likely there's some barter trade involvedOriginally posted by spencer99:11 copters cost only USD75m including technical support and training. That is damn cheap.
they dun even have money to get spares for their jets~!Originally posted by wd1:strange... coz the A109's inferior to both the apache and the rooivalk. hmmm maybe they're running out of money!!
malicious industry gossip and backstabbingOriginally posted by espanol_man:heard from fren in RSAF that due to lack of spare parts, they can only lauch 2 F18s or 2 Mig29s at any one time... the rest will be cannibalised as sparestrue?
Originally posted by espanol_man:its RMAF not RSAF !
kanzer : [b]" have read somewhere that the f-18 that was damaged in a runway accidents a few months back is not yet repaired........... therefore they have currently only at most 7 hornets at anyone time.... no $$$ to repair???? "
huh? I heard from fren in RSAF that due to lack of spare parts, they can only lauch 2 F18s or 2 Mig29s at any one time... the rest will be cannibalised as sparestrue? [/b]
fear? of S'pore?Originally posted by Parka:All this spending is fueled by fear
Originally posted by espanol_man:The chopper is a multi role chopper configured for armed recon,SAR,training,transport and with some outfitting Anti tank.It can carry 4-8 TOW missiles which are average at best....nothing like our hellfire since it is wire guided and requires the choper to be in the area and thus get shot at.Also i think the launch A/C can fire 1 at a time only.The fire and forget missile was cancelled by the US army so you cant do that.Overall i think they bought it for training/recon/transport
[b]"11 copters cost only USD75m including technical support and training. That is damn cheap."
wah lau... US$75m is considered cheap har? good grief, i think that is a lot in RM$.... plus i doubt they really have much $$$ anyway. barter trade? does this mean by palm oil again?
"the A109's much inferior to the Apache"
i have no doubts that our AH64D/LB performs better than A109... actually, i dun really worry if our AH64 is better than A109... what i worry is whether our tanks are better than A109 and can survive a AH vs Tank encounter... mebbe we should get tanks with AA weapons?
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