Other deterence idea for singapore

last SG · 2007-12-17T07:34:44+00:00

Firstly...I know building nukes...maintaining them is damn expensive...which is why I said it was a crazy idea. Although...if you think about stuff in long...

ray243 SG

Well...we all know it's hard for singapore to maintain a large professional army and maintain our enconomy...

And our army is mainly used for deterence...so is there any other way to deter enemy from attacking us?

Note...this is a crazy idea

Why can't we just get some nuclear weapons...

A PERFECT deterence idea...we don't need a large professional army...we don't need NS...and if anyone wants to attack us...our small professional army can just say F*** you and nuke anyone who tried to attack us.

If we are going to die...drag other people down with us...and drag them down in a horrible way..

That methods works for both the US and the USSR during the cold war...both side DON'T dare to fight a war due to both sides being afraid of each other.

So what if the UN is pissed...well didn't India, pakistan and our friends Irasel got nukes but UN basically ignored it?

We just need to be friendly with the US for the idea to work.

mr_sotong SG

1st - TS doesnt know how much the govt gonna spend to maintain such a large professional army..

2nd - TS doesnt know about politics..

lastly - TS is a ignorant kid who watch too much war movie

tankee1981 SG

Lets just say that the idea is sound but does not or near impossible to be apply in the case of Singapore itself.

Alphapunk2 SG

there will be an arms race in this region…. making the political scene very tense…

Short Ninja SG

When Israel was almost over run by the Arabs she didnt have any Nuclear bombs but the Americans were ready to give one just in case..

Marco_Simone SG

Play too much first person shooters also. Laughing

VagueHart SG

TS got see how much other countries have to go through before you can create a nuclear weapon? You think it's just "I want to build one, your problem arh?" ?

You also want to give other countries nearby us the reasons to build a nuclear wep also? And you think SG is big enough to hold that armanent? Do you know how dangerous it is?

How old are you? Rolling Eyes

korusu SG

well as had been mentioned earlier the idea is sound
perhaps not nuclear warheads? other kinds of weapon of mass destruction?
I agree that it would have a destabilizing effect in the region, perhaps maintaining a state of ambiguity, the way that Israel does?
you see, an expenditure of 10 billion dollars a year and enforced conscription cannot be an ideal situation as well, isnt it?

knockonmydoor SG

well. TS ALREADY said it was a crazy idea. Mr. Green

joshua182 SG

cos malaysia will wet her pants if singapore gets nukes?

korusu SG

just an additional point

Within ten years, we shall have the means to kill 80 million Russians. I truly believe that one does not light-heartedly attack people who are able to kill 80 million Russians, even if one can kill 800 million French, that is if there were 800 million French.

This quotation from Charles de Gaulle denoted his strategic policy towards WMD. Since it is extremely unlikely for Singapore to pursue a policy of expansionism in this region (small population, reliance on neighbors), there should be little fear for neighboring countries that such weapons should be abused by Singapore.

I am not sure if Singapore is a signatory of any treaties banning development of WMD, but perhaps the industry can focus their attention on making nerve gas? If I am not mistaken, currently nerve gases are banned accordingly to chemical structure. Thus any newly developed nerve gas with novel chemical structure may be produced to circumvent current treaties?

joshua182 SG

thats just sick and will never happen. Besides we're not talking WWI trench warfare anymore.

korusu SG

well actually chemical weapons mounted on conventional rockets directed towards population centers are a cheap and effective way to deter invasion. These weapons are not meant to be used frivolously but only as last resort in retaliation.

marcolow SG

Well, before we finish developing our first nuke, one would drop on us Confused

spartan6 SG

E best defence is having no enemy Neutral

tankee1981 SG

And how are we to ensure that we have no enemies?

Shotgun SG

I believe we are signatories of the Nuclear non-proliferation treaty.

Also, we have neither the land nor the access to materials to create nuclear weapons.

infantry SG

why do we need nukes when each SAF soldier can take on a hundred? Rolling Eyes

hisoka SG

actually more biological weapons would probably prove more effective than nukes.

spartan6 SG

Embarassed Tat mmmmm............ Mr. Green
no idea