Defense issue

Carrots SG

Should singapore spend more money to buy and develop new and more advanced weapons?? is that necessary???

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Born to be wild...

manhunt SG

I think that's the most appropriate thing to do cause, it would cover the
"LACK OF MANPOWER IN THE ARMED FORCES"
As not much of the assets( I mean Singporeans) wanting to make an carreer with the Armed Forces..

As Recently, if you could have read in the Straits Times that Singapore is attaining more Sophisticated weapons so as to retaliate the Lack of Manpower Problems.

Smile

millennium SG

Singapore have the money to acquire one of the most advance defence technology in the world. The main problem is who to manned the weapons? We are only a small country with small population. Where do we get so many manpower to operate those equipments.

There are still many people who don't even bother to think at all straight away say that we can defence, some even say attack. Must be dreaming I should say.

maestro SG

Have no doubt spore cab defend itself. bside looking at ourself, u oso have to look at our possible enmey. tt is call intell....

our purchase are dictated by the neighbouring countries.... so with better weapons we can strike at a longer distance

moose SG

I know what you mean by intel,but i can tell you that our enemy outnumber us with numerical superiority Razz PP

Quisling SG

The so-called manpower problem is not unique to Singapore. Every nation, including the US, is facing that problem, other than the old die-hard commies with ridiculously large armies.

And then we have millennium and maestro, hmm. Both claim they're from MINDEF. One confidently proclaims that we can't defend, much less attack, and anyone who says otherwise isn't thinking properly. The other says we can, and goes on to talk about striking longer distances... Well, looks like MINDEF personnel are sharply divided as well. Care to reconcile the difference in opinion, anyone? Or is it gonna be "can't say much, it's classified" again? Hmm?

millennium SG

Isn't it so simple that who ever had a better army strength and better technology had a greater chance to win the war?

Gulf war is one very good example, united nation won because they had better technology, they used air raid against a defending country. They stopped ration supply to the defending country resulting in lack of ration and low morale of soldiers.

If a war were to occur, how many days our ration and water can last? Looking at our rich pamper soldiers, expect to win a war? Must be dreaming I must say. Still want to attack when we can't even defend.

When I said must accquire larger better fleet, got people say no need, current fleet able to defeat our neighbour. I can say those people are totally ignorant about military warfare and keep dreaming here. Our both neighbours already had frigate and submarine way ahead of us when we are still having convette. Our frigate will only reach Singapore in 2004 and comissioned in 2006. With our current strength, still expecting to win a war? You carry on watching TV advertisement and continue your beautiful victory dream.

maestro, how long a distance you want to strike? KL or Penang? Don't think of attack, think can we defend ourself or not first?

moose SG

Please note that the frigate we are getting is not a full sized frigate,but a small frigate which is larger than a corvette,but smaller than frigate Smile ))