How does SAF match up against other REGIONAL armed forces?

laser51088 SG

Just wondering how the SAF, with its technology, and recent proposed auisitions, how does it match up with other regional armed forces (Thailand, indonesia, Australia, Cambodia, Vietnam,etc)

also, Jane's Defence weekly commented sometime ago that SAF might become an expeditionary force within 10 years, watcha think of that? (i'll be 24 then, out of NS, so if SG becomes expeditionary, then phew, dun wanna drop into Indon or Lanka to help fight rebels)

Personally I think Singapore can beat countries such as Nam and Cambodia and Indon flat (these countries got numbers but no support or firepower), but Thailand, Malaysia and Australia I'm not so sure, NOT THAT I'M ANTICIPATING WAR WITH ANYONE

PLS DO NOT TURN THIS INTO A FLAMING WAR BETWEEN SINGAPOREANS AND MALAYSIANS

However, as sidenote, have any of you visited http://www.harimau.org before? I've NEVER in all my time on the net been so vulgar, but looking at that site, i wanna wring the neck of the damn sitemaster and piss on his/her shit face and the stupid organization... (want to be more vulgar, but can't in case anyone recognise me from nickname...)

wombat SG

As for SAF abilities...
http://www.mindef.gov.sg/ne/html/chap5.html

Expeditionary?...not for the near future. SG is mainly a citzen force. Although we are expanding our roles in UN missions. Who noes..only time will tell.

Abt harimau... just ignore it. Full of junk, waste of time. SG invade malaysia?...pls lar...where got time...so busy working to keep our ricebowl. Mr. Green

Silenthunter SG

Originally posted by laser51088:
However, as sidenote, have any of you visited http://www.harimau.org before? I've NEVER in all my time on the net been so vulgar, but looking at that site, i wanna wring the neck of the damn sitemaster and piss on his/her shit face and the stupid organization... (want to be more vulgar, but can't in case anyone recognise me from nickname...) [/b]

Well, as long we know what is real, we don't need to worry about it. Look that the credentials of join the organization.....looks very "secret society" to me.....like some kindda terrorist. But I'm rather disturbed on as their seem to be aiming only at SG.........hmm......terrorist of SG?

wombat SG

Job Oportunities:

Overview
Wanted able bodied man (age: 19 - 35), physically fit to join Harimau Force as field operators. After completion of 9 months of basic trainings at a Harimau Base Camp, the trained operative will be assigned to Harimau Linked Groups located in various countries. Applicants with military background will be higly considered.
Education:
At least able to read and write simple Malay and English. Those wih higher academic qualifications will be assigned very special functions.
Character:
Very low plofile by nature and be extremely loyal to cause. Must be self-motivated.
Marital Status:
Must be single, non attached and have no dependent parents, siblings or family.
Special Condition
Once accepted into the organization, you are expected to stay for life. The organization is your family.
Salary:
You will be paid adequate salary and allowances to allow you to function well, as a field operative.

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Secret Society?.....sounds more like recruiting terroist. This is confirmed not a recruitment for a journalist.

duotiga83 SG

4 the air force refernce..u can look at the Air Forces Monthly March 2002 Article: South East Asia's Big Four

AFM reviews the current status of air arms of Indonesia, Malaysia Singapore and Thailand

East_Works SG

Whoa...those guys at harimau.org must be a group of fanatic nutjobs Shocked .Also it seems to me that their recruitment drive targets our singaporean malays too,like asking them to rebel or something.But i think that most of our local malays got more sense than to join this fruitcake organization.

Matlaysia SG

Damn they even there put their address on the web. Must send them a parcel bomb

laser51088 SG

someone should go tell the Internal Security Department if the ISD haven't already found out about this site... volunteers?

laser51088 SG

actually, I feel those in the best position to comment here would be the Singaporean Malays. Anyone here who is a Singaporean Malay and has seen the website, pls say somethig, it would be interesting to see what you think of this organisation. A neutral comment could come from any race except Malay or Chinese too, but can we swing this topic back to SAF matchup at least for a bit, pls??

okay, and here's an article on ASEAN armed forces, it came out in 2000, but still relevant in most aspects...

http://www.nbr.org/publications/analysis/vol11no1/v11n1.pdf

Silenthunter SG

Don't underestimate ISD....they are well informed.

If we knew Harimau.org, you can be sure they knew them long ago liao and had prepared the nessessary contingencies.... Very Happy

Orcishwarrior SG

dun tell me they might one day go knock on his door and slience him Twisted Evil
And shut his mouth for good q|^1^|p

Orcishwarrior SG

picking on a scenario if there is conflict between malaysia and singapore,then indonasia as the world most muslim populated country
decided to help side malaysia in this war.
Question:can singapore armed force fight two countries at the same time retaining it national independent.

laser51088 SG

if go to war and Tim Huxley is right in his book, Brunei should also help out abit on SG side, though they are a very small force, they can create somedisturbance on Borneo, Malaysia will cry fighting on two fronts.

As it is, they use so many types of equipment their logistics probably already weeping, gotta fight a war they are gonna start crying, deliver to two battle fields, they're gonna wail! (note i bold it, should go see HARIMAU's post on M'sia ORBAT, and he's so proud of it, but he has since disappeared)

Though indon got people, they only have about 300,000 full time soldiers which is not alot considering indon's size, and looking at the Indon govt, how good is their armed forces.

Don't come arguing back they got reserves. Their reserves are there on the lists in name only. Some are probably long dead but still listed as a reservist.

However, if Malaysia and Indon can somehow coordinate their equipment effectively, its gonna be a hard fight, with Singapore almost for sure losing. But I doubt they can coordinate with each other. Rivalry, jealousy, all the rubbish you get at diplomatic level gonna break down their coordination too.

Irony is, if Indon fights SG, its gonna be using Singapore's old equipment (see the forum on Singapore Giving Indon Freebies) 'cos its among the newest equipment they probably got, considering the state they're armed forces is in.

tripwire SG

nobody can say for sure... because too many factors are beyond control....

singapore does possess significant advantages over both nations... though....

tripwire SG

i think that while the combine forces of indonesia and malaysia is significant and must be given due considerations.... Defeat for singapore is however not a foregone conclusion...

I believe that the key lies in the commander's capability.... NO numbers, technology and money can make up for the deficiency of an idiotic commander...

Matlaysia SG

Damn then we will need people like Lee Hsien Loong back in the artillary units. My cousin was a commander of one of our artillary units which Lee oversaw back when he was still in the SAF. During one of the exercises in which he was informed about at the last minute(Don't ask me what happened I don't know), Lee spent half an hour looking at the tactical map and proceeded to outthink the enemy 7 steps ahead and his unit wrecked the opposition into bits

foxtrout8 SG

i will say to compare our military manpower strenght ....we are currently at a disadvantage.Looking at our standing force of 300,000 strong soldier, we cant determine much as a large number of that are NS cum reservist men, looking at the stayer or quiter's arguement...sigh....i dare not be confident...however to compare our armed force technical capability ,i will say we were far at the advantage point,at least i will say we are one generation ahead in terms of weapons compare with our nearest counterpart, malaysia and indonesia , which are being pull back by the economic crisis..but i will say malaysia made the smartest available move ,to upgrade their strenght ,by aqquiring russians instruments.
The only way to win the war is to fight it fast, deadly and fearlessly. our weapons are specialized in 'enter and take land' warfare..only if we destroy our enemies economic point and heart ,that we will win the war quicky. For example ...if we were to be at war with australia...chemical warfare or biological warfare to destroy their crop might be used by our Generals to ensure a quick victory. Failing to win the war quickly may spark a discourage in our team and abling the enemy recrew more man. The enemy might use religion as an instrument to fight us, which cannot be easily control by our commander.
There are a number of factors which proves our disadvantage in SEA. A multicultural small red dot in the middle of a muslim, and procommunist world is one example. However luckily, due to our advancement in weaponary, it acts as a heavy deterence .To have a head on conflict with malaysia or indonesia , the risk are lesser (comparing to other SEA countries) as long as national survival is at stake ...but with thailand , cambodia or vietam i will say , rather not wise, due to their geograhical intensity , weaponary and their people's loyalty , i will say not so easy to win.The best way to match up agaisnt our neighbours is to make friends with them and beat them up economically and socially, by winning them in this two fronts, military victory in times of need will be much easier.

I NEED TO HAVE FOOD , A HOME, A JOB......SO THAT I CAN FIGHT FOR......COUNTRY.

Joe Black SG

Lee Hsien Loong is still a general albeit reservist. In time of wars, I am sure his skills will play an important part. Well, he is smart, and has got a degree in Mathematics and Computer Science. I am sure he quite a chess player too, thus make him a very potent arty commander.

I also heard that Lee Hsien Yang is good too. Hmm....

Silenthunter SG

Lee Hsien Yang used to be the CO of 46 SAR so I guess he's Armor trained. Heard he takes soldier's welfare seriously and give benefits and incentives without hesitation, but heard too that he's super strict when it comes to ops and training......that what I heard Mr. Green

Matlaysia SG

I recall that sometime back when he was still in the artillary units. He did a programmed the computers in the artillary guns that increased the accuracy of the guns from something like 400m squared to about 4 metres squared.(Not too sure about the specifications though must check this out). Later during a live firing exercise with the americans, The amarican commander was so impressed that the US requested to buy the software. With brains like him the mutts will be dead in time of war.