Originally posted by Atobe:nope... we didnt sign... merely observer status if i am correct...
Didn't Singapore signed the Convention to ban the [b]manufacture and use of all types of land mines in 2000 ?
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Originally posted by Atobe:No, Singapore manufactures and stockpiles landmines, though it does not a sell a single one (officially at least)
Didn't Singapore signed the Convention to ban the [b]manufacture and use of all types of land mines in 2000 ?
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Originally posted by tripwire:nope... we didnt sign... merely observer status if i am correct...
anyway... why would we ban land mines when we produce one of the best land mines in the world
secondly... the convention is a bullshit... guns and bullets killed more people every day... but then... you dont see people banning it...
why not banned NUKES?
Does anybody know if the 40mm Air Bursting Munition is adopted by the SAF? The ability to engage targets behind defilade is a very attractive capability, akin to what the american OCSW 20mm granade does.Originally posted by foga:weapons ST produce:
sar80
sar88
sar21
agl40
bronco
bionix
lsv(flyer)
40mm AA gun
fh88
fh2000
r u dreaming or not?Originally posted by Shotgun:Best still are our Gundam-assault suits. I like the one hidden under MacRitchie reservoir most, has a laser blade and Medium Ranged missiles.
Originally posted by Shotgun:Who pilot them? Japanese Foreign Talents?
Best still are our Gundam-assault suits. I like the one hidden under MacRitchie reservoir most, has a laser blade and Medium Ranged missiles.
Originally posted by Atobe:USA signed but never ractified... typical US trick in potentially messy sitiuations...
The Convention to ban the manufacture and use of landmines was specifically targetted at the variety of Anti-Personnel Mines that do not kill but [b]maim.
The situation is made worse by the indiscriminate laying of such Anti-Personnel Mines that are left in unmarked and unrecorded minefields.
Worst still is the fact that these Anti-Personnel Mines are made of plastic (some made in tempting and innocent looking features - circa Russian made during Afghan War), making these mine undetectable, and remaining lethal for many years after the war is long over.
Long after the wars are over, civilian casualties are still occuring in Afghanistan, Cambodia, and other battle zones of Africa, Latin American, and East Europe.
I believe that Singapore is a signatory to this Convention (will have to check into the Straits Times archive).
The USA is prepared to accept this convention, with exceptions to allow for the continued use of Anti-Tank Mines especially for the defense of the South Korean Peninsula against an invasion from North Korea.
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arh?! abit futuristic rite? scarly if its true... middle of the nite those ppl who stay at ghim moh area can see the water from reservoir draining away to reveal hidden bunker den seeing some flying gundams after which the bunker closes and the water pumped back as it was...Originally posted by Shotgun:Best still are our Gundam-assault suits. I like the one hidden under MacRitchie reservoir most, has a laser blade and Medium Ranged missiles.
no... YOU are missing MY point my dear reptile...Originally posted by SingaporeTyrannosaur:You're missing the point, my dim witted friend. Most people don't really care if landmines blow off the legs of soldiers, after all it's the poor bloody infantry's job to be battered by arty, strafed by airplanes, crushed by tanks, incenerated by naplam and shot by bullets. What's just some landmines?
But the problem is that landmines persist long after a conflict, that means that even if the geopolitical nature of the landscape has changed and the bullets and shells stop flying and killing, the landmines still persist in their job of killing and miaming. And this time it will be the noncombatants who get the brunt of the force, more often then not an innocent 5-year old child, farmer or mine disposal personnel whoes future to have a normal life is destroyed by a landmine from a war that's long gone. AP landmines are causing more trouble then they're worth, it takes 70 cents to bury a landmine, and about 7,000 dollars to remove it. Not all wars stay around as long as the landmines do.
I wouldn't mind AP mines like the claymore though...