Matthew Loh

Senior Reporter for @BusinessInsider.

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[Matthew Loh @ma2loh]

Around the world, interceptor drone makers say interest in their products has soared since war in the Middle East began.

New demand is overwhelmingly coming from the Gulf states, with queries on how to protect critical infrastructure. With @sineadbaker1

https://t.co/MYPmdJ6apl

[Jake Epstein @byjepstein]

New: The drones that Iran is launching at US forces and Gulf allies are the same ones that Ukraine has fought for years. Ukrainian soldiers told us their battlefield experience offers lessons that matter in the Middle East war. w/@sineadbaker1 and @ma2loh-
https://t.co/29UrZNIgVn

[Samuel Bendett @sambendett]

Russian war bloggers are watching the US' new LUCAS drones — and fretting about Starlink terminals https://t.co/tb0Rso5AWm

[Jake Epstein @byjepstein]

Interceptor drones, once a far-fetched experiment, are now a cornerstone of Ukraine’s air defense — used to down Russian drones. NATO and Western militaries are taking notice.

A deep dive w/@ma2loh inside the rise of one of Kyiv’s top defense priorities:
https://t.co/VdvfqoTE01

[Matthew Loh @ma2loh]

Thales Belgium confirmed to me that the anti-drone FZ123 warhead, announced last year, is being used in Ukraine. Delivered via the FZ275 rocket, it's expected to be far more expensive than interceptor drones but a lot cheaper than conventional missiles.

https://t.co/yJwXxRvK2l

[Matthew Loh @ma2loh]

Bureaucracy is a sugar-free label on a bottle of water.

[CEPA @cepa]

“In the case of the tactical ballistic missile, this was very much the case. Sometimes, it took even longer,” @federicoborsar1 discusses the ineffectiveness of Russia’s delayed strikes against Ukrainian units with @ma2loh. https://t.co/svnQxXPcwB

[Jake Epstein @byjepstein]

NEW: @ma2loh and I spoke with several people involved in Ukraine's push to make fiber-optic drones. They can't be jammed with traditional electronic warfare, making them a huge threat in combat.

A look inside Kyiv's efforts to scale up production ->
https://t.co/HvJAN65xYe

[Matthew Loh @ma2loh]

@CollinSLKoh It is like saying the Dalai Lama visited Uruguay as a gesture to Spain because Uruguayans speak Spanish.

[Matthew Loh @ma2loh]

We have an estimated 6 million people here, so it looks like the first half of 2024 saw a rate of 0.0098 burglaries per 1,000 people.

[Matthew Loh @ma2loh]

Singapore has so few reported housebreaking incidents (59 in the first half of 2024) that police flagged a spike when a single gang contributed to 10 extra burglaries.

https://t.co/97LJwGc0tG

[Matthew Loh @ma2loh]

Confused, but not surprised, by what Japan is doing with its navy.

[Matthew Loh @ma2loh]

@ninadsheth @stephendziedzic Not sure about the India stuff with LKY but a kinetic conflict with China is not really our military's primary focus. We have historically emphasized more immediate threats.

[Matthew Loh @ma2loh]

@CollinRugg CNN has updated to say the worker "cannot stand by her comments."

https://t.co/UrZ9s1baHc

[Matthew Loh @ma2loh]

Comments that definitely won't age well.

[Meghan Morris @MeghanEMorris]

Chinese deepfakes of white women pose a unique problem, since the internet is walled off from the rest of the world.

@ma2loh spoke to a Ukranian student at Penn who was deepfaked for pro-Russia content, just weeks after starting a small YouTube channel.

https://t.co/G1Ap5I0pUM

[Matthew Loh @ma2loh]

It's crazy how US newsroom workers are talking about the death of the digital news industry, while Singapore newsrooms only just started building their digital media teams in earnest last year. It is like a window through time.

[Matthew Loh @ma2loh]

@lilahass You are showing up for me 👍. I am based in Singapore. Just to give you more ref points. But I am a few hours late.

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[Matthew Loh @ma2loh]

@KiaundraSmith Hi Kiaundra, I'm a reporter for Insider Inc (formerly known as Business Insider). Would you be open to speaking with me about this? I've just added you on Twitter and hopefully we can chat over DMs.