So never understimate anyone.
No one is under any illusion as to underestimating anyone. It
would most certainly be the case if the references(of the MAF)are
fiction. But they are not. The MAF will be in a lot of trouble in
the event of war because of a series of unfortunate events. And
certainly fortunate for us. And discussing it certainly does`nt
constitute disrespect. I have seen worser comments made the other
round in thier forums. You might never know that somehow, one day,
the government up north might acquire the right amount of
rationality as to allow them to fix the MAF.
Malaysia is too big a country to be bombed into submission. So
there would have to be a lot of ground fighting where the jungles
can render aerial superiority of RSAF less effective.
Are you sure? When the whole of RMAF and what little air
defences are gone, the RSAF can bomb at her leisure and quite
literally push back decades worth of nation building. I hardly
think it is in Singapore`s interest to conquer and take over
governance. The whole idea is to push back an invasion by bringing
the fight to the enemy. If the Malaysian terrain is to be turned
into a mass of rubble, would that be bring comfort to the
government and people there? The MAF can retreat and hug the trees
in the jungle for all they care; if the industries and
technological centres are pummelled to the ground, they`re back to
where they`ve started two-three decades ago and that brings a whole
gamut of problems to the folks there .They would be incapacitated
as an invasion force and that`s all that matters. And Singapore can
do this again and again(does`nt this sound familiar). The whole
world can pass you by as you`re stuck fighting in warrens. As a
nation, where would Malaysia be then? It is not for nothing that
some commentators have labelled Singapore`s approach a `dooms-day'
tactic.
So, when it comes to ground fighting, do we still have a huge
superiority over the MAF?I think not.
We have numerical superiority. We have technological
superiority. And the argument about conscripts versus professional
soldiers has been rehashed so many times. How professional and how
efficient a trooper would be depend on training and morale then
other things. Some things which the MAF does not and cannot be said
to have monopoly in.
Furthermore, the average SAF soldier is city born and city bred -
though we train in the forests all the time and some real JUNGLE
training overseas.quote]
Not unless you can quantify and qualify a city-bred soldier
performs worser than a villager, this presumption is no different
than saying a soldier from a Western country would be worse off in
a different setting. The average Singapore soldier is certainly
more more disposed and exposed to more `techy' equipment and
doctrines than the average Malaysian soldier could hope.
Advancements which have a multiplier effect on the whole battle
situation.
