Peace in South China Sea?

tankee1981 SG

There is a chinese report in another forum which states that the 3 countries of China,Vietnam and Philippines who have claims to all or part of the islands in the South China Sea have agree to cooperate to drill for oil there. The source is unknown. I have tried to post the chinese report here but unsuccessful. Here is the address to the topic in the other forum. Very Happy

http://www.network54.com/Forum/thread?forumid=242808&messageid=1125248325&lp=1125248325

archon1234 SG

If there is a meltdown in South China Seas, we can have a rare chance in histrory to see

1) Chinese Type 52/51C destoryers Vs Meko 100 OPV
2) Chinese JF17/J10/J11 & Su30MKK vs Su30MKM (you know who lah)
3) YJ83 and sunburn missiles vs seawolf anti missile systems on Yarrow class frigates.

Can get ready the poncorn man!!

archon1234 SG

It will be the Strong Boleh Man verses the Awaking Dragon

Fatum SG

uh-uh .... the boleh men won't be stupid enough to go against them ... they are only good for wayanging in front of us really ... the only country that'll likely put up a show would be vietnam,

Brunei is like a little bug to them,one that can't even sting. the philipines is a basket case militarily, the only people who have the political will to contest a move into the spratlys would the the vietnamese ...

archon1234 SG

Dun look down on them ok.. Boleh Orang (man) very strong and brainy; even going for moon mission to plant their Boleh Flag over there. Maybe, they decide to re-name the South China Seas as West Pahang Seas, else why they buy the 8x F18 & 12x Su30MKM (speical mod to carry heavy load), 4 Yarrow Class Frigate and 20+ Meko Class 100 OPVs + 2 French Scropene Subs. The Boleh Orang are also eyeing on the AWAC aircrafts. The Boleh Orang has already successfully grab Pulau Sepantan (East malaysia) from our Indon friends, now they are looking at the north and south.

SMAPLionHeart SG

Vietnam's show??

Laughing

SMAPLionHeart SG

Brunei's navy is not that small.

What i believe is that SG defend Brunei in exchange for training ground , therefore , their defense spending is substantially smaller.

Why need to spend money on defense when you got SG to defend you? right?

LazerLordz SG

Do not underestimate the SBS of the Bruneian Navy.They train with the UK SAS and SBS.

And their entire maritime force is optimised for covert strike and counterinsurgency.They might not have the force projection, but they can sabotage a hell lot of shit.

bcoy SG

Brunei has a special boat squadron? I thought its the Special Combat Squadron (SCS) - which is a commando unit that trains with the UK, Australia and Singapore.

LazerLordz SG

The boat squadron was already in existence in the mid 80s.But any recent re-org..perhaps they are now under this SCS.

Obersturmfuhrer SG

True that their SBS or SCS should not be taken lightly but their entire armed forces is relatively small and in no condition to project strong forces to back up their claims against their much larger neighbours.

archon1234 SG

Boleh Orang are the ones who shown off their newly acquired T72 few days agao lah. Not the friendly Sultanate in East Malaysia

coolant SG

If there is oil, then there is NO peace...

Pak G.W. Bush told us that Laughing