RSN's latest warship RSS Formidable arrives from France

SBS9828X SG

SINGAPORE: RSS Formidable -- the first of six new stealth frigates -- has arrived all the way from France.
The RSS Formidable is fitted with an intelligent combat system that allows the ship to network with other ships, aircraft and shore facilities.

And it will even have its very own helicopter.

But the ship is currently undergoing further tests and will be fully operational in about two years' time.

While the first frigate is made in France, the rest will be made by ST Marine in Singapore.

The six frigates will replace the Navy's six Missile Gunboats which have been in service for 30 years. - CNA/ir

tripwire SG

ok.... guys... the ships are back... and this is one of the best photo of the formidable...

now... the question... any serious military nuts out there can tell me if those 2 mounted racks on both side of the aster launchers are MISSILES or CHAFF launchers?

tripwire SG

let me guess...

1.... optronics...

2.... laser cannon.. Laughing

I-like-flings(m) SG

look like a toy Mr. Green ok ok next expensive toy to come home.. Apache.... knn.. just look at all the toys we have for a small country like us.....si bei power. Wink

lionnoisy SG

No need to see the half picture.read the own site lah.
http://www.mindef.gov.sg/weapons/frigate/

sg1960 SG

Wrong position for SAM or optronics

The launchers are for chaff . IR ECM? etc

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lionnoisy SG

Pl note there are two systems designed and made locally>

Communications--ST (Elect) CET Integrated
Communications System

Standard Operating Common Consoles......ST (Elect) SES

warspite SG

Chaff launchers...French origins
Name is NGDS: New Generation Decoy System; able to fire a wide range of decoys and chaff.... Smile

nismoS132 SG

i wonder if any pirates tried to board the ship while on it's way back Laughing

sbst275 SG

Stealth... And I think pirates would find the colour of the frigate weird Laughing

lionnoisy SG

Looks smaller than 10% in radar
I have posted in other threads that Formidable class will appear smaller than
ten % in enemy's radar.It is hinted by The Captain of France
FRIGATE ACONITE while the ship visited Sg.

2.Confirmation.

RSS Formidable ..shape and the use of special paints
and building materials ...appear no larger than a fishing boat
on enemy radar

STimes 06.08.2005

I hope they means the fishing boat not more than 15m.

I read fr ST sometimes back that Sg invented a paint which
can reduce the temperature of naval ship by at least few degree.
Any more info on this 'cooling paint'?

3.The EW system is missing
MINDEF off course will not reveal the Electronic Warfare System!
Eg how to create a protection shield against income missiles.
Or better direct the incoming missiles back to enemy platforms!!

It has been and will be a closed guarded secrets.Remember Minister Teo
complained :while he was a Captain of a naval ship,he also could not
enter a locked room full of equipments.What were inside,u tell me!!

SMAPLionHeart SG

Time to put cruise missiles inside

tripwire SG

Originally posted by lionnoisy:
[b]Looks smaller than 10% in radar
I have posted in other threads that Formidable class will appear smaller than
ten % in enemy's radar.It is hinted by The Captain of France
FRIGATE ACONITE while the ship visited Sg.

2.Confirmation.
STimes 06.08.2005

I hope they means the fishing boat not more than 15m.

I read fr ST sometimes back that Sg invented a paint which
can reduce the temperature of naval ship by at least few degree.
Any more info on this 'cooling paint'?

3.The EW system is missing
MINDEF off course will not reveal the Electronic Warfare System!
Eg how to create a protection shield against income missiles.
Or better direct the incoming missiles back to enemy platforms!!

It has been and will be a closed guarded secrets.Remember Minister Teo
complained :while he was a Captain of a naval ship,he also could not
enter a locked room full of equipments.What were inside,u tell me!!
[/b]

i think the french frigate captain means his lafayette frigate has an RCS of 10% of a similar size UNSTLEATH ship.

so.. i think the french frigate probably have a RCS of a 12 meter fishing boat.

i suspect the RSN frigate, which encompose more stleath technology... probably some of the VISBY tech that DSTA might have got their hands on.. and probably reduce the RCS of formidable even more.. probably down to a mere 5 to 7 percent of the vessel size..

with a vessel length of 114, that works out to be a size of sampan RCS. Mr. Green

sg1960 SG

Originally posted by lionnoisy:
[b]
3.[b]The EW system is missing

It has been and will be a closed guarded secrets.Remember Minister Teo
complained :while he was a Captain of a naval ship,he also could not
enter a locked room full of equipments.What were inside,u tell me!!
[/b]

Please be so kind to supply the link / the source for this story . Rolling Eyes

Since when do a the Captain of a warship do NOT have access of his command Shocked
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ProudlySingaporean SG

damn chio Very Happy

huaichien SG

Looks like a model photoshopped onto picture of a sea.

lionnoisy SG

Want to know more about Guided Weapons,Sealth and EW.
Read
http://www.dso.org.sg/home/publications/comm/3-Creation.pdf
''Creating the invisible shield'' Ch 3 of "Creating the Technology Edge"
DSO 30th Anniversary Commemorative Book fr

http://www.dso.org.sg/home/publications/publications.aspx#ani
A must read for NUTS.

2.The locked room story
This is my ans.to my posting of the same day.Thanks for asking confirmation.
I made a small mistake.Minister Teo then was only an XO.

fr http://www.dso.org.sg/home/publications/comm/5-Gap.pdf
of the above book.In the section with Mr Teo's photo.

Cover of the book.Interesting?

sgboy2004 SG

the color is for aerial visual, not for level-visual Very Happy

sbst275 SG

Laughing

Delta 5 SG

If any pirates did, it would be a swift and violent death for them... Twisted Evil