Chen Chuanren is the Southeast Asia and China Editor for the Aviation Week Network’s (AWN) Air Transport World (ATW) and the Asia-Pacific Defense Correspondent for AWN, joining the team in 2017.
Prior joining AWN, Chuanren was a regular serviceman in the Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) Air Defense and Operations Command. He now serves the RSAF Air Force Information Center as a reservist. He holds a Bachelor of Mass Communications as well as a Diploma in Mechatronics (Aerospace).
Singapore Airlines (SIA) is in discussions with Indian conglomerate Tata Group over its shares of Vistara, presaging a potential integration of the latter with Air India, which Tata now fully owns.
The launches suggest that North Korea is in the process of developing or already has the capability to develop small nuclear warheads suitable for munitions like cruise missiles.