Channel NewsAsia - Tuesday, May
20
SINGAPORE : The Singapore Armed Forces is in the midst of a
complex air—land integrated exercise in South Africa.
Visiting SAF troops there, Defence Minister Teo Chee Hean says
the exercise confirms SAF’s capability to have comprehensive
awareness and precision strike on multiple targets.
In the exercise, the SAF is using a variety of assets, such as
the Longbow Apache Attack chopper, the Primus self—propelled
Howitzer and unmanned aerial vehicles.
It’s all coordinated through a network overseen by the Division
Strike Centre.
This means the SAF can see further and can engage static targets
as well as fleeting targets which appear for a short while.
Such integrated strike capability is what’s driving the SAF’s
third generation transformation.
Mr Teo said: "What this means is that the SAF division has the
capability to see first and strike first, well into the division’s
depth. That means the division is able to influence the battle well
into the depth." — CNA/de