The message to China behind Singapore's US F-35 jet plan

Singapore wants to become the fourth country to enmesh US F-35 warplanes above and around the South China Sea a move likely to be greeted with trepidation in Beijing.

In a speech before Parliament last week, Singaporean Defense Minister Ng Eng Hen announced a plan to buy up to 12 F-35 warplanes from the US. If the deal goes through, Singapore will become the fourth American ally in the Pacific to own them.

The purchase would require US congressional approval, but Ng said that both the Trump administration and the Pentagon favored the deal.
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