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braderjoni

Saturday November 21 2009                        
Singapore cements military ties with US        
IDAHO, Nov 21 - Singapore’s already-strong friendship with theUnited States has reached another milestone with the opening of a newlong-term defence training detachment in the American state of Idaho.
The detachment — the country’s fourth in the US — will enableRepublic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) personnel to carry out trainingon its newest F-15 fighter jet in the wide open spaces of the AmericanNorthwest.
Under an agreement, 12 RSAF F-15SG fighter jets will be based at thevast Mountain Home Air Force Base, which has an airspace of more than19,000 sq km — six times the size of Singapore’s.
About 250 RSAF personnel and their families are already there,having moved in since last year to set up the 428th Fighter Squadron.They will now work with US Air Force personnel to sharpen theirfighting skills, before returning to Singapore in March to set up anF-15 squadron.
In a speech to launch the new detachment on Thursday Deputy PrimeMinister Teo Chee Hean described the bilateral relationship betweenSingapore and the US as “strong and warm”.
DPM Teo, who is also Defence Minister, said the ties, which go backdecades, are based on shared strategic perspectives and commoninterests.
The cornerstone for such a deep relationship, he said, isSingapore’s position that a US presence in the Asia-Pacific is vitalfor the region’s continued peace and security. He added that the armedforces of both countries benefit from the close relationship.
Singapore, he said, gains by having wide open areas in which totrain, thus overcoming land and airspace limitations back home. Thistraining, he added, helps the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) improve itsoperational readiness.
He also noted that US ships and aircraft called at Singapore’s airand naval bases even before the Republic gained independence, and thatvarious other agreements since then have allowed American forces to usefacilities in the country.
Joint training exercises between the two milita lso touched on the strong ties between the two countries yesterday.
“Having an F-15 detachment here provides mutual training andinter-operability opportunities that we have always valued in thestrategic partnership with Singapore and Asia,” he said.
“Singapore has always been a strong and steadfast partner in manymutual areas of security interest, not just in South-east Asia, butaround the world as we confront global issues like piracy and globalextremism.”
Singapore has three other long-term training detachments in theUnited States: a Chinook helicopter unit in Texas; and an Apache attackhelicopter detachment and F-16 squadron at two locations in Arizona.
In all, about 600 SAF personnel have been deployed to the four detachments.
The commander of the Idaho detachment, Lieutenant-Colonel Lim CheeMeng, said he was excited by the training opportunities in store.
“We will get to benchmark ourselves against one of the best fightercrews in the world during large-scale exercises and competitions.”
Because of space constraints in Singapore, the SAF has agreementswith several other countries, including Australia, India, South Africaand Thailand, to train on their turf. — Straits Times


Malaysia should also consider to do the same. Without US, Malaysia like Spore is just a small peanut in time of trouble.

soyan

http://www.klsreview.com/HTML/2009Jan_Jun/20090516_01.html

siapa tahu berita ini cakap apa?nAMPAKNYA 110M fRIGATE LEBIH CANGGIH DARI F-2000 TLDM!!!!!!!!1

kentutbusok

baru design kot?

soyan

TAK TAU I.SEDNAG CUBA CARI DALAM TRANSLATE.

venez

ohhh, kapal stealth nih... rasanya project lama nih... rentetan dari project kapal RSS Formidable......

belacan79

The Formidables are 114.8 metres long (and not 110 metres long) and >3200 tonnage per ship.

zaujahzauji

ape yang canggih dari tldm?story leee...

belacan79

That could be a possible replacement for the Victory class ships..akan datang next decade.

It seems that RSN, through ST Marine, has indicated interest in a number of stealth frigate designs as potential replacements for the Victory class ships. My guess is that they will be slightly smaller but more advanced and stealthier Type 45/Horizon class derivatives; focused with anti-air/ballistic missile defence.

RSN has also indicated interest in DCN`s Swordfish; a revolutionary stealth heavy frigate(it's bigger than the Formidables) design;

DCN-Swordfish

Trimaran? Length-145m
Weight-5300tons
Speed-30knots
Carry-1 heavy helicopter(it seems that the hangar is deep inside the ship and accessible for helis and UAVs by a lift cum helipad(very futuristic) ), 3 x 1.5ton UAVs and USVs
Wepons > 48 VLS cells in rear for anti-ship, SAM and cruise missiles. Interesting in that it will also have a turret with 3x155mm cannons, like the old ships of WW2.

http://www.meretmarine.com/article.cfm?id=102721

Google around for the pdf by Singapore`s Mindef.

[ Last edited by  belacan79 at 15-6-2009 01:42 ]

belacan79

You-tube video on DCN`s Swordfish;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RK5WOXZknk0&feature=PlayList&p=F1B540CCAF81CD50&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=3

IceMallet

SG pun dah ada planning for the future?..kita biler lagi?..sampai biler asyik certain faction dok nak amik huge comission from military procurement?..this is the type of planning that we should be jealous about our southern neighbour...

areguard

Memang cemburu melihat hull Formidable yg streamline dan unclutter..6 biji pulak tu. Syabas tu ST Marine kerana forward-looking dalam pembinaan stealthy ships. Mungkin BNS dapat develop capabilities yg sama secara JV untuk further develop Meko 100 supaya sejajar dengan perkmbgan teknologi low observables..

IceMallet

Sorry to say, politicians and their wives prefer beli direct dr foreign shipyard dr galakkan local shipyard develop design sendiri..u see, easier to get more cappacino money...

areguard

Itulah yg sayangnya bro..tot dari projek NGPV dan know-how dari Meko 100 construction wasted kalau tidak perkembangkan..pasal politicians and their wives lavish commissions tu..wa fikir dalam zaman pendedahan penyelewengan oleh bloggers dan whistleblowers ni..deme dah cuak sikit..

powerwoot

"politicians and their wives", or another best word to describe "a politician and his wife".... macam ada kenal aja

areguard

Sapa? Wa tatau la..

IceMallet

politician and their wives and their misstressess...

jofizo

tak jugak........ lekiu batch II lagi canggih dan lagi stealthy sampai tak nampak langsung........

pcboss

Originally posted by soyan at 14-6-2009 23:09
http://www.klsreview.com/HTML/2009Jan_Jun/20090516_21.jpg



http://www.klsreview.com/HTML/2009Jan_Jun/20090516_01.html

siapa tahu berita ini cakap apa?nAMPAKNYA 110M fRIGATE LEBIH CANGGIH ...

Selama hari ni pun kapal Sg mmg lagi canggih dari TLDM. Kenapa paranoia sgt??

IceMallet

Bukan paranoid, tapi jealous..honestly speaking...

BlackScorpian

Originally posted by jofizo at 15-6-2009 11:08
tak jugak........ lekiu batch II lagi canggih dan lagi stealthy sampai tak nampak langsung........

thats the "real" stealthy...