S'pore to buy US rocket artillery system,by By David
Boey, Defence Correspondent
Strait Times 14.09.2007 today Friday page
H8.
--story changed.
1. 9 Himars trucks ,each with
6 rockets tube,and sold with 32 satellite guided
rockets.(and 18 launchers
pl read below.)
Range 60 km.Each rocket come ''with 644 armour-piercing bomblets -
each smaller than a soft drink can. A salvo of six rockets would
thus rain 3,864 bomblets widely over enemy positions, and
punch through armour up to 10cm thick.''
(10 cm = 4 inch)
Sep 13, 2007
S'pore to buy US rocket artillery system
$500m deal for army includes 9 Himars trucks, each fitted with six
rocket tubes
By David Boey, Defence Correspondent
SINGAPORE has chosen a battle-tested, United States- made rocket
artillery system for its army.
The US$330 million (S$500 million) deal would be the army's first
rocket artillery system.
The order for the M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System
(Himars) includes -nine trucks, each fitted with a pod of
six rocket tubes. At the press of a button, the trucks can launch
their rockets to pound enemy positions some 60km away.
What makes the system lethal is the 644 armour-piercing bomblets -
each smaller than a soft drink can - packed into each rocket
warhead. A salvo of six rockets would thus rain 3,864 bomblets
widely over enemy positions, and punch through armour up to 10cm
thick.-
The US Department of Defence said on Wednesday that Singapore wants
to buy the Himars.
'The proposed sale will contribute to the foreign policy and
national security of the United States by helping to improve the
security of a friendly country that has been, and continues to be,
an important force for economic progress in South-east Asia,' said
the Pentagon's Defence Security and Cooperation Agency.
The agency oversees US weapon system sales abroad.
In an interview with The Straits Times last month to mark the Army
Open House, Chief of Army Major-General Neo Kian Hong said weapons
that allow soldiers to find and destroy targets with precision form
a key plank of the army's transformation into a deadly fighting
force.
The sharp end of the Singapore Artillery's firepower now takes the
form of 155mm heavy artillery guns and quick-firing 120mm
mortars.
The Pentagon said the sales package for Singapore includes nine
US-made five-tonne trucks, as well as communications sets
-and 32 satellite-guided rockets suitable for the
Himars.-
Under US law, the Pentagon must inform the US Congress before
American-made weapons, or weapon parts, can be sold to foreign
nations.
Congress holds the power to block such sales, but rarely does so,
said defence industry watchers.
--/www.straitstimes.com/
2.HIMARS ---High Mobility Artillery Rocket System,
USA
3.why i start a new thread
The current one is too big and take time to read for dial up
user.The old thread cant reflect that SG almost confirm buy
the
sys.
4.SG already make bomblets in 155 mm round
Cluster Bombs--Made in Sg
155mm Cargo Round
Image at :
http://www.stengg.com/upload/79dBanXiWBoiiZcUD6.gif
155mm Cargo Round
The 155mm Hollow Base and Base Bleed Cargo Rounds are Extended
Range, Improved Conventional Munitions carrying
dual-purpose bomblets, each with a mechanical
self-destruct fuze.
5.SG 155
mm cargo carry dual purposes bomblets 2 pages pdf
.
http://www.stengg.com/upload/819iE0RQZJP675Q4S3P.pdf
6.
C-130 transportable (combat loaded).
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Can it be transported by Chinook?
7.www.zaobao.com--printed
version.19.09.2007
US DoD request US Congress's approval to sell the followings to
Spore:
----18 units M142 launchers,each with 6 rockets tube,
----9 Himars 5 tons trucks
----32 XM31 GMLRS-U
----Comm sys
2 launchers for each truck.Good.
http://www.globalsecurity.org/
more info.
8.It is official news:
WASHINGTON, September 12, 2007 - The Defense
Security Cooperation Agency notified Congress of a possible Foreign
Military Sale to Singapore of High Mobility Artillery Rocket
Systems as well as associated equipment and services.2
pg PDF.
The Government of Singapore has requested a possible
sale of Major Defense Equipment (MDE)
18 M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS)
.... Launchers
32 XM31 Unitary High Explosive GMLRS Pods
30 M28A1 Multiple Launcher Rocket Systems (MLRS)
......Practice Rocket Pods
35 VRC-92E Single Channel Ground and Airborne Radios
... Systems (SINCGARS)
45 VRC-90E SINCGARS
35 VRC-990 Vehicular Radio Communications Sets
45 VRC-950 Vehicular Radio Communications Sets
9 M1084A1 Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles
.... (FMTV) 5-Ton Trucks
1 M1089A1 Wrecker
Also included are support equipment, communications equipment,
spare and repair parts, test sets, batteries, laptop computers,
publications and technical data, personnel training and equipment,
systems integration support, support services of a Quality
Assurance Team and a Technical Assistance Fielding Team, United
States (U.S.) Government and contractor engineering and logistics
personnel services, and other related elements of logistics
support.
The estimated cost is $330 million. This proposed sale will
contribute to the foreign policy and national security of the
United States by helping to improve the security of a friendly
country that has been, and continues to be, an important force for
economic progress in Southeast Asia.
The HIMARS will enhance Singapores military capability by
providing a highly effective indirect area fire artillery system
that is critical to successful deterrence and national defense.
HIMARS supplements traditional cannon artillery by delivering high
volume firepower in a short time against time-sensitive
targets.
At shorter ranges, HIMARS complements tube artillery with heavy
barrages against assaulting forces, counter-fire and defense
suppression. Singapore will have no difficulty absorbing and
integrating this system into its armed forces. The proposed sale of
this equipment and support will not alter the basic military
balance in the region.
The principal contractors will be: Lockheed Martin Missile and Fire
Control at Dallas, Texas and Stewart & Stevenson at Sealy,
Texas. There are no known offset agreements proposed in connection
with this potential sale.
http://www.dsca.osd.mil/
