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LOTS to deliver: Singapore Technologies Marine unveils Endurance 160 helicopter support ship
Singaporean naval yard Singapore Technologies Marine (ST Marine) has unveiled a new variant of its Endurance-class Landing Platform Dock (LPD).
Dubbed the Endurance 160, the 14,500 tonne warship is the first one designed by ST Marine with a full length flight deck.
The length overall is quoted as 163.7m, with the flight deck estimated at around 146m long by 25.6m wide with five deck landing spots.
Endurance 160 drawings provided by ST Marine appear to show two deck elevators. One is sited on the starboard side forward and the other amidships close to the aft end of the island superstructure.
The island is of a blockhouse design with a single mast and funnel and two levels. The flight control station is aft of the island.
The complement is quoted as 140 personnel, with another 150 for its air wing. Troop capacity is given as 400 troops.
It is noteworthy that the new class of warship has a quoted top speed of 22 knots - five knots better than the quoted 17 kts top speed for its Endurance 140 cousin. Max range is mentioned as "more than 7,000 nautical miles" when sailing at 15 kts.
Gun armament options on the foc'sle and stern quarter are presumed to be indicative of customer options for placing medium calibre guns and close-in weapon systems (CIWS). The weapon stations do not appear to require deck penetration.
It is not known if the Endurance 160 will offer bow doors, as seen on the 141-metre long Endurance 140 class. The 22 kts max speed of this class probably excludes bow doors as such a feature and the associated ramp would weaken the forward end of the ship.
It also remains to be seen if the new Endurance variant can carry floating pontoons strapped to the side of its hull. These self-propelled pontoons are used to discharge vehicles and troops during logistics-over-the-shore (LOTS) operations.
The design draws heavily upon the Republic of Singapore Navy's (RSN) experience with its four 141-metre long Endurance-class tank landing ships (LST), which, interestingly, have been referred to by at least three standard naval designations.
The Endurance ships were introduced in 1998 as LSTs but referred to by naval authorities as Landing Platform Docks (LPD) as they have a well dock aft for four Fast Craft Utility water-jet propelled landing craft.
During Operation Flying Eagle (OFE), the Boxing Day tsunami relief mission off Sumatra in Dec 2004/Jan 2005, three Endurance ships deployed for the Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief mission were referred to as Helicopter Support Ships.
Tonne for tonne, ST Marine's Endurance 140 design can carry more landing craft than any other LST/LPD design available today. The mothership can land a battalion-size team in one wave using its onboard FCUs and Fast Craft Equipment Personnel (FCEP) landing craft.
Each Endurance 160 is designed to carry two FCU-type landing craft and a pair of smaller FCEPs. It is likely that the landing craft complement will include the new drive-thru design, which ST Marine designed specifically for LOTS operations involving main battle tanks, which could include but are not limited to Leopard 2-type MBTs.
The Endurance 140 cannot operate hovercraft as the well dock is not heat-shielded from jet blasts. It will be interesting to see if the enlarged Endurance with the full flight deck will have a protected well dock for hovercraft.
The Singaporean Navy's experience off Sumatra showed that the Endurance-class ships are more versatile than former East German Navy Frosch-class LSTs operated by the Indonesian Navy. The Frosch-class LSTs were designed to discharge vehicles, personnel and deck cargo by direct beach assault in the Baltic area and European coastlines and do not carry their own landing craft.
In addition to small craft, the Endurance LSTs are the RSN's first ships that can embark a CH-47D Chinook on its flight deck. The ship can operate two Super Puma-type helos simultaneously, or one Chinook.
The Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) has been deployed as part of a multinational task force for counter-piracy operations in the Gulf of Aden. These missions were spearheaded by Endurance-class warships, equipped with two Super Puma/Cougar type choppers as part of its air element.
The Endurance 160's designers may want to relook the design and operation of WW2 escort carriers for takeaways.
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* Deck edge lifts would allow out-size helos to manoeuvre into the hangar bay. United States Navy LPHs and the Spanish Navy helicopter carrier (which was derived from Admiral Zumwalt's Sea Control Ship design) all have a deck elevator at the stern which allows rapid movement of helos from hangar to flight deck.
* Loading the Endurance 160 with landing craft and naval aviation assets in a hull of that size means operational compromises. Is the ship meant to operate close inshore, close to the surf zone of a contested coastline so it can deploy landing craft expediently, or is it meant to lurk farther offshore and hit the zone of operations using its embarked air wing?
* Going by the Endurance 140 design, it does not appear that the Endurance 160 will have sufficient hangar space for helos to be struck down for all-weather protection. It thus appears the air wing will be embarked for short duration missions to its area of operations before withdrawing back to base. In the case of a peacetime HADR mission, the vehicle deck would presumably not be filled with war material and some space would probably be reserved for helo maintenance.
* The closest design to the Endurance 160 is the Italian Navy's 133-metre long San Giorgio-class LPDs, a mid-80s era design. The RSN encountered the San Giorgio-class in the Persian Gulf during Operation Blue Orchid 1 and came away impressed with the capabilities packed into the compact hull form.
* The onboard armament will need to be upsized if the ship is to fight and survive against enemy frigates, missile-armed small craft and SSKs. As an interesting aside, notice the number of GPMGs added to the bow of an Endurance-class LST sent for duty in the Persian Gulf. Incidentally, the bow was a popular spot for smokers during the OFE mission.
* An enclosed hurricane bow may result in a drier flight deck in heavy seas. Early escort carrier designs which were converted from merchant ship designs had open bows which could not keep out a green sea.
Endurance class LST
POSTED BY DAVID BOEY AT 12:23 PM
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penguasaan teknologi militer Singapura bikin gua jeles nih. salut deh. |
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Reply 402# spiderweb6969
Rekabentuk forecastle mirip kpd LCS Freedom cuma masih banyak ruangan terbuka pada kapal berbanding lain2 kapal stealth. Bagaimanapun, satu rekabentuk yg moden dan menarik. BTW RSN dah x mau bikin pengganti MGB kelas Seawolf ke? |
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Reply spiderweb6969
Rekabentuk forecastle mirip kpd LCS Freedom cuma masih banyak ruangan terbu ...
jazim Post at 3-11-2010 12:23 
dah ada pengganti dah....pengganti seawolf sebenar nyer ialah frigate formidable lah.... |
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Post Last Edit by belacan79 at 3-11-2010 20:54
Reply 406# spiderweb6969
Soalan yang lebih tepat adalah apakah pengganti MCV Victory class. Currently, undergoing final upgrade saya baca. Expected to be decomissioned around 2020 kerana usianyer akan mencapai 30 tahun ke atas. Spekulasi adalah 6 improved Formidable design frigates; mungkin fokus kepada air defence macam Horizon class. Atau mixed of current Formidable frigates dan improved Formidable frigates.
Saya rasa RSN akan jual kapal Endurance class LPD dan membina Endurance 160 LHD(empty load estimated around 15,000 tons and full load estimated at around 18,000-20,000 tons) kerana lebih berguna macam aussie.
Kapal advanced OPV itu saya rasa sesuai untuk replace kapal Fearless class PV tapi perlulah diubahsuai dengan hangar untuk UAV atau helicopter. |
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dahsyat gak singapore , kita rancang nak bina kapal mcm dokdo terus dia nak bina gak , mungkin ini sbbnya ATM jarang nak umum perolehan utk elak perlumbaan senjata , skrg kita rancang utk bina 3 MPS dan & 6 ngpv baru , mungkin singapore akan balas balik, jd sampai bila pun perlumbaan senjata takkan berakhir , cuma aku harap apa yg aku ckp hanya khayalan |
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Reply 409# hyazinth79
Singapore looks at current trends and plans years in advance; be it civil development or military ones. Whatever you see now was planned many many years ago. Plans for the Formidable frigates begun in the early 1990s when the Victory MCVs were just inducted into the navy. Singapore took around 6 years to buy the F15SG and im sure plans to replace the super skyhawks were started much earlier. It is not really a response to anything atau arms race although it seems like one at first glance. |
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Very Slender Vessel (VSV)
The Very Slender Vessel (VSV) is a program teamed with DARPA [Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency] and OSD’s Technical Support Working Group (TSWG). FY2000 funding for Very Slender Vessel technologies demonstrated advanced technologies to minimize signature and wave-shock impact to personnel onboard SOF maritime craft. The VSV is a wave piercing craft. In contrast to a standard high speed boat, which produces an extremely uncomfortable ride over long, high-speed transits in higher sea states. The VSV is expected to deliver SEAL or other SOF operators to objective areas who are much more mission capable.
In 1999 the Special Boat Squadron, Britain's marine special forces unit, acquired a VSV (Very Slender Vessel). It can go faster than any other ocean-going fast pursuit vessel in the world. It is capable of speeds of more than 60 knots, is 53 feet long and cylindrical, with a 10 foot cross-section so it can punch straight through waves rather than go through the top of them.
VSV™ hulls have lower overall power requirements than comparable Deep'V' planing hulls. This leads to reduced engine size and increased range. Traditional Deep'V' hulls have two modes of operation, low speed displacement mode and a high speed planing mode. The vessel may operate only at displacement speed or planing speed. The VSV™ hull, by contrast, exhibits no discernible planing 'hump'. The vessel can maintain any speed within its performance envelope returning full command to the driver.
When traditional Deep 'V' boats travel at speed in rough conditions, they jump from wave to wave and land with high vertical acceleration or 'g' force. As the speed of the vessel increases or the sea gets rougher, the 'g' force on landing increases. Peak readings regularly exceed 20g which is sufficient to cause injury to the personnel and damage to the vessel and its equipment.
Deep'V' hulls are the traditional solution for traveling at high speeds in offshore waters. By their nature they are planing craft and spend their time on the surface of the water. They are therefore, on occasion, subject to extreme vertical accelerations created by waves. Wave piercers are not completely novel as designers have been developing slim sharp fronted boats for years that are encouraged to cut through the waves rather than bouncing over them. The VSV™ applies these principles to high-speed patrol vessels. This has enabled crews to travel at high speeds in adverse sea conditions in relative comfort and safety.
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/ship/vsv.htm
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Post Last Edit by spiderweb6969 at 20-11-2010 22:32
Date Posted: 19-Nov-2010
Jane's Navy International
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ST Marine unveils Thai LPD details
Mrityunjoy Mazumdar
Singapore Technologies (ST) Marine has released details of the landing platform dock (LPD) ship that the company is building for the Royal Thai Navy (RTN).
A model displayed by ST Marine at the Euronaval 2010 exhibition in Paris depicted a vessel similar to the Republic of Singapore Navy's (RSN's) Endurance-class landing ship tank. However, there is a key difference in the deletion of the bow ramp and its replacement with a starboard side door and ramp (about 6 m wide), providing access for light vehicles and personnel.
Construction of the Thai LPD started in mid-2009 and delivery is scheduled for the second half of 2012. The procurement contract is valued at about USD135 million and included an order for two 23 m Fast Craft Utility (FCUs) and two 13 m Landing Craft Vehicle and Personnel (LCVPs).
The two FCUs (or Landing Craft Mechanised) are accommodated in a stern dock while the two LCVPs (or Fast Craft Equipment and Utility) are mounted on davits either side of the superstructure.
The propulsion system includes two Caterpillar C280-12 diesel engines, each rated at 4060 kW, driving two controllable pitch propellers. A bow thruster is also fitted. Maximum speed is listed as 17 kt and range at 12 kt is greater than 5000 n miles. Electrical power is provided by four Caterpillar 3512B 900 kW gensets.
Terma is providing its C-Flex combat management system initially with three multifunction consoles, a C-Search radar and sensor suite (including a SCANTER 4100 air and surface surveillance radar and combined identification, friend-or-foe system) and a C-Fire electro-optical director with thermal imaging, TV camera and eye-safe laser rangefinder.
Armament comprises an Oto Melara 76 mm Super Rapid gun forward and what appear to be two MSI Seahawk 30 mm mounts amidships. A single machine-gun mount is fitted on either bridge wing.
The LPD's load-carrying capacity is estimated to be in excess of 1,000 tons, given that its deadweight (displacement including the crew, passengers, cargo, fuel, water and stores less the lightship weight) is approximately 1,600 tons. A force of more than 300 troops can be embarked.
For comparison, each of the four Endurance-class ships can reportedly embark 18 main battle tanks, 20 trucks or infantry fighting vehicles plus around 350 troops. The RSN vessels have an overall length of 141 m, beam of 21 m, draught of 5 m and a full load displacement of about 8,500 tons.
[B]The Thai LPD has a ship's company of 120 personnel (plus 15 in the embarked air group), which is almost twice as many as the RSN vessel and suggests that the level of systems automation in the new ship is inferior to the Endurance class.[/B] |
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Wenn Ausbilder Ausbilder ausbilden.
Militärs aus Singapur lernen in Deutschland das Kompaniegefechtsschiessen. Die Gäste aus Asien werden in Munster geschult. Der Truppenübungsplatz erlaubt die Möglichkeiten des Panzers Leopard 2 A4 voll auszunutzen.
YT006165
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Post Last Edit by spiderweb6969 at 5-12-2010 15:42
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Army to equip 6 units with mini-UAV
Posted: 29 Nov 2010, 0011 hours (Time is GMT +8 hours)
Report by Ong Hong Tat
Photos by Chua Soon Lye
Movie click below
http://www.youtube.com/user/cyberpioneertv#p/u/0/7gFLpIb8p3E
By end-2010, six Army units will get the Skyblade III mini Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) system which improves situational awareness and the flow of information during operations. Designed to be lightweight and portable, it will provide the units with enhanced reconnaissance and surveillance capabilities.
"With the Skyblade III mini-UAV, scout teams can now better assist commanders in decision-making by providing more timely information.For example, they can report terrain conditions and the presence of opposition forces in real-time," said Senior Lieutenant Colonel (SLTC) Ong Chee Boon, Deputy Group Head, General Staff, on 25 Nov at the Murai Urban Training Facility.
The system comprises a Mini Operating Console (MOC) and the mini-UAV itself, which are packed into two backpacks. These packs - which weigh roughly 20kg each - will be carried by two soldiers into the field. Requiring only 20 minutes to set up and launch, each mini-UAV sortie can last up to an hour, after which it will require fresh batteries.
While carrying the packs is hardly a walk in the park, the operational advantages the Skyblade III brings to the table far out-strips its heft. Equipped with cameras for day and night use, the Skyblade III streams the visual data it collects instantly to its controller on the ground. This information is then analysed by the operators before it is reported to higher headquarters (see infographic).
With its operating range of 8km, having the Skyblade III also means a higher chance of survival for the scout teams that operate them. "In the past, we had to get very close to opposing forces in order to gather information. With the Skyblade III, my team can be further away from hostile territory, yet still give accurate reports to my commanders," said 3rd Sergeant (3SG) Quek Jian Liang, a Scout Team Commander in the 3rd Singapore Infantry Regiment (3 SIR).
Elaborating on the Skyblade III's edge, LTC Willy Lock, Commanding Officer 3 SIR, said: "The advantages are twofold: During an assault, we are able to see much further afield, and in defence, we are able to plan counter-manoeuvres much earlier because the scout teams are able to detect the presence of opposing forces much earlier." When cyberpioneer spoke to LTC Lock, his unit was in the midst of conducting defensive operations as part of a larger training exercise.
Apart from operational advantages, the Skyblade III's developers - researchers from DSO National Laboratories - were also mindful about usability. The result: an easy to control mini-UAV with a virtually foolproof launching system.
The Skyblade III can be launched either by hand or through bungee-assistance. The latter launch technique has the mini-UAV sitting on launching rails while connected to a slingshot-like rig. Once triggered, the rig powers the mini-UAV into the air and mechanically disconnects when the Skyblade III is safely airborne. To land, the mini-UAV performs a deep stall and an airbag is deployed from its belly which cushions the impact from landing.
According to SLTC Ong, the bungee launch technique has a stellar track record, with an unblemished success rate.
Developed in collaboration with DSO and made by ST Aerospace, the Skyblade III was developed indigenously and is a product of the cooperation between the Army and its defence industry partners.
The mini-UAV project was initiated in 2002 with the first prototype - the Skyblade I - being tested in Exercise Thunder Warrior (New Zealand) and Exercise Wallaby (Australia) a year later. While the Skyblade was still being developed, commercially available mini-UAVs such as the Birdeye 410 and Skylark were used to shape the tactics and procedures for the Singapore Armed Forces' (SAF's) operations. This is why the SAF was able to bring the mini-UAV capability to units within a short time frame, said SLTC Ong.
The six army units which will receive the SB III operational capability are: the 40th Battalion, Singapore Armoured Regiment (40 SAR), 41 SAR, 2 SIR, 3 SIR, 3rd Singapore Infantry Brigade, and the 4th Singapore Armoured Brigade.
Work to bring the Skyblade III advanced capabilities to the battalion scouts and Brigade Reconnaissance Surveillance Targeting Acquisition Teams within these units started in 2009. By end-2010, they are expected to be operationalised on the system. To date, 44 Skyblade III operators have been trained.
A Scout Trooper readying the Skyblade III for launch.
3SG Quek operating the controls of a Skyblade III. Once in the air, the mini-UAV is hard to spot from the ground and is inaudible beyond an altitude of 200m.
A Skyblade III coming in for a landing. To land, it performs a deep stall following which an airbag is deployed from under the fuselage to cushion the impact of landing. |
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Great tool to have in the field. The design looks really robust, the bungee launch is what I like best.
The landing may be tricky if there is no large open ground available because the uav might end caught up in trees.
One question I have in mind though is, are the signals secure? I read that the terrorists in Iraq can easily tap into uav images with simple devices. |
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Singapore interested in ex-US Navy P-3s
http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2010/...-navy-p-3s.html
By Craig Hoyle
Singapore has shown an interest in possibly acquiring several of the US Navy's surplus P-3C Orion maritime patrol aircraft, according to the type's former manufacturer, Lockheed Martin.
"They have issued a letter of request to look at P-3s," says Mark Jarvis, Lockheed's director, design and production for P-3 programmes. Singapore's interest could be for around four or five aircraft, he believes, with these to perhaps draw on the configuration of the 12 secondhand Orions due to be delivered to Taiwan from 2012.
Singapore - which currently operates five Fokker 50 maritime patrol aircraft - could potentially acquire surplus Orions as the US Navy begins to transition to its replacement, the Boeing 737-based P-8A Poseidon. Jarvis says the service could fly some of its aircraft to Lockheed's Greenville site in South Carolina to undergo overhaul and modernisation prior to their future delivery to third parties.
According to Lockheed, more than 430 P-3s are in the inventories of 17 nations around the world. The company is currently expecting to upgrade 54 of these for Canada, Norway, Taiwan, the US Customs and Border Protection agency and the USN. Jarvis says Germany "is probably our next customer", with the nation's navy expected to extend the lives of its eight-strong fleet.
Meanwhile, Jarvis says "a couple of operators" have expressed interest in the possible future integration of an upgraded 3.5 version of Rolls-Royce's T56 engine. This would improve reliability, fuel efficiency and performance, he says, and allow for extended-endurance operations.
The possible engine enhancement could also be combined with the use of new propellers, and potentially also with the addition of winglets. Some preliminary studies are under way on the latter idea, and Jarvis says: "We would look to get into the windtunnel maybe around the end of next year." |
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Budget 2011: S'pore to raise defence budget by 5.4%
Posted: 18 February 2011 1609 hrs
SINGAPORE : Singapore, which has one of Asia's best-equipped militaries, has raised its national defence budget by 5.4 per cent this year, government data showed on Friday.
The government plans to spend S$12.08 billion (US$9.5 billion) on defence in the 2011 fiscal year, up from S$11.46 billion the year before.
Singapore's navy, army and air force will get S$11.53 billion (US$9.03 billion) to buy and maintain military equipment, for the upkeep of camps and for payment of salaries.
The city-state currently has a population of more than five million, a quarter of whom are foreigners.
Singapore's economy grew 14.5 percent in 2010, the fastest in Asia.
The defence budget is about five per cent of gross domestic product.
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SAF captain turned loan-shark runner sentenced to jail, caning
« on: Today at 05:39:31 AM »
SAF captain turned loan-shark runner sentenced to jail, caning
By Faris – February 19th, 2011Email  Facebook  Twitter  Print
Kheng said that his first visit to the casino at Resorts World Sentosa had got him hooked and in the next few months, his loss exceeded “five figures”. (Photo: Yahoo!).
An army captain was sentenced to 2 years’ jail and twelve strokes of the cane for working as a loan-shark runner to repay his debts.
Kheng Kok Keong, 34, had pleaded guilty on Monday to four charges of harassment for vandalizing the homes of alleged debtors. Seventeen other charges were taken into consideration by the judge in sentencing.
The father of two children revealed that his first visit to the casino at Resorts World Sentosa last year had got him hooked. As such, he made repeated visits. In the next few months, he went on to lose a small fortune exceeding “five figures”.
“I went to the casino to check out the place out of curiosity but things started (to get out of control) from there and I just couldn’t stop,” he told The Straits Times on Thursday.
After losing $30,000 at roulette, he turned to unlicensed moneylenders. When he could not repay the loans, he was roped in by a creditor — known only as Ah Seng — to harass other debtors.
His jail term was backdated to Oct 16. He had been held in remand after he was arrested at Block 103, Commonwealth Crescent. That night, he had vandalised an eighth-floor unit. He was caught by his victim when he returned to retrieve a pack of cigarettes he had left behind.
By then, he had been on the “job” for four months. From last June, he had vandalised homes by splashing paint on doors, injecting glue into padlocks and keyholes, and scrawling messages on walls.
Before his run-in with the law, Kheng was working as a logistics officer in the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF), drawing a monthly salary of $5,000. In his 14 years with the army, he had also served as a peacekeeper in Timor Leste.
He was sacked after he was charged.
According to court documents, he vandalised 21 flats in September and October last year, mainly in Clementi, Commonwealth Crescent, Redhill and Toa Payoh.
Whenever he received an assignment, he would leave his Yishun Avenue 6 flat with his gear of black paint, black permanent marker, superglue and ski mask which he wore to obscure his face.
“Since I borrowed money, and they offered me this option, I just did it,” he said of his decision to be a loan-shark runner. “I wasn’t scared, I just thought that was the only way to repay the amount.”
He earned $2,000 each month for his efforts, all of which went towards paying off his debts.
Before he turned to Ah Seng, he had borrowed smaller sums from friends. But each time, he would go back to the casino hoping to recoup what he had lost. That was how his losses snowballed, he said.
After his arrest, his creditors besieged his flat and threw black paint on the gates, as he had done to his victims. To avoid the harassment, his wife returned to her native Taiwan, taking along their children aged five and seven.
Asked if he regretted his actions, Kheng fell silent. “I have lost contact with her,” he said of his wife. His parents, who were not at the sentencing, had also become estranged from him.
They heard about Kheng’s sentence through his lawyer G. Dinagaran who said, “They said they feel very depressed about the whole situation.”
Those convicted of harassment can be jailed for up to five years and fined between $5,000 and $50,000 on each charge. If property is damaged, they will be given three to six strokes of the cane.
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Singapore and Brunei armies forge closer ties
From: Cyberpioneer
Since 10 Feb, some 500 personnel from the Army and the Royal Brunei Land Forces (RBLF) have been training together as part of the annual bilateral exercise, codenamed Maju Bersama.
Troops from the 1st Battalion, Singapore Infantry Regiment (1 SIR) and Delta Company, 2nd Battalion RBLF conducted integrated urban operations (UO) drills at the Murai Urban Training Facility (MUTF), as part of the exercise.
"We are here to share our drills with the RBLF soldiers and learn from each other," said Lieutenant (LTA) Mohd Najibullah, a Platoon Commander from 1 SIR.
Soldiers from both sides started off with group, section and platoon-level drills, culminating in a concurrent company-level assault on various objectives within the MUTF.
During the exercise, the camaraderie among soldiers from the two armies was clearly evident. "Many of my fellow RBLF officers have ties with Singapore, having attended Officer Cadet School (OCS) here." said Major (MAJ) Mohd Suwardi, Officer Commanding of Delta Company, 2nd Battalion RBLF.
MAJ Suwardi himself attended OCS in 1998, and was commissioned as an officer in Singapore.
"Initially, we struggled to communicate with each other but we worked around it by getting soldiers who speak both English and Malay to relay our messages to one another," said LTA Najibullah.
"Within the first few hours, we were understanding each other well."
Moving in teams of about six, soldiers from 1 SIR carried out their tactical urban operations drills, observed by the RBLF troops.
"The Singapore Army certainly possesses a high level of proficiency in UO. I would say that both sides have benefited a lot from the exercise," commented MAJ Suwardi.
Similarly, soldiers from 1 SIR were impressed with the RBLF's expertise in the conduct of jungle warfare. "They showed us some of their survival skills such as setting up animal traps. I can tell that they are really professional and experienced [in jungle survival]," said Private Muhammad Irsyad, a trooper from 1 SIR.
In addition to the urban operations drills conducted at the MUTF, the eight-day exercise, which concluded today, included brigade-level planning and a combined live-firing exercise.
First conducted in 1995, Exercise Maju Bersama underscores the close and long-standing defence ties between Singapore and Brunei. Both armies engage in regular bilateral exercises, visits and professional exchanges, which have fostered mutual understanding and enhanced interoperability between the two armies.
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