How do you define achieve victory ?
SG ARMY occupied all the way to kl?

I heard this anecdote from a Singaporean source that basically says 'in any war with Malaysia, Singapore must achieve victory within five days, if not we will lose the initiative and face possible collapse'.

Sounds like BS, but any idea if this has some grain of truth? :confused:

ADAS 2016: PT PAL readies for rectification works on the Philippine Navy's first SSV

Ridzwan Rahmat, Manila - IHS Jane's Navy International
29 September 2016

 
PT PAL is working with the Philippine Navy to assess the extent of damages sustained by Tarlac, seen here during its commissioning in June 2016. Source: Philippine Navy

Indonesian shipbuilder PT PAL has confirmed that it is working with the Philippine Navy (PN) to determine the extent of damages sustained by the service's first-of-class strategic sealift vessel (SSV) in a collision on 19 September.

The landing platform dock (LPD)-like ship, BRP Tarlac, was anchored off Naval Station Romulo Espaldon in Mindanao when it was rammed by a Liberian-flagged product tanker, MT Tosca .

Initial assessments suggest the damages suffered in the incident are minor, and mostly localised in the ship's bow section at the point of impact.

"However, we are not taking any chances and our technicians are currently on the vessel to check the ship's vital components," said Tjahjono Yudo, PT PAL's general manager of corporate strategic planning, in a meeting with IHS Jane's at the ADAS 2016 defence exhibition in Manila on 29 September.

The inspections will cover components including the vessel's hydraulic systems, electrical systems, and hull scantlings to ensure the platform's structural integrity has not been compromised.

"We are standing by for the possibility that the vessel may be sent back to Surabaya for repair works in the worst-case scenario," said Tjahjono. But he added that this looks highly unlikely unless the technicians find major rectifications are required.

Poland Upgrades Soviet-Origin Land Military Hardware

(Source: TASS Defense; published Sept 05, 2016)

MOSCOW --- Warsaw is upgrading the pieces of land military hardware inherited from the Soviet Union and former state members of the Warsaw Pact in order to increase the level of compliance with the armed forces of NATO nations. However, the share of the Soviet-originated equipment in service with the Polish army remains high.

In late August 2016, Poland`s media released a footage, showing the demonstrator of an upgraded PT-91 Twardy [a modification of T-72M1 - TASS] main battle tank developed by the OBRUM design bureau and manufactured by the Zaklady Mechaniczne Bumar-Labedy SA. The combat vehicle was designated as PT-16. It received a 120mm STANAG-compatible main gun designed by Polish Huta Stalowa Wola SA.

The vehicle was supposed to be able to fire all types of tank munitions [including armour-piercing fin-stabilized discarding sabot (APFSDS), high-explosive anti-tank (HEAT), and high-explosive (HE) rounds - TASS] used by the armed forces of NATO state members. TASS supposes that the vehicle received an autoloader developed by the Polish industry that replaced the ageing one of PT-91/T-72M1 MBTs.

The tank's armour protection was drastically reinforced over its predecessors. The frontal arc of PT-16 was shored up with composite armour plates that allowed increasing of the vehicle's front protection to 1,000 mm of rolled homogeneous armour (RHA) against HEAT rounds [it is equal to the armour protection of the Leopard 2A5 main battle tank - TASS]. The MBT is planned to get an advanced fire control system (FCS), as well as turret and main gun electric drives with digital control. PT-16 is powered by single V-46TK (1,000 h.p.) multi-fuel diesel engine designed by the Serbian defense industry.

The main gun was complemented by the ZSDU Korbuz remote controlled weapon station (RCWS) armed with a 12.7mm WKM-Bm [a licensed copy of the Soviet NSVT light weapon - TASS] heavy machinegun chambered for 12.7x99mm STANAG 4383 cartridge. The WKM-Bm machinegun is produced by the Tarnuv Mechanical Plant. The PT-16 program was implemented within six months [including the manufacturing of the demonstrator - TASS] by the Polska Grupa Zbrojeniowa SA (PGZ) consortium, using the enterprise's own funds.

Despite the decline to upgrade the PT-91 Twardy tanks announced by the Polish Defense Ministry, the national military has revealed its interest in the PT-16 MBT, according to PGZ. The company is planning to conduct the negotiations over PT-16 development and further acquisition with Poland's Land Forces at the MSPO 2016 defense show in Kielce that will open on September 6.

At present, the Polish military operates a mixture of Leopard 2A4/2A5, T-72M1, and PT-91 main battle tanks. According to the Military Balance 2016 report issued by the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), Warsaw has 971 MBT in service, including 142 Leopard 2A4, 91 Leopard 2A5, 233 PT-91 Twardy, and 505 T-72/T-72M1/T-72M1D tanks. Hence, the venerable T-72 tank previously produced in Poland under the license granted by the Soviet Union remains the backbone of the Polish Land Forces. Considering the lack of the national Defense Ministry's intention to update the Twardy tanks, the ageing T-72/T-72M1/T-72M1D MBT might be rebuilt into PT-16s in a long-term perspective.

very true.. drawn up 40-50 years ago.. still the current doctrine... swift and decisive   

I hear main cause is that singapore military actually dont have that much strategic logistic capability to carry on an offensive for an extended time.

Something like if the main objectives of a major assault isnt concluded in a certain number of days,they'll have trouble regarding supplies because the military isn't structured to venture very far from singapore island itself.

Also I hear the main strategy in a war with malaysia would be establishing a sustainable buffer zone instead of looking to defeat the malaysian armed forces in detail as they simply aren't structured for a long campaign.

A Kenya Airforce plane crashed on Friday noon at Eldas in Wajir County.

The plane, KAF Puma Helicopter 415, was on its way to a recruitment exercise.

According to media reports, those on board escaped with minor injuries. The cause of the crash is yet to be established.

I heard this anecdote from a Singaporean source that basically says 'in any war with Malaysia, Singapore must achieve victory within five days, if not we will lose the initiative and face possible collapse'.
Sounds like BS, but any idea if this has some grain of truth?

waaa, you hear a lot er.. 

basically 24h enough for SG technically Win. 
in 2hrs time our Airforce already end war with SG, SG take over Air dominate。 24h can take over Johor basically end thread to SG, all base just waiting booming by SG jet, remember they have tanker and AEW.

basically 24h enough for SG technically Win. 
in 2hrs time our Airforce already end war with SG, SG take over Air dominate。 24h can take over Johor basically end thread to SG, all base just waiting booming by SG jet, remember they have tanker and AEW.

Nahh we not that serious. SG and MY dont do war. SG will always be part of MY. and u not going hurting yourself unless u r mad person.

errr.. i think country a vs country b discussion is not encouraged in this tered lar

not sure but past tered ts yinchet can clarify?

mohon sifu putin teach us how to annex Tringapore peacefully   

how do you define victory against Msia? flat out reach Putrajaya in <1 week?

complete disability of our military assets, rendering us defenseless?

or complete wipe out until Perlis?

just remember this, wars are not won on battlefields, its logistics

you can have the strongest most invincible army/navy/airforce but if you have no ammo nor manpower, how do you field them?