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30 Oct 2020 | TECHNOLOGY

Meet the people of DSTA

// Producer & Editor THRINA THAM
// Cameraman CLEMENT GOH
// Graphic Designer BRYAN LOO

English 华文

The Defence Science and Technology Agency (DSTA) turns 20 this year. We speak to some of the DSTA folks about their work in defence tech, and also got them to reveal their inner geeks.

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