terrex
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any0ne thinks that the terrex can be s0methin9 like the styrker in the us?http://science.howstuffworks.com/stryker.htm
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I don't see why not! We must come out with more variants though.I don't think the Terrex will be used like the Styrker in SAF. This is because we are largely considered a defensive force so we have little need to create US type Styrker battalions in Singapore unless we get some for the RDF(Rapid Deployment Force). By the way the website is very good, have lots of pictures and specifications of the different variants.
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yep we sh0uld have l0tsa variants 0f the terrex but i w0nder when they'll be assi9bned t0 unitsOriginally posted by tankee1981:I don't see why not! We must come out with more variants though.I don't think the Terrex will be used like the Styrker in SAF. This is because we are largely considered a defensive force so we have little need to create Styrker-like battalions in Singapore unless we get some for the RDF(Rapid Deployment Force). By the way the website is very good, have lots of pictures and specifications of the different variants. 
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The FBCB2 system is impressive IMO...
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This is the website to the FBCB2 system:
http://science.howstuffworks.com/framed.htm?parent=stryker.htm&url=http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/land/fbcb2.htm
I must say that it is very impressive! -
indeed c00l!!!
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SG is a " defensive force " >>>> " tan see "Originally posted by tankee1981:I don't see why not! We must come out with more variants though.I don't think the Terrex will be used like the Styrker in SAF. This is because we are largely considered a defensive force so we have little need to create Styrker-like battalions in Singapore unless we get some for the RDF(Rapid Deployment Force). By the way the website is very good, have lots of pictures and specifications of the different variants.
Tankee , you are old bird why post such such ??? -
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What do you mean by "such such"...???
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?Originally posted by tankee1981:What do you mean by "such such"...??? -
Wonderamazement please take a look at the last sentence of what sg1960 have type in the post before. I don't understand what it meant. Anyone of you do?
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i d0n't think s0......Originally posted by tankee1981:Wonderamazement please take a look at the last sentence of what sg1960 have type in the post before. I don't understand what it meant. Anyone of you do? -
Hi tankee1981,Originally posted by tankee1981:What do you mean by "such such"...???
Just an expression of surprise at your posting saying SG is a defensive force esp. coming from you - an "old bird "
A Defensive force is like the Swiss Armed Force whose role is to react to attacks / invasions.
Singapore Armed Force is meant to be a NEVER defensive force.
Since the early days, SAF have being planning operations away from Singapore proper.
“ Mersing Line “ is most well known example in this aspect.
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i d0n't think s0...Originally posted by tankee1981:Wonderamazement please take a look at the last sentence of what sg1960 have type in the post before. I don't understand what it meant. Anyone of you do? -
Originally posted by sg1960
Singapore Armed Force is meant to be a NEVER defensive force.
Don't know what SAF is meant to be either
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what d0 yer mean?Originally posted by suntze:Originally posted by sg1960
Don't know what SAF is meant to be either .
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since it's n0t a defencive f0rce? then wad's it spp0sed 2 be?Originally posted by sg1960:Hi tankee1981,
Just an expression of surprise at your posting saying SG is a defensive force esp. coming from you - an "old bird "
A Defensive force is like the Swiss Armed Force whose role is to react to attacks / invasions.
Singapore Armed Force is meant to be a NEVER defensive force.
Since the early days, SAF have being planning operations away from Singapore proper.
“ Mersing Line “ is most well known example in this aspect.
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Wonder,
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Originally posted by suntze:
Originally posted by sg1960
Don't know what SAF is meant to be either .
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what d0 yer mean?
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sg army defends by attacking....Originally posted by wonderamazement:since it's n0t a defencive f0rce? then wad's it spp0sed 2 be? -
What I am refering to is the difference between the needs of the US military and SAF . The US are highly interventionist as shown in the recent wars in Afganistan,Iraq and probably Iran next. They have requirement for a light(able to be transported by C130),versatile(hence the many variants of the Stryker) and with reasonable fire power(the MGS variant even have a 105mm gun!).
What the SAF requires is definitely not that, at least not at the moment(maybe we going for UN peace-keeping missions in future) and on such massive scale.
Rockhound,you are right,the SAF defends SG by attacking(preemptive strikes). Which is why i said that the SAF is largely considered as a defensive force as we are unlike the Swiss. We only attack preemptively when we are directly threatened(such as amassing troops at our border).
Therefore I said that maybe the SAF will procure at most a few(not enough for a few battallions like in US) for the RDF due to possible future UN missions.Please refer to my original post ,then you will understand my explanation here.Thanks -
anyway what d0 y0 think 0f 0ur SAF?Originally posted by suntze:Wonder,
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Originally posted by tankee1981:
in simpler ways....ppl find trouble..they become hostile..we dont wait...we whack them first....but not in the scale of how the US military machine does it...
What I am refering to is the difference between the needs of the US military and SAF . The US are highly interventionist as shown in the recent wars in Afganistan,Iraq and probably Iran next. They have requirement for a light(able to be transported by C130),versatile(hence the many variants of the Stryker) and with reasonable fire power(the MGS variant even have a 105mm gun!).
What the SAF requires is definitely not that, at least not at the moment(maybe we going for UN peace-keeping missions in future) and on such massive scale.
Rockhound,you are right,the SAF defends SG by attacking(preemptive strikes). Which is why i said that the SAF is [b]largely considered as a defensive force as we are unlike the Swiss. We only attack preemptively when we are directly threatened.
Therefore I said that maybe the SAF will procure at most a few(not for a few battallions) for the RDF due to possible future UN missions.Please refer to my original post ,then you will understand my explanation here.Thanks [/b] -
anyway d0 any 0f y0u 9uys have surefire flashli9hts?
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anyway my hist0ry teacher t0ld my class that is was s0mewhere in the 1980s durin9 0ur nati0nal day and there were s0me s0rt 0f israeli dele9ates that came here and malaysia accused us 0f bein anti-muslim 0r s0me s0rt and they sta9ed an invasi0n excercise and he said that 0ur arm0ured units were ready and waitin9Originally posted by Rockhound:in simpler ways....ppl find trouble..they become hostile..we dont wait...we whack them first....but not in the scale of how the US military machine does it... -
I don't know about the Isareli delegates but we confirm have a mobilisation on a particular year's national day in the 90s(can't remember). My instructors in SOA were in it as told us about it. The Malaysians and the Indonesians were having this massive joint military exercise close to the Singapore border in the state of Johore.The are practising drills on capturing an island(its pretty obvious that their exercise is targeted at us). Just when we were having the NDP they conducted a massive parachute drop which is the climax of their exercise. Our armour forces are activated and were deployed to the border with Malaysia. Luckily nothing bad happens.
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It was the mid 80s'. The Israeli president and the Catholic Pope visited Singapore within a week of each other. The Malaysians protested - burned our flags, threatened to walk across the causeway, cut/poison our water supply, jihad against us, etc, etc, etc.Originally posted by wonderamazement:anyway my hist0ry teacher t0ld my class that is was s0mewhere in the 1980s durin9 0ur nati0nal day and there were s0me s0rt 0f israeli dele9ates that came here and malaysia accused us 0f bein anti-muslim 0r s0me s0rt and they sta9ed an invasi0n excercise and he said that 0ur arm0ured units were ready and waitin9
As usual the SAF was on alert.