ooo I saw the new bus at NUS UCC yesterday when they did the launch!

looks like the new Scania K230UB.

my friend at DSTA said they had a little open house with the leo2A4 last friday, seems like they haven’t worked on it yet

The Defence and Fall of Singapore 1940-1942 by Brian Farrell

He was my lecturer in NUS for military history.

This book is available at national libraries.

Originally posted by Joshua1975:

I still like my SBO...

omgosh, arty/engineering sbo!

I used to have one until I converted from arty to infantry...

haiz, very gian to receive the new vest leh.

Originally posted by LRRP:

i was hoping it would be Merkava. Nonetheless Leopard aint a bad choice.

But i think they would still need a light tank. The Stryker perhaps?

the israelis has sold everything from radar to missile to uav, but the merkava is one thing they haven't put in their export list.

Think they won't sell it anyway.

Originally posted by datafuser:

The F-35's ordnance is limited only when bombs are carried internally for stealth. If you compare the F-35 with older fighters such as F-15 and F-16 in terms of bombs carried internally, the F-35 wins hands down.

Count the bombs that can be carried externally as well, then the F-35's bomb-carrying capacity is pretty impressive.

Cheers,
Sunho

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this picture should explain all.

yah, my blog tracker also got show ppl from government visiting.
it could be they eating snake, but more like monitoring.

swedish CV90 ignoring traffic sign and almost collided....

can't help watching it again and again, and the mounted tropps at the rear compartment must be like WTF

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okly05HmKEA

damn! I'm late! OMG I'm so excited!
oh the latest reply to the malaysian thread was saying they are jealous. They should.

The frontal turret armour of the A4 seems disturbing, are they going to upgrade it to at least the same sloping one as the A5?

Think they are sticking to L44 main gun, L55 barrel too long also very clumsy.

Originally posted by Shotgun:

Harpoons? Mavericks? Light ASW torpedoes?

I guess it would be about the same suite as USN's Seahawks: Hellfire, Penguin, Mk46 Torp...

Originally posted by tankee1981:

Actually we have been trained to use the 75mm APFSDS round from the SM1 to engage helicopters. I suppose we will only engage helicopters provided that they are within range and doesn't have much fire power (eg transport helicopters)

I'm quite surprised, is the sabot effective against rotary-wing compared to a heat round?

Originally posted by gary1910:

Dave seem to be hinting a European tanks is in the pipeline?!?

Upgrade to A6 I hope.

When it appear in future NDP, it will certainly have the same impact as 1969!!!

if the *ahem*centurion*ahem* didn't appear in NDP, what makes us think that the replacement will?

Originally posted by martin_lim85:

no lah cannot lah, our has more horse power, co(k pit is all lcd. and heres a normal chinook pushing its limits http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4563207662901643639&q=chinook

oh my goodness, a clumsy fat babe trying to do stunt!

Originally posted by equlus84:

Pardon me..........wad's a LCAC? A type of flat bed naval transportation vessel?

Landing Craft, Air Cushion

Originally posted by Seth35:

The T-72 Was a Crew Killer...Normally Once Hit... It had a Tendency to Catch Fire... I believe The T-72 Has a Crew of Three...And has an Auto Loader for its Rounds... And has good NBC protection

usually in western tank designs, the ammunition storage area has panels that blow outwards to prevent internal explosion and cook off. Russian tank designs don't have this feature, so in movies we always see the whole round round turret of T-series fly off.

Originally posted by siaokao:

As far as I know.. Israel is not considered 'European'..

I don't mind getting Merkava~

Originally posted by siaokao:

err.. sorry, i did not get the meaning..

It's 41SAR's motto. Oopz is this classified?

our SM1 is as old as our previous Senior Minister... time for a new SM!
(actually if SAF's Centurion doesn't exist officially, the new tanks won't exist officially as well)

even our Australian friends are getting M1A1 tanks...

wow nice pictures! (or is it Police Coast Guard requested air support to intercept illegal immigrants..?)

the next thing you'll see Vipers flying below Sheares Bridge...

are you talking about the Battle of Khafji?

Actually there were quite a few interesting tank battles during the first gulf war. Gosh I can't remember which battle was it that the outnumbered yanks outfought the iraqi and spearheaded too deep in...

Originally posted by tankee1981:

Well, they just want to be different from others thats all. They don't see the need to be the same as the rest of the world.

imagine they are like translating everything into hanyu pinyin, then they assume it's perfect english sentences.. what the lor!

Originally posted by moca:

why must they use KONG JUN instead of Air Force?
Remember seeing Chinese police bike with the words GONG AN on its side.. damn disgusting.

not only tankies, the A-10’s milk-bottle-sized rounds from its Avenger also use DU.

Originally posted by LazerLordz:

with the extended drop tanks/ future AWACS requirement etc.. can tell.

aww, I want a E-3 Sentry AWACS!

Originally posted by Fatum:

the northern dragon is certainly one of them ... I used to see them as the new "rising sun" ... but then again, no one in the right mind would want to go up against them, no ? ... certainly not us .... but we also have a potential "eagle" on the loose ... somewhere else ....

why do we need a long range aircraft for ? ... take out a map of south east asia and the answer'd be clear, no ? ...

that country has the potential to become a real basket case one day, and as a terrorist or fundamentalist haven it'll be worse for us and the entire region than 10 Iraqs or Afghanistans ...

the fact that we have KC-135 is quite suggestive =)

Originally posted by glock:

Dear gaoxingdcf

I think ROCs fly Mirage 2000s not Rafales - anyone , please correct if incorrect. No AF flies Rafales except French Air Force.

F15 air to air victories are against lesser opponents & aircraft - air superiority already established against opponents in most if not all cases. Pit it one to one with a well flown MIG 29 or SU30 and the outcome cud be quite different.

One will never have too much range. In almost every air war , range is always a problem because usually, the situation is usually never what was planned for .

positive. Rafale can't find export market yet, only French AF and navy are using it.

Originally posted by Shotgun:

Heh, Can imagine a another sub tracking the Japanese submarine.

Sonar Officer: "Sonar contact Sierra -29 emitting..... female moaning noises on bearing 000. Contact now classified as Japanese Self Defence Force Submarine."

Captain: "Noted. Set course, 000, all ahead 2/3. Chief of the watch, please patch it through over the 1MC. I'll be in my cabin." =D

I can imagine flooding in the sonar room...

anyway I found this pic of the sub, buang until quite jialat...