Oh my GOD, I saw that ship!
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Saw this with my very own eyes as she sails quietly out of Singapore straits !
Tell you the truth, I've seen subs sailing to and fro from the Sembawang shipyard, but the sight of this ship with a Aegis-like S-band phased array radar and range of huge X-band radar dishes REALLY caught my attention even I had not clue who she was then. This civil-looking babe was in full-white and she remained me of another look-alike sister that the Russian had...
And tell you honestly, that she looked so over-equiped with sensors that it probably had detected my eyeball movement
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If she direct the all her radar at you... you will probably die of 10 different sort of cancers within a year....
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maybe die in a few minutesOriginally posted by spencer99:If she direct the all her radar at you... you will probably die of 10 different sort of cancers within a year.... -
Originally posted by Gun:
you mean the challengers? when, as in how often
[bTell you the truth, I've seen subs sailing to and fro from the Sembawang shipyard[/b] ? -
i want to see aircraft carriers
been hearing ppl saying is super duper huge..... -
You want to see go Changi Naval Base lor.
Anyway they're not that huge la ... star cruise ships also very big
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If its from S'wang then it would be the USN, RN or RAN's subs. I've seen Los Angeles class and Collins class in S'wang beforeOriginally posted by IAF:you mean the challengers? when, as in how often ? -
aiyoh c before liao lar nothing strange lay
S'bwang w_a_r_f aways got diff type of ship 1 lar -
if that ship had her radars on, i i sure bang-balls, and my eyeballs sure kenna screwed. But okay so far...touch wood !Originally posted by spencer99:If she direct the all her radar at you... you will probably die of 10 different sort of cancers within a year....
WhenI saw the ship's aft, I mistook the phase-array radar housing as a helo-hanger! Can't imaging how a guy standing infront of the planel gonna feel like when that device turns on -
Yes, I've observed at least on 5 occassions subs sailing on this narrow straits back in 2000/1. Few times saw what looks like RSN's Conqueror and rest mix of much bigger ones like LA class ?Originally posted by Viper52:If its from S'wang then it would be the USN, RN or RAN's subs. I've seen Los Angeles class and Collins class in S'wang before
But after opening of Changi NB and the terror threat, naval activity on along the strait seems to be much reduced.
Maybe that's why RSN got its own Nimitz-size dry dock at Changi. -
Nitmiz class?Originally posted by Gun:Yes, I've observed at least on 5 occassions subs sailing on this narrow straits back in 2000/1. Few times saw what looks like RSN's Conqueror and rest mix of much bigger ones like LA class ?
But after opening of Changi NB and the terror threat, naval activity on along the strait seems to be much reduced.
Maybe that's why RSN got its own Nimitz-size dry dock at Changi. ain't that all hornets ver(A/C/E/F) carrier? -
It's huge... but owned by the US Navy...Originally posted by duotiga83:i want to see aircraft carriers been hearing ppl saying is super duper huge.....
F-14s also owned by the US Navy.
I heard when the carrier docks, and the f-14s just come streaming in onto the landing strip on ground, its real cool -
When the carrier berths in their own homeport (Norfolk San Diego or Bremerton) their aircraft do land at their repsective land Naval Air Stations. But when the carrier makes so-called liberty calls to ports like Singapore, their air wing stays on board the carrier.Originally posted by kopiosatu:It's huge... but owned by the US Navy...
F-14s also owned by the US Navy.
I heard when the carrier docks, and the f-14s just come streaming in onto the landing strip on ground, its real cool
Duotiga, you can visit carriers in Singapore, but unfortunately you need to know the right doors to knock on... -
Seen carriers before...but usually they do not dock......once in a while they do...but usually they just transit...Originally posted by Viper52:When the carrier berths in their own homeport (Norfolk San Diego or Bremerton) their aircraft do land at their repsective land Naval Air Stations. But when the carrier makes so-called liberty calls to ports like Singapore, their air wing stays on board the carrier.
Duotiga, you can visit carriers in Singapore, but unfortunately you need to know the right doors to knock on... -
usually they say in the papers when a conventional-powered carrier (kitty hawk etc) docks but keep real quiet when a nuclear-powered one comes in... supposedly some asean nuke-free zone thing dun wanna offend the neighbours. i tink carl vinson came in earlier this yr. anyway theyre so damn big u can see them from the east coast condos. my fren who stays in bayshore tells me whenever a carrier comes in...
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so, every member of the crew is going to die from horrific cancers?
so much radiation and microwaves is going to cook everyone on board? -
heheheh, i went inside the USS kitty hawk before. Last time they had open house. Wah its damn big eh.
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i went too.. i agree it is BIG!! wonder how come the sailors dont get lost inside[/quote]
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no lah.. they jus give birth to alot more daughters than sons.Originally posted by the Bear:so, every member of the crew is going to die from horrific cancers?
so much radiation and microwaves is going to cook everyone on board? -
'Cos they don't walk everywhere like the visitors mah. And some areas should be restricted to the sailors.Originally posted by wd1:i went too.. i agree it is BIG!! wonder how come the sailors dont get lost inside[/quote] -
har?~ how come u can go up? tat time i wanted to also cannot... they say wad error in newspaper blahblah only invited guests....Originally posted by SingaporeMacross:heheheh, i went inside the USS kitty hawk before. Last time they had open house. Wah its damn big eh.
btw how u all spot subs and ships at sembawang one? I wanna go leh.... only @@ a LA class sub b4 in US... -
The radiation is certainly powerful enough. But the radar waves are not directed inside the ship, and there are inbuilt systems to prevent accidental exposure to crews inside the ship.Originally posted by the Bear:so, every member of the crew is going to die from horrific cancers?
so much radiation and microwaves is going to cook everyone on board?
I remember the crew of a AEGIS cruiser I visited telling me that their radar has been known to kill seabirds that are too near the ship when the radar is in operation. And there are signs forbidding standing near the radar on the ship.
Theres also an ancedote I've read that the MiG-25 radar, when turned on while the aircraft was on the runway, has been known to kill rabbits on the grass verge! -
My friend's father got invited. He got tickets so i follow him and my friend lor.Originally posted by Moonstriker:har?~ how come u can go up? tat time i wanted to also cannot... they say wad error in newspaper blahblah only invited guests....
btw how u all spot subs and ships at sembawang one? I wanna go leh.... only @@ a LA class sub b4 in US... -
Yeah. Think I remember hearing about this one too. Originally think it was mainly humuor. Until I realized that it might not really be joke after all, especially since it was the Russians whom had really built that machine.Originally posted by Viper52:Theres also an ancedote I've read that the MiG-25 radar, when turned on while the aircraft was on the runway, has been known to kill rabbits on the grass verge! -
probably read that account from viktor belenko...the mig-25 pilot who defected in the 70s.Originally posted by [ Neo ]:Yeah. Think I remember hearing about this one too. Originally think it was mainly humuor. Until I realized that it might not really be joke after all, especially since it was the Russians whom had really built that machine.