Who said Singapore didn't say anything? We have always said 2
things everytime alegations of intrusions come out:
1) Deny knowledge of any intrusions
2) Ask for proof. Dates, times, aircraft involved.
Fact: Malaysia has made lots of allegations. However all too often
thats all there is: allegations. No concrete proof, no radar tapes
showing intruding aircraft's radar tracks, no photographs, nothing.
Just viilagers claiming this and that and Utusan Malaysia happily
repaeating their word as gospel without checking facts.
Like I've mentioned before on other threads, I can only remember 2
occasions where there were concrete proof supplied. One was when
Malaysia asked RSAF to check if there was a deviation from an RSAF
jet's flightpath across M'sia. We checked and found that yes, 3
F-5s deviated from their approved flightpath due to bad weather
causing temporary disorientation among the pilots. RSAF apologised.
Note that this case was not an intrusion. The RSAF jets weer
allowed into M'sia, but strayed from their flightplan
inadvertently
Second time there was the typical press agitation among certain
sectiosn of the M'sian press, loud clamour about instrusions blah
blah blah, lots of names called, accusations, hysterics etc etc.
Only problem was that the Star did a bit of digging(says a lot
about the M'sian press when investigative reporting is done by a
tabloid IMO) and found that the "RSAF intruders" were a group of
USAF planes leaving Singapore on their way back to their bases in
NE Asia. Of course, despite accusing their neighbours without
proof, calling us nasty names among many other things, once the
press was busted by one of its own, there was a strange lack of
apologies, even acknowledgement from the accusers. So much for
Malaysian neighbourliness huh?
I'll end with a funny ancedote, posted by me before. during one of
the bouts of accusations, it was widely reported in the M'sian
press that villagers saw aircraft flying in Malaysian airspace, and
knew they were from Singapore "because the RMAF didn't operate the
type of aircraft they saw".
Now in case you're too thick to see how thats funny, I'd happily
point it out for you. I didn't know your average M'sian villager is
such an expert plane spotter, to be able to discern with such
accuracy different aircraft types, even nationality, and while I'm
at it, does that mean that a military plane, as long as its not
Malaysian, means its Singaporean? Whos stupid here? The villagers,
or the press who believe them?

You don't need to shoot down one plane for proof. The best way is
to actually install a radar to cover southern Malaysia, so that all
"instrusions" can be logged, instead of relying on uneducated
villagers to be the RMAF's eyes and ears in the south *snigger*