthen regional deterrence in the face of increasingly complex air and missile threats.
Lieutenant Colonel (U) Muhd Adif and Captain Mohamad Alauddin actively contributed to the event, participating in discussions and workshops focused on synchronised planning, integrated sensor-to-shooter networks, operational interoperability, shared early warning systems, and the development of missile defence architecture.
MISSILEPAC ‘25 included participants from Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Japan, Netherlands, Republic of Korea (ROK), the Philippines the United Kingdom, and various United States military and government agencies.
The conference served as a vital forum for strengthening multinational cooperation and advancing partner capacity in integrated air and missile defence.
The event concluded with a Coast Artillery Remembrance Ceremony at Fort Kamehameha, honouring the Air and Missile Defence Soldiers who defended Oahu during the attack on Pearl Harbour, highlighting the enduring connection between past and present defence efforts. - Borneo Bulletin/ANN
