Sounds like winning modern warfare is no longer who has the better and more equipment, it is about who can punch 1st... :think:
The have their anti-aircraft missiles to deal with our AH64s too... Sound like a roundabout leh... :bsmilie:
Finally, Singapore purchase new Main Battle Tank : Leopard 2A4
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Sounds like winning modern warfare is no longer who has the better and more equipment, it is about who can punch 1st... :think:
The have their anti-aircraft missiles to deal with our AH64s too... Sound like a roundabout leh... :bsmilie:
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This tank is abit out dated by today's standard. First production was in 1980s... Its almost 30 years ago... I was quite surpise why dont we built our own tank... An indigenious one...
SG is like tt, buy old tank for cheap price than later super upgrade with our own tech ma...AMX15, Skyhawk, F-5E, Howitzer 155 (we made it mobile)...subs.....:bsmilie: :bsmilie:
hanqiang1011
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The F-15J too... Buying what USAF dont want... USAF already into 4th G already, so of their planes are 5th G (stealth plus combat capabitlies)...
Even China has its own stealth warplane project called J-10XX...
Outdated nevermind lah. As long as can beat our neighbours can oredi.
Look at the M16, Vietnam war oredi using.
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V12 47 litres, turbo diesel, but how much bhp? :think: :bsmilie: :bsmilie: But doesn't matter lah... i already read top speed is 72km/h...
Build your own very ex, especially small force like SG one, can't recover the R&D costs.
Anyway, the US (or any other country) will never sell you their latest stuff one. Those export versions are not as good as their own versions one. Outwardly look very similar but those electronic black boxes inside they keep updating and are top secret.
Yah. It goes along the line of that, but actually urs is the predecessor.You kuku. Its 15m tall only... But all terrain.
This is the improved version:
DSTA is also working on a prototype that has a top secret technology built into it.
The name of the advanced shielding is called "Lambda Driver" where it translates the pilot's willpower, focus and concentration into physical energy.
SHhhhh.....
did you not read that DSTA report? they have successfully recycled hugely compressed durian shells to replace the DU. it is environmentally friendly, being non-radioactive and also recycles fruit waste, plus it is better performing than DU. the microstructure of the durian spine apparently has 900mm penentrative power which means even the M1 frontal armour cannot resist our APDSFS (Armour Piercing Durian Shell, Fruit Spine) round.
only down side is, DS is now a strategic material, and in order not to being held ransom by ODEC (Organisation of Durian Exporting Countries), all large trees along ECP and other major roads will be replaced with Durian trees. By 2011 we will become self-reliant on this strategic DS.
yah but we are unlikely to find those guys around the neighbourhood. you don't have to out run the bear, just out run your friend. remember? ;p
the MLRS looks impressive when fired, but these are unguided rockets and have very poor accuracy, compared to howitzers and long range mortars. However I think there may be guided versions of the munition. Another draw back is that once a salvo is fired it takes a long time to reload the launcers.
With the cargo rounds these days, I think long range howitzers is a better option. The FH2000 is 52 caliber, while the ABG has their organic 39 caliber Primus. The ABG don't need such long range as they would deal with threats directly in front of them. The SAF planners know what they are doing.
nah come on, its not that bad is it?
read through the thread please, there will be another one.
we didn't buy old F-15 (and certainly not F-15J, that's the Jap variant). Unlike the Leopard 2 we're getting from Germany, the F-15T (we get T because S already taken by the Saudi) are new air frames with the latest avionic options. Only the air frame design is 30 years old, the rest are all new.
The Leopard 2 (like the subs) on the other hand, are actually old hulls. However armoured hulls can last practically forever. Knowing our pattern of doing things, ST Engineering would probably put in a retrofit about 5 years from now and make it into a super duper Leopard S
If you have seen the M113 Ultra compared to the original, man you'd faint. These are A1 and A2 hulls, older than most of you guys here
From what I understand... The current MLRS are pretty accurate and the fire power is huge.
1 MLRS could out-gun and out-range 5 howitzers... Plus it is very mobile, makes it a very hard target to find...
Do we have the capability to take them out 1st or at least have the deterrent to warn our enemy not to fire into residential or non-military targets?
I don't think so but I don't have the data on hand. The MLRS rockets have a large dispersion rate. Way larger than howitzer rounds. Our friends up north also do not have the long range rockets. Plus it is no where as mobile as the Primus, for example.
Compare the crater created by 155mm howitzer round with the bomblets from MLRS.
I think MLRS has good coverage, useful for blanketing an area.
Howitzer rounds can do some heavy damage to fortified positions, firing from a battery.
Each got it's own use and cannot replace the other.
I think MLRS has good coverage, useful for blanketing an area.
Howitzer rounds can do some heavy damage to fortified positions, firing from a battery.
Each got it's own use and cannot replace the other.
precisely, it is good we are not having any of these not-so-accurate big-hole-creating ammunition. In any conflict you want to crater the runway, but not the kampong next to it. Given the nature of our area of ops, I don't think we should use MLRS, not to mention we have a large inventory of heavy artillery.
However, Malaysia have other neighbours too, and in those other areas of ops, MLRS may be useful.
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