Have u any idea wha you're saying?? Singapore buying an aircraft
carrier?? Dude, its not only about the cost. Singapore for sure has
enough cash to buy an a/c carrier, but ask yourself why it doesnt
have one as of yet. Simple, WE DO NOT NEED ONE!
An a/c carrier is kind of a power projection symbol, or whatever
you call it. The US has quite a few cos it needs to extend its
power reach over the entire world. Singapore does not need it cos
there simply is no use for it. And trust me, if we EVER do buy one,
Msia isnt just going to sit back and watch us sail it over their
waters. This might spark off an arms race, and I assure you
relations btw the 2 will be strained to breaking pt.
I feel that your way of thinking is quite naive, in that all it
takes for a country to have an a/c carrier is just for it to have
cash. Its not like this. 1st and foremost, the country would need
to have the manpower. If I'm not wrong, an a/c carrier needs to
have 5000 men to run it, and our navy only has about 5000 regulars
or somwhere around there. If we pool almost all our resources into
one ship, wat abt the rest of the navy? Just sit there collect
dust??? Also, the logistics needed to run this huge ship, and also
to open up an entirely new naval fighter wing will be tremendous.
Would we do it just for the sake of having a carrier? I dont think
so.
The RSN alr has a few ships which are able to carry helis like
the Super Puma and soon to come, the S-70 Seahawk. I think that
this is alr good enough for a country like us for now.
That's why I said I guess. Some think insufficient cash is 1
reason of not owning a carrier, so I mentioned cash is not a
problem.
If singapore is to own one carrier, needless to say, of coz cannot
stick to the current number of regulars. You are like saying that
singapore cannot increase the population to 6 million because it
only import n tonnes of food per day which is just enough
for 4 million.
