RSN submarines
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As all of us know, the submarines that we have acquired from the Swedish is very old. Although they have been heavily upgraded but i seriously doubt they will be used for more than 10 years. So my question is when and what will be the replacement of the current submarines? By the way the RSN claims that these submarines are for testing of technology only!
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in the confidential underwate naval base below sentosa's underwater world is a top secret facility building our very own submarines...
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now you will have to be killedOriginally posted by nismoS132:in the confidential underwate naval base below sentosa's underwater world is a top secret facility building our very own submarines... -
silence him... leave no man behind -
Are u talking about our underwater Gundams? The one that even Japan is unable to develop?
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Not underwater Gundam....but Z'Goks and and Zocks....
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You must have mistaken them for the evangelion series.
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hhhmm...do we have submarine carrier?
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seriously, don't you think ST would've pulled apart the submarine at some time or other just so they can reverse engineer it?
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anyway when will ST biotech begin selecting people for the headmaster and powermaster conversion?
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HaHaHA, how can they jump the gun?They have to start with the eva project first, after that, project transformers will be next.
whoops, did i just reveal our national secret? -
I'm very sure ST and DSTA have pulled the Sub inside out and outside in, over and over again.
Remember they went thru the Tropicalization process? -
The possibility that the ST and DSTA guys turn the submarines inside out to find out how to reverse engineer it is highly likely. However am I right to say that a heavily up-graded old submarine is still very much of an advanced version of an old design? I also doubt that Singapore will be able to design and build conventional diesel submarines in the near future due to the lack of technology,experience and the high cost involved.
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Here's a quote from the kockums website (http://www.kockums.se/) about the challenger class sub:Originally posted by tankee1981:The possibility that the ST and DSTA guys turn the submarines inside out to find out how to reverse engineer it is highly likely. However am I right to say that a heavily up-graded old submarine is still very much of an advanced version of an old design? I also doubt that Singapore will be able to design and build conventional diesel submarines in the near future due to the lack of technology,experience and the high cost involved.
"The RSS Challenger submarine was first launched in 1968 as HMS Sjöbjörnen (Seabear) within the Sjöormen Class (Sea Serpent) of the Royal Swedish Navy.
The revolutionary Sea Serpent Class submarine was at the time the first "real" submarine that succeeded and outdated the existing WW2 designs.
With the Sea Serpent Class Kockums introduced a number of new technologies including the modern hydrodynamic hull shape, one-man manoeuvring system and the X-rudder configuration giving the submarine outstanding manoeuvring characteristics.
The Sjöbjörnen submarine was modified and upgraded for tropical conditions 1996-1997 and re-launched as RSS Challenger on 26 September 1997.
Still, after more than 30 years in service, this submarine in many respects is at the forefront of submarine technology. RSS Challenger will proudly serve the Republic of Singapore for many years to come and represents a real evidence of the very high quality level of submarines delivered by Kockums.
Four submarines of the Challenger Class are on order to the Republic of Singapore Navy"
I'm no naval expert, but looking, superficially, at the tear-drop shaped sjoormen sub, the design is marginally different from the Viking class sub to be built by the same company.
Anyone knows if this sub can launch harpoons just like the Collins class boat? -
Eh....cannot have EVA project...the world will end...
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i think it's really a waste of money ordering any more outdated submarines. we can train as much as we like with the ones we have, so rather than spend that money on buying 4 more of them, why not spend that same amount of money on R&D?
anyway we already have the subs, so assuming any of them sink or something, we should (thereotically) be able to rebuild something similar don't you think?