Increase defence budget

Sardaukar SG

SgPatriot wrote:

Perhaps the SAF and Mindef should consider having an increase in budget to perhaps 8 billion dollars,a figure similar to the Israeli budget.Currently,our budget is 4 billion.

With an increased budget,more projects could be pursued and completed at a faster rate,such as the LALEE and NGD programs,as the SAF would be able to acquire them faster and in larger quantities.

Refurbishment and upgrade of facilities and training could proceed as well,such as upgrading our ADA systems and replacing them,as well as getting body armour for all troops.

Body armour:The SAF should implement a program to phase in body armour for all our troops.

I propose a lightweight body armour that protects the following body areas;the groin,torso,abdomen and back,knee joints and elbow joints.With advances in technology,we could have light Kevlar with hardened ceramic plates protecting these vital areas,resistant up to 7.62mm or 9mm perhaps?Currently,body armour seems only to protect against shrapnel.

Also,has anybody considered installing steel/titanium/aluminium plates in the soles of our boots,to protect against landmines or stakes from penetrating our feet.It would also make a good weapon to use in killing off enemies through application of force by the foot to the head or other vital parts.

The resulting inclusion would also serve to increase leg strength in troops who would be forces to use it as standard issue.It would a little extra weight,but when is excercise not good?
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seriously,I would not want to carry around that much weight,but he does have a point.8 billion a year?I don't think we have any real need just yet for that sort of budget,unless we were in an arms race,and neither are we in the same situation as the Israelis.

Still,that money would probably be good in expanding the RSN and allowing us to protect the Malacca Straits and the South China Sea,as it seems the Indonesians and Malaysians can't be bothered to do so.

kopiosatu SG

tax payers gonna make more noise leh

cutebug SG

Originally posted by Sardaukar:
SgPatriot wrote:

Perhaps the SAF and Mindef should consider having an increase in budget to perhaps 8 billion dollars,a figure similar to the Israeli budget.Currently,our budget is 4 billion.

With an increased budget,more projects could be pursued and completed at a faster rate,such as the LALEE and NGD programs,as the SAF would be able to acquire them faster and in larger quantities.

Refurbishment and upgrade of facilities and training could proceed as well,such as upgrading our ADA systems and replacing them,as well as getting body armour for all troops.

[b]Body armour:The SAF should implement a program to phase in body armour for all our troops.

I propose a lightweight body armour that protects the following body areas;the groin,torso,abdomen and back,knee joints and elbow joints.With advances in technology,we could have light Kevlar with hardened ceramic plates protecting these vital areas,resistant up to 7.62mm or 9mm perhaps?Currently,body armour seems only to protect against shrapnel.

Also,has anybody considered installing steel/titanium/aluminium plates in the soles of our boots,to protect against landmines or stakes from penetrating our feet.It would also make a good weapon to use in killing off enemies through application of force by the foot to the head or other vital parts.

The resulting inclusion would also serve to increase leg strength in troops who would be forces to use it as standard issue.It would a little extra weight,but when is excercise not good?
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seriously,I would not want to carry around that much weight,but he does have a point.8 billion a year?I don't think we have any real need just yet for that sort of budget,unless we were in an arms race,and neither are we in the same situation as the Israelis.

Still,that money would probably be good in expanding the RSN and allowing us to protect the Malacca Straits and the South China Sea,as it seems the Indonesians and Malaysians can't be bothered to do so.[/b]

SAF is aready one of the best in Asean. Sg is not going to war. Is good to have dream sometime.
Toy that SAF need in the near future:

350 light tank
4 E3 type AC
40 NGF
4 submarine

This will cost SG a hole in the pocket.

Fairyland SG

Software within the gel in our skulls is supreme!

It doesn't take alot of time for soldiers to calculate their odds of survival by simply sitting on top of their M113 when moving around in the Mekong delta.........

You wait for a better APC or up armoured M113 to come then fight?

I think alot of ppl is limiting themselves with this hardware traps!

We cannot enslave ourselves into thinking that without technology or the 'right' hardware SAF will be less effective.

You look at the Israelis......they are still using very old hardware to face and overcome real and current threats.[/b]

spencer99 SG

National security is important but there are other priorities as well.

I think singapore already dedicate a lot to defence in both fiscal dollars as well as manpower (NS and ICTs).

FUrther increases will mean that other aspect of the country eg healthcare and education will suffer.

Typhoon SG

Singapore has a 6% cap on defence. Our GDP last year was $112 billion, so the most we can spend is $6 billion +

Anyway $8 billion is unrealistic, you have to remember Israel has to spend something between 20-35% of its GDP on defence, and much of it is subsidised by US taxpayers.

Si Geena SG

Originally posted by Sardaukar:
SgPatriot wrote:

[b]Body armour:The SAF should implement a program to phase in body armour for all our troops.

I propose a lightweight body armour that protects the following body areas;the groin,torso,abdomen and back,knee joints and elbow joints.With advances in technology,we could have light Kevlar with hardened ceramic plates protecting these vital areas,resistant up to 7.62mm or 9mm perhaps?Currently,body armour seems only to protect against shrapnel.

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Covering that amount of body would certainly not be a lightweight body armour system. Laughing

Interestingly, the technology and expertise of body armour has largely been spearheaded by the Law Enforcement agencies, rather than the Military.

Body armour can be made to specification to whatever threats you would like. Typically, the heavier the threat round, the greater the protection. But the trade-off is in determining your threat. If you set your protection level too high, you are going to get a bulky and uncomfortable piece of equipment that the individual soldier is not going to use most of the time.

If you set it too low, than it is just extra weight that doesn't perform and worse, you offer your soldiers false confidence in wearing it.