dont know why so many propose Erieys aew system to Malaysia event Indonesia,
Erieye have serious weakness due to can't cover 360* degree, what the point getting it,
maybe just for feel good go AEW, for for "real situation" not that good to use ... 
if want cheap, from china more cheaper and cover 360 degree

just curious, how useful is all the modern tank for use in singapore?

so wouldn't investment in more aerial combat vehicle and ship to ensure the survivalbility of both RSAF and RSN more important?

given the local terrain and it's urban constructed, movement and effectiveness of tank surely is compromised? as a result, they will probably need more resources to support the tank, thus wasting even more in other area?

i thinks its more of an ego and feel good factor that entices them to get the leopard...

what you guys think?

thpace Yinchet

given the strength and effectiveness of all SEA country, i doubt any of the country is capable of mounting a large scale invasion nor mount any effective offensive operation. therefore most forces and equipment are merely used as a deterent/leveraging/ and defensive purpose.

and taking in your point of view, sg would actually be the one with machine gun and AT teams to decimate incoming forces.

and with cooperation within most SEA country, surely MAS/INDON will be help SG, thus further limiting the functions and roles of tank.

Senior Aide to Former Iraqi President Hussein Killed in Iraq – Governor



BAGHDAD (Sputnik) — Douri was named as number six on the US most-wanted list of Iraqi officials when the US-led coalition launched a military operation against President Hussein's government in March 2003.

"The Iraqi security forces have managed to eliminate Izzat Ibrahim Douri during an operation in the Himrin area," Saladin Province Governor Ahmed Jubouri told local Al Sumaria television.

The channel showed pictures of the body of a red-bearded man believed to be Douri. Local police said that were conducting DNA tests to identify the body.

Prior to the overthrow of Hussein Gen. Douri was Vice Chairman of the Iraqi Revolutionary Command Council, the country's ultimate decision-making body at the time.

After Hussein was executed in December 2006, Douri succeeded him as the new leader of the banned Baath Party.

Douri had also been a commander of an insurgency group fighting the new Iraqi government since late 2006.

http://sputniknews.com/middleeast/20150417/1021033145.html

China Builds Mother Ship for Deep-Submergence Vehicle



The ship, "Zhang Jian", named after the founder of Shanghai Ocean University, is 97 meters long and 17.8 meters wide. It has a designed displacement of around 4,800 tons and 15,000-nautical mile endurance ability, Xinhua news agency reported.

Designed to carry 60 people, the ship will boast advanced laboratories, data processing and information centers and other devices.

The "Zhang Jian" will serve as a mother ship to the manned submersible "Rainbow Fish" which is capable of diving to a depth of 11,000 meters, and will be used in general ocean expedition missions, deep-sea engineering, rescue and salvage, underwater archaeology and film shooting, said Cui Weicheng, head of the Hadal Research Center at Shanghai Ocean University.

The vessel is scheduled to float in June 2016. Chinese scientists will launch unmanned diving expeditions in the deepest area of the Pacific's Mariana Trench in 2016, and manned diving in this area in 2019, with the Rainbow Fish submersible and other deep-sea devices, the agency said.

China's manned submersible “Jiaolong” reached its deepest depth of 7,062 meters in the Mariana Trench in June 2012.

http://sputniknews.com/asia/20150419/1021093021.html

I seriously doubt the Russians would sell this to another country for at least another 10-15 years. Even so, I won't wanna be stuck with a 'monkey model' version of it.

The military vehicles used by Russia itself, which are full mil-spec versions are pretty good and work very well. It's the 'monkey models' that are exported to other countries that give Russian gear a bad name. Russians intentionally equip these with inferior internal equipment, weapons and armor systems than the full mil-spec military gear the Russians themselves operate. This is to make them cheaper to sell, easier to produce and to avoid sensitive equipment from falling to enemy hands.

When these 'monkey models' tanks clash with western tanks and they get 100% ass-whupped, it does give a bit of disservice to Russian military gear as a whole.

Fearless Guardian: US Teaches Ukraine to Shoot Soviet-Era Grenade Launcher



“Wars are won with skills, not weapons,” this revelation from Ukraine's Interior Minister Arsen Avakov came at the opening ceremony of the Ukrainian-US command post exercise in the Yavoriv district of the Lviv region on Monday.
"The US special task force has experience it has received in operations worldwide, and we want to use this experience,” he stressed.

The video which was released, however, reveals that instead of sharing their skills, the US paratroopers teach Ukrainian servicemen precisely how to use weapons. Specifically: where to look, where to shoot and what button to press.

Interestingly enough, one can easily identify a Russian-made GP-25 under barrel grenade launcher for the AK-series assault rifle, the RPG-7, a Russian-made portable  shoulder-launched, anti-tank rocket-propelled grenade launcher and a Kalashnikov AK-47.

It remains to be seen where Ukraine intends to “use this experience”.

As part of the six-month Operation Fearless Guardian, 290 paratroopers from the US army’s 173rd Airborne Brigade started joint exercises with 900 Ukrainian soldiers in Yaroviv on Monday.

The exercise will last until November 2015.

The 173rd Airborne led war games with soldiers from Ukraine, the UK and several former Soviet republics in Yavoriv in September, but this marks the first long-term training program.

http://sputniknews.com/world/20150423/1021274829.html

lelz, when make $$$$ at the expense of rakyat they would fill their pockets first... defense is last unless get a cut
hmm.. still flat armor
or terkena butsek by torpedo 

i think over the years sg's leopard hv undergone upgrading by st kinetics... exterior might be the same but interior?

Woo woo
Looks like there is a chances of new type of tank instead of 2nd  batch Pendekar

What happens if u shoot the optics

Australian Army Skill at Arms Meeting (AASAM) 2015

Until today the Indonesian Team took the overall lead in medals.



Medals ranking:
1. Indonesia :  28 gold - 16 silver - 10 bronze
2. Australia  :   4 gold - 7 silver - 5 bronze
3. UK           :    3 gold - 5 silver - 3 bronze

good trigger discipline by bapak SBY 

* no wonder, he's an ex-army general 

oops... china, typo error
wow... indons doing good
their attack on east timor was cock, all to show d worse their e-penor... many innocents died for ntg