They have been doing a web campaign for quite some time now.
Doesn't take a genius to note when a certain pov starts on their
website, miraculously anonymous postings end up throwing the same
thereafter. Defence issues have been creeping up in terms of SDP
priority. Its scary when parties with this level of military
knowledge, or lack of, or where misguided = full of, wants to rule
the country (and people actually vote for them).
If this susanteo whoever doesn't claim its from SDPleaks, stand
up, say so & claim its just self-created BS with no political
affiliation. It insults the people on the forum who do follow such
news to claim sources which we know aren't that inaccurate. The
lack of a source reflects on the person.
L2s are defensive creatures intended to stop the hordes of
Russki tanks during the cold war. All of the L2 buyers, unlike M1s,
so far have used it in a defensive role (exception: Afghanistan
which is a counter-insurgency role). SG isn't an exception. The
Europeans are very circumspect in who they sell arms to.
I'm only saying it will be L2s driving into Malaysia and not
waiting for PT-91s to drive into Singapore. It is the PT-91s who
will be hull-down (to the best of their ability).
I believe NSP's manifesto includes "build up Navy and Air Force
in lieu of Army so as to reduce NS duration" noting that it is best
to keep our enemies as far away as possible. Tan Chuan Jin spoke up
to say Iraq and Afghanistan are numbers games which show this is
not possible. WP and SPP had no proposals on defence.
I don't dismiss it as crazy because many first world armies
prove soldiers can be sufficiently trained in a shorter duration.
The challenges are organisational and not practical.
For example, 2.5 years NS was instituted but not made universal
so that 2LT, 3SG and CPLs would be around to accompany the LCPs
through their 2 years. Yet it was retained for far longer than
necessary, after the days of mono-intake-by-default ended.
The last months of NS represent more "mobilised reserve" than
"training". And we know that in a war, less than the total of
400,000 available reservists will be put into the field or the
economy stops. It makes sense to me to put them back into the
economy in peacetime, but evidently that is the sacrifice the
leadership makes on our behalf.
Anyway I noticed that whenever susanteo is around, a certain
gentleman who types the same way and has gone through many
usernames is absent.
