Strengths of our defence capability

last SG · 2005-07-26T22:46:03+00:00

DSTA's project manager Mr Cheng Wee Kiang boasts that with a stand-off range of 500 metres, this sensor sure beats the soldier behind a pair of binoculars.--...

lionnoisy SG

ST always has new products: (though it was open in 2004 Army open hous)

AOS 40mm L70 NADM 330 on right hand bottom corner.

Sonic Beamer on left (see link below). 40mm AMBS .

AOS 40mm L70 NADM 330
This is an improved naval version of NATO standard 40mm L70 Air Defence Weapon System capable of intercepting all kinds of high speed aerial and surface targets. It is designed with an electric drive aiming system for high tracking and high accuracies.
fr http://www.stengg.com/pressroom/press_releases_read.aspx?paid=799

AOS 40mm L70 Field Air Defence Mount (L70 FADM)
fr http://www.stengg.com/CoyCapPro/detail.aspx?pdid=143

A interesting military product--Sonic Beamer
fr http://www.stengg.com/CoyCapPro/detail.aspx?pdid=237

lionnoisy SG

sorry,duplicate.see below.

lionnoisy SG

top--middle 40/50 Copola,right:40mmHVSD

We produce from low value to high value!!

2.Seem won a No. 4 in IFV Olympics

fr http://www.stengg.com/investorelations/pdf/positioningst.pdf
One of the 4 finalists in US IAV multi billions contract,out of more
than 60 vehicles from all over the world.

lionnoisy SG

We have eyes in the sky around the clock so we can sleep sweetly.

The Crisp facility can now remotely control the Ikonos satellite's cameras for 20 minutes daily and sell images.
FOR about 20 minutes each day, a research centre here has the opportunity to operate the most powerful commercial space satellite in the world.
Orbiting 680 km above the earth, while travelling at 25,200 kmh -
10 times the speed of a bullet - the satellite is capable of delivering
images that show buildings, roads, bridges and cars.
In forested areas and plantations, even individual trees can be
distinguished.
From a ground control station at the National University of
Singapore, the Centre for Remote Imaging, Sensing and Processing (Crisp) now remotely controls the cameras of the Ikonos satellite
when it is within a 2,300-km radius of Singapore.
This allows it to see everything up to Hainan Island to the north,
Sumatra to
the west, Kalimantan to the east, and the area around the waters
off Java, including Christmas Island, to the south.
Since April this year, Crisp has been processing images from
the satellite, which can deliver full-colour images at 1m resolution,
which makes cars and individual trees clearly visible.
Crisp officially opened its Ikonos data reception and processing facility
yesterday.
Under the commercial agreement with Space Imaging, the US-based owner of Ikonos, raw images are beamed from the satellite to Crisp's receiving station at NUS, which then processes the images before selling them. Crisp and Space Imaging share the profits from the sales.
An image covering 100 sq km can be priced between US$4,000 (S$7,000) and US$4,500.
Mr Conrad Mueller, vice-president of global alliance for Space Imaging, said:

"This new capability provides Singapore with the ability to have timely,
high-resolution imagery in detail never before available."
Mr Kwoh Leong Keong, director of Crisp, said it was already selling images of

oil-palm plantations in Malaysia - complete with a pinpoint calculation of the
number of trees there - to companies interested in buying or selling these
plantations.
Other uses of the images include monitoring land reclamation, he added.
Crisp was set up in 1992 to collate information and conduct research for the
business and scientific communities by receiving and tracking data from
satellites.
Several satellites, circling the earth twice every three hours, send a
continuous supply of pictures.

Now it also has access to the US$700-million Ikonos, which orbits the earth
about 14 times a day. But it zips over the area covered by Crisp in only two
of the 14 orbits.

fr STimes 31/08/2001 Page: H13
Headline: Pinpoint data from powerful eye in the sky by OO GIN LEE

read http://www.crisp.nus.edu.sg/

lionnoisy SG

This may be the top ten shocking news of US Navy of 2005!!
US CVN was 'sunk',again.
The 40 years old Sg sub

a Singaporian Swedish-trained, and equipped with a Swedish sub (altho actually not of Gotland class) penetrated the defense of a U.S CVN that the bells really rang over there... for the first time, a submarine stood ready to fire its torpedoes against a US nuclear aircraft carrier.

fr gary1910,Senior Member,26 July 2005http://www.sgforums.com/?action=thread_display&thread_id=144001&page=1

Any news from any forums.This will not appear in official news release!

2.Where is the sub.

At Kockums Yard (who builds the Gotland class) another favourite demo they love to play for possible export customers is to balance a small coin on top of the engine, without it flipping over from vibrations.

also posted by signatory : Mon Jul 04,2005 in the above link.

fr http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=52849&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=16&sid=60e0cc16addfd7464671088937bd5106

Sg sub were also under extensive refurbishment at the same Kockums Yard.

RSS CHALLENGER is an ex-Royal Swedish Navy, Sjoormen Class submarine that was acquired in 1995 as part of the RSN's submarine training package. The submarine is currently undergoing a two year refurbishment programme to extend its operational life; the programme will be completed in Feb 98. The submarine is to be used by RSN crew for training in Sweden.

fr http://www.mindef.gov.sg/imindef/news_and_events/nr/1997/sep/27sep97_nr3.html

This explain why Sg sub could penetrate CVN protection----
Learn from the best.

3.Old sub,but new engine
Sg upgraded sub is using Two Hedemora Verkstad Diesel-electric engines,
same as SSK GOTLAND CLASS (TYPE A19) ATTACK SUBMARINE, SWEDEN started built in 1990'S.
fr http://www.mindef.gov.sg/imindef/news_and_events/nr/1997/jul/30jul97_nr2/30jul97_fs.html

http://www.naval-technology.com/projects/gotland/

4.Diesel-electric sub is killer to CVN and nuke sub?

Fortunately, these failures and shortcomings are finally and slowly becoming public knowledge in the United States, for as the Congressional Budget Office revealed in 2001: Some analysts argue that the Navy is not very good at locating diesel-electric submarines, especially in noisy, shallower waters near coastal areas. Exercises with allied navies that use diesel-electric submarines confirm that problem. U.S. antisubmarine units reportedly have had trouble detecting and countering diesel-electric submarines of South American countries

fr http://www.cuttingedge.org/news_updates/nz1839.htm
fr ''Is the U.S. Navy Overrated (5.1)?'' ,An Updated Knightsbridge Working Paper
Copyright 2004 By Roger Thompson
Professor of Military Studies, Knightsbridge University.

There were many cases CVN were' sunk'!!

Finally, during RIMPAC 2000 it was reported that H.M.A.S. Waller had sunk two American nuclear submarines and gotten dangerously close to the carrier U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln. Even more ominous, asserted researcher Maryanne Kelton, is that: Even though the exercises were planned and the US group knew that Waller was in the designated target area, they were still unable to locate it.

In 2001, the unusually candid skipper of the nuclear submarine U.S.S. Montpelier (Commander Ron LaSilva, U.S.N.) recounted that a Chilean diesel submarine "Shot him twice during successive exercise runs. As a result, LaSilva learned that bigger and nuclear is not always better. Commander LaSilva should be commended for his courage, for as we shall later in this paper, this kind of honesty is usually not the best policy for U.S.N. officers.

Obersturmfuhrer SG

It appears that the highly rated umbrella defence of the USN carrier groups are higly efficient in countering surface and aerial incursions but leaves alot to be desired in some aspects of the ASW department.

SMAPLionHeart SG

please go malaysian forums , we are not interested

lionnoisy

lionnoisy SG

The Compact Range and Wind Tunnel keep our top secrets
1.Compact Range
How stealth is it?Measure it in Compact Range.

...The main component of the Compact Range - the Anechoic Chamber - is a fully-shielded room of 9 m (width) by 18 m (length) by 8 m (height). The Compact Range is able to measure antenna radiation patterns and target radar cross sections (RCSs) from 1 GHz to 37.5 GHz and has a quiet zone with the size of a cylinder with diameter 6 m and length 6 m.......

fr http://www.eng.nus.edu.sg/EResnews/0005/hl/hl_1.htm

The processed back-scattering pattern of a commercial aircraft. Note the high-reflecting areas such as the cockpit, the fuselage, and the four engines.

2.Wind Tunnel

South East Asias First Tri-sonic Wind Tunnel is Housed in NUS !

The mission of the Wind Tunnel facility is to support the tests and evaluation requirements of MINDEF in the area of aeronautics, and to promote R & D activities in aerodynamics, and aeronautics technology...
The facility will house a 100m long trisonic wind tunnel which is capable of delivering wind speed in the test section from subsonic to supersonic flow regime...
and when completed in 2002, it will be used to carry out aerodynamics tests at wind speed of up to four times that of sound (i.e. Mach 4). Although presently there are other similar wind tunnel facilities in China, Japan, Korea, and Indonesia, Singapores wind tunnel will have the highest speed in South East Asia, and will be comparable to those in advanced countries.

fr http://serve.me.nus.edu.sg/MeNus/MeNus_0002/National%20Wind%20Tunnel.htm

lionnoisy SG

http://www.dsta.gov.sg/home/admin/MiscFiles/myImages/030805_NDP.asf
Future warfare of SAF

2.

The low cost cockpit experiment SCME conducted a year ago is currently being used by a unit in the Air Force to test out their flying tactics and pilot decision making. This provides the Air Force with a new perspective of carrying out evaluation and training.

fr http://www.dsta.gov.sg/home/DisplayPage/ContentPage10.asp?id=2674

3.http://www.dsta.gov.sg/home/Display/Content11.asp?id=548
many defense news here.

lionnoisy SG

more info on Compact Range and other R&D

This facility aims to offer very high-accuracy testing of electromagnetic scattering from complex objects, antennae and radomes. Commissioned in 2000, the Compact Range is designed for antenna and radar cross-section (RCS) measurements from L-band to Ka-band for objects up to 2 metres in size.

The down scale model of platforms can be tested here for stealthness.fr

http://www.dso.org.sg/home/collaborations/collaborations_local.aspx
More R&D there.

2.

CREST was jointly set up by NTU and DSO in 2001 to design and build Singapores first experimental micro-satellite.
The X-SAT micro-satellite is targeted for launch by 2007

3.Electromagnetic Effects Research Laboratory
To be built on the NTU campus, this laboratory will spearhead research in EMI (electromagnetic interference) and EMC (electromagnetic compatibility) technologies. It will provide state-of-the-art facilities for all aspects of EMI and EMC work, including susceptibility testing of electronic components and systems, .....

4.DMERI-NTU Bioengineering Laboratory
Located in the Research TechnoPlaza of NTU, this joint bioengineering laboratory together with other research centres, form a vibrant hub to drive research of high impact. By co-locating within the university, DSO is able to tap on a larger pool of scientific minds and harness good basic research for defence applications.
......

5. Sµprima Consortium on Low Temperature Co-fired Ceramics (LTCC)
Through the Sµprima consortium, DSO has been working with our partners from A*STAR - Singapore Institute of Manufacturing Technologies and Institute for Infocomm Research - and NUS to provide a one-stop LTCC design and fabrication service. As part of our efforts, DSO developed a comprehensive design library kit for the consortium.

6.Innovation Centre for Application Specific Integrated Circuits (iCASIC)
This joint centre, established at the Nanyang Polytechnic, aims to address emerging challenges in the high-speed digital electronics industry, and to spearhead research efforts in developing state-of-the-art technologies in advanced integrated circuit.

This one-stop integrated circuit design centre is equipped with industry standard Electronic Design Automation (EDA) tools to provide scientific and engineering solutions for both government and industry players in the local and international market.

7.Antenna and Scattering Laboratory (ASL) of NUS
fr
http://www.eng.nus.edu.sg/research/Collaborations_Local-ASL.htm

houses a world-class Compact Range used for antenna radiation (both linear and circular polarisations) and radar cross-section (linear only) measurements. The measurement frequency range is from 2 GHz to 37.5 GHz and the quiet zone has a dimension of a 1.8m (diameter) by 1.8m (length) cylinder, at a height of 3.1m above floor. The target can weigh up to 300kg. The measurement accuracy is ±0.5 dB, with 1" steps within ±180° azimuth and ±20° elevation. Inverse synthetic aperture radar (ISAR) capability has also been incorporated to ensure rapid identification of target hot spots.
The main research activities of ASL are: development of measurement techniques; development of low profile antenna; development of conformal antenna arrays; development of antenna radoms; and radar cross-section prediction and reduction.

A number of fast computational algorithms for electromagnetic wave radiation and scattering have already been developed, including the pre-corrected FFT algorithm, the general conjugate gradient algorithm and the fast-multipole algorithm.....

lionnoisy SG

Sg has the guts to search for better weapons to replace well known weapons and asked for foreign talents to help.The survival of the nation and the fire power of SAF are far more important than national pride.Sg dunt take the
effectiveness of well known weapons for granted.They dared to develop
a better one to replace the icons,eg Browning 0.50 M2HB machine gun
in 1980's and M16 in 1999.

New products ,for examples, are Ultimax 100 / CIS 50 machine guns and SAR 21 rifle,a new generation rifle.http://www.stengg.com/CoyCapPro/detail.aspx?pdid=133

I read somewhere that
Ultimax 100 machine gun(still holds the record for being the lightest 5.56mm calibre machine gun in the world) was designer by a foreigner.

2.CIS 50 MG Machine Gun and AC Cormack
Janes Infantry Weapons 2004/05 says:

In late 1983,AC Cormack leaded a team to develop a machine gun to replace the then well known Browning 0.50 M2HB machine gun which .... with defects.Another objective was to fire Sg produced
Saboted Light Armour Penetrator (SLAP) Tracer rounds

Also mention SLAP in
http://www.stengg.com/CoyCapPro/detail.aspx?pdid=135

3.Why SG needed to replace Browning 0.50 M2HB in 1980's?
You can find a lot of praises for this gun in the net ,eg

THE BROWNING M2HB is quite simply one of the greatest machine guns ever designed, being efficient and very effective; easy to use and to maintain;

fr http://www.gunplot.net/armoury/fiftycal.html

However,

In M2HB, every barrel replacement must be followed with time-consuming procedure of headspace and timing ajustment, and only relatively recently QCB (Quick Change Barrel) kits were introduced.

fr
http://world.guns.ru/machine/mg04-e.htm .Similiar to Janes' mentioned defects.

4.Dunt be too sceptical to ST's effort
Too many found ST too busy body to develope too much stuff,for the sake of share holders' interest.Pl do some homeworks before make ur comments.]

lionnoisy SG

M16 is the icon .So,what do you think if you ask one of the designer to help you to design a machine gin.This was exactly what Sg did!!Sg seeked
Jim Sullivan to help to design Ultima
We have asked the best in the world to give SAF better weapons.x 100,the lightest SAW and
probably one of the best.

(U100)..manufactured in Singapore to Jim Sullivan's (Yes, THAT Jim Sullivan from the AR15 and Stoner projects) design. One of the most interesting and controllable machine guns ever made

fr
http://www.sillc.com/partssets

2.

Designated the M16, the Stoner-Sullivan-Fremont gun survived everything from ammo-related problems

fr http://www.thegunzone.com/556faq.html

Ultimax 100 Parts Sets

3.A personal review ,full of photos
http://www.dwsuk.co.uk/New_site/Other/umax.htm

We have asked the best in the world to give SAF better weapons.

lionnoisy SG

Report slams Australian M113 upgrade programme
A report compiled by the Australian National Audit Office (ANAO) has revealed a litany of contractual and management inadequacies in the troubled programme to upgrade the Australian Army's fleet of M113A1 tracked armoured vehicles.......

2.Sg upgraded M113 long time ago
ULTRA--any one can give more info.i think they completed in 1996.
How do the Aussie proposed upgrade compare with ULTRA?

lionnoisy SG

See how JDW--Janes 18.02.2004 reports on Spore defense.Sorry in Chinese.

http://jczs.sina.com.cn/2004-12-02/0808248005.html( 2 pages)

Terrex AV81--a new class of wheeled vehicle that is air-deployable, fast, mobile, reliable, and survivable. It boasts superb mobility with tremendous potential for future technology inserts.
So next time,ST can bid for wheeled IFV!

Never seen again--A4 and F16.

lionnoisy SG

Just to remind frens here Spike - anti-tank guided missile is ST product.under Unmanned Systems --Others---- Spike .Displayed in AA 2002.

read the report on Spike ,in Chinese.2 pages.
The Spike have been adopted by Poland ,Holland and Finland(Nokia's home country)

lionnoisy SG

1. Dummies Guide to Net-Centric Warfare by Brigadier General (BG) Jimmy Khoo, Future Systems Architect of the Future Systems Directorate at C4I Asia Conference Feb 2004

must watch slides,very funnyWhat ?a BG can make funny slides?

2.Why Network Centric Transformation (the topic of this conference) is Completely Irrelevant'.

His tongue-in-cheek discussion of "8 Reasons Why Network Centric Warfare is Irrelevant"at the Network Transformation 2003 conference in Brussels offers an excellent introduction to the pressures driving NCW as an emerging doctrine among the world's advanced militaries.

lionnoisy SG

Homeland secruity by ST

FaxCrypt etc,very interesting

lionnoisy SG

Sg demo a single shot programmable grenade in IDEX (Dubai)2005 Feb.
AEW SS: length 420 mm,width 105mm;height 230mm& weight 3.3kg(40×46mm low speed programmable grenade.)
JDW 23.02.2005

2.What is it?Any photo?

|-|05| SG

Originally posted by lionnoisy:
Just to remind frens here [b]Spike - anti-tank guided missile is ST product.under Unmanned Systems --Others---- Spike .Displayed in AA 2002.

read the report on Spike ,in Chinese.2 pages.
The Spike have been adopted by Poland ,Holland and Finland(Nokia's home country)

[/b]

The Spike is an Israeli system that we're producing

Shotgun SG

Err whats so interesting about faxcrypt? Its just providing encryption for faxes.

Encryption is very important in terms of data communications. U really don't want ppl who recieve ur fax by mistake to know whats in the contents.

« Previous Page Next Page »