The movie talked about one modern US carrier being brought back
in time to the pacific ocean, just when the japanese naval task
force was approaching Pearl Harbour. Planes from the carrier
encountered two Jap fighters and shot them down, saving a US
senator who was fishing around the area in his own boat. Just when
the carrier commander decided to launch attack on the Jap fleet,
which mean history will be changed, it was brought back to present
time.
In the movie, it was a complete aircraft carrier that went back in
time. A US aircraft carrier can sustain itself in any combat
situation anywhere. For SAF planes to sustain any combat, they need
the base. So, unless the whole Singapore also went back in time,
the F16 can only launch one attack and then fly back to the
airports in Singapore 50 years ago. Are the runways long enough,
was there Tengah airbase?
If Singapore, as a whole country went back in time, haha, not only
the Japanese would be in for big surprise. Just imagine the British
colonial ruler, whatever his name, woke up in the morning and found
GCT or LHL telling him, "hey, move aside, we are now independent
and we are taking over."
Under that circumstance, it would not be difficult for SAF to take
out the invaders. None of the Jap ships that raided Pearl Harbour
came near Singapore. They remained in the pacific and finaly sunk
in the battle for midway. The few brigades who came to singapore
would be crushed without any problem. Few Japanese tanks were used
in the invasion of Singapore.
Even their campaigns in the Philippines were small involving only a
few divisions, which I believe SAF can handle without any problem.
The question is, can SAF engage the Japanese in China, where the
major battles were fought by the Japanese Imperial Army?
Is SAF equipped to fight in distant land? can SAF fight in the cold
winter of China, against the Japanese? That I am not sure. The
German, despite their superior weapons against the Soviets, were
frozen and lost the war in WW2.
This remain a theoretical paper discussion.
