MINDEF to acquire six new Sikorsky S-70B
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US might have lessen the restriction on the weapons we want...Originally posted by Manager433:COugar is the naval version of Super Puma. -
Is the Cougar a naval version of the Super Puma? I always thought that the Cougar (AS532xx) is an updated military version of the Super Puma series(AS332xx), and comes in both land and naval versions.Originally posted by Manager433:COugar is the naval version of Super Puma. -
It is just like the Black Hawk and Sea Hawk...Originally posted by bcoy:Is the Cougar a naval version of the Super Puma? I always thought that the Cougar (AS532xx) is an updated military version of the Super Puma series(AS332xx), and comes in both land and naval versions. -
I got this feeling......maybe we r US allies in SEA and having sign the free trade kind of thing.....they selling us this heli wif hugh discount???
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Know whos... Or the fighter jet deals... All these are secrects...Originally posted by Manager433:I got this feeling......maybe we r US allies in SEA and having sign the free trade kind of thing.....they selling us this heli wif hugh discount??? -
Aiya, why u still believe that our next gen fighter is the F15 leh???
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Then why do you know that it is Europe??? Right... But the Sea Hawk deal is something unbelievable...Originally posted by Manager433:Aiya, why u still believe that our next gen fighter is the F15 leh??? -
dun think there any discount, never heard of US give discount to arm trade to it's allies , heard only withheld key compontentOriginally posted by Manager433:I got this feeling......maybe we r US allies in SEA and having sign the free trade kind of thing.....they selling us this heli wif hugh discount???
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So, we might have requested to certain weapons that was given...Originally posted by Excel 202:dun think there any discount, never heard of US give discount to arm trade to it's allies , heard only withheld key compontent -
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One country in east asia got their trunks for only US$1 each. There r many things you didnt know!Originally posted by Excel 202:dun think there any discount, never heard of US give discount to arm trade to it's allies , heard only withheld key compontent -
What i know is that they sold us the 5 county class LST for US$1 per ships
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I doubt such thing will ever happen again.Originally posted by Excel 202:What i know is that they sold us the 5 county class LST for US$1 per ships
Those LSTs are suppose to be scrap after the WWII..
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Attach aircraft? U mean attack aircraft?Originally posted by touchstone_2000:Does that mean Singapore is going to try for the Penguin ASM again. For newbies, we were rebuffed once when we tried getting it for the F-16.
To date IIRC we don't have any attach aircraft armed with anti-ship missiles.
The Fokker MPA armed with Harpoon don't count. As that will be the first aircraft any one will shoot down.
I wonder are we going to get the anti ASW suite, as the Americans are very touchy about submarine warfare.
Our Vipers can carry harpoon too..
I like the idea that our F50s can be arm with harpoons. What's wrong with that?
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we also got our Skyhawks for US$1 each.Originally posted by Manager433:One country in east asia got their trunks for only US$1 each. There r many things you didnt know! -
So no one believed wat I said huh? ABout the US$1 truck.....ok here it goes:
I went for my first ever overseas training way back in mid 1994. I was the advanced party together wif some regulars. Based in Ta-Pu camp...went for some orientation driving wif a Ma-Lao NCO sitting behind our rover...he kept saying how good performance of the rover compared to their ageing tonner trucks which was sold to em for US$1 each in the 70s.
The reason so cheap was because in the 70s when the US pull out their troops there, the US didnt want to 'withdraw' those heavy trucks so as a good will, they decided to sell to the Mao-Lao Armed Forces for US$1 each.
He even told us more info about their HAWK AAM...sorry guys, secret info so no no say here. -
cute...
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Manager it not that we dun believe you,Originally posted by Manager433:So no one believed wat I said huh? ABout the US$1 truck.....ok here it goes:
I went for my first ever overseas training way back in mid 1994. I was the advanced party together wif some regulars. Based in Ta-Pu camp...went for some orientation driving wif a Ma-Lao NCO sitting behind our rover...he kept saying how good performance of the rover compared to their ageing tonner trucks which was sold to em for US$1 each in the 70s.
The reason so cheap was because in the 70s when the US pull out their troops there, the US didnt want to 'withdraw' those heavy trucks so as a good will, they decided to sell to the Mao-Lao Armed Forces for US$1 each.
He even told us more info about their HAWK AAM...sorry guys, secret info so no no say here.
think we were trying to say that american only send the stuff that were supposed to be scrap at a cut throat price.
where by those new high tech "toys" they will held out for more money.
think they were chanting "show us the monies" whenever any countries tried to buy arms from them.
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Things tat you guys don't believed:
The Mao-Lao trucks that they are presently using cannot go beyond the max speed of 40kph. Or during E-brake, the truck will skit and brake-drum will burst. Worst still the truck will over-turn. This was disclosed to me by a Mao-Lao trooper LTA.
Their HAWK AAM have been modify by their own engineers to become AAM cum SSM ( short range ). -
the last concordes were sold to air france and british airways for $1 each too.
can imagine the following situation:
sg general takes out wallet to pay $6 for 6 seahawks
gen:"alamak, i never change US currency. can take $12 sing first?"
US secretary of defence:"no spare change? that's sad...we'll sell them to elbonia instead"
Elbonia gen:"hehehe"
US:"okay...we cleared our stock already."
sing gen:"NABEH!"