For me, i think its going to be typhoon trance 2 or f15c/d.
They are getting F15SA and the F15S upgraded to SA. As for typhoon, they are getting the tranche3a and no mention of upgrading the tranche2 .

Indonesian Pindad SSBA (Senapan Serbu Bawah Air) - Underwater Rifle. Credit to ARC.



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Bro it not just singapore showing, search your UTK in yuotube. It was filem by TV3 not wrong. It just a show that public money did not go waste.

already explained.. u ask jiuhukia for what

dropping like flies..

haoliao put on right side..

fuuu... expert here...

dun like can ignore or gtfo

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=IvCo3K2BI4U

UTK on youtube. Can search all others if you want, Para, GGK also have.

U la GTFO. Use malaysian forum for discussing SAF stuff? Make one urself la, why tumpang here?

If post general stuff about SAF I think we can all appreciate, but wanna discuss detailed stuff among singaporeans (ranks, pipings, patches WTF?) definitely this is not the place.

RSAF's new drone Heron 1 now combat-ready



SINGAPORE - It can fly as high as 6km in the sky, cruise at speeds as fast as 130kmh, and can be deployed up to 200km away from a remote location.

This drone - or unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) - can also fly for more than 24 hours continuously, and take off and land automatically.

It is no ordinary drone though, but the Singapore airforce's latest "eye-in-the-sky" - the Heron 1, which was declared combat-ready on Wednesday (March 15) by Defence Minister Ng Eng Hen.

It is a milestone which places the Singapore Armed Forces' (SAF) on a par with other advanced militaries in intelligence and surveillance capabilities.

In a ceremony held at Murai Camp, Dr Ng marked the Heron 1's achievement of the Full Operational Capability (FOC) status by the Republic of Singapore Air Force's (RSAF) 119 and 128 Squadrons.

In a speech, he said: "It's a significant milestone. The FOC of the Heron brings RSAF's (unmanned) aerial capabilities to the level of advanced militaries globally."



With its advanced imaging sensors, the Heron 1 provides ground commanders with a real-time, bird's eye view of the battlefield, and it can also guide munitions to targets precisely using its laser designator.

Inaugurated into the RSAF in 2012, the drone can be deployed alongside fighter aircraft and attack helicopters.

To achieve FOC, the squadrons' personnel have to be fully trained to operate, maintain and deploy the Heron 1 in operations.

The UAV's capabilities are also validated in missions, to ensure integration with the SAF's network of sensors and fighting systems.

Dr Ng said the 119 and 128 Squadrons have gained considerable expertise and depth, through many high-level exercises, such as multi-agency counter-terrorism exercises in Singapore, and Exercise Forging Sabre in Arizona, US.

Commending the RSAF and the UAV Command, Dr Ng also said SAF has come a long way since 1979, when it launched its first Mastiff remotely piloted vehicle, and that it has steadily built up its experience on successive and more advanced platforms.

The Heron 1 is made by the Israel Aerospace Industries Malat division and will replace the Searcher-class UAV, which has been in service since 1994.

This is Malaysian forum. Respect a bit la. I'm also Singaporen but i don't "invade" their thread. Please don't make us Singaporean look bad because of your attitude. Oh and you're not pure Singaporean in the first place.

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Prostitutes, luxury hotel stays: More US navy officials charged with corruption in new 'Fat Leonard' indictment



WASHINGTON (WASHINGTON POST, NYTIMES) - The Justice Department unsealed a fresh indictment on Tuesday (March 14) charging nine current and former Navy officials - including an admiral - with corruption and other crimes in the "Fat Leonard" bribery case, escalating an epic scandal that has dogged the Navy for the past four years.

Among those charged were Rear Adm. Bruce Loveless, a senior Navy intelligence officer based at the Pentagon, several Navy captains and a retired colonel from the Marine Corps. The charges cover a period of eight years, from 2006 through 2014.



A total of 25 military officers and private-sector executives have now been prosecuted in one of the worst corruption scandals to hit the military in years. To date, 13 have pleaded guilty while several other cases are pending.

The Navy personnel are accused of taking bribes in the form of lavish gifts, prostitutes and luxury hotel stays courtesy of Leonard Glenn Francis, a Malaysian businessman with a Singapore-based defence-contracting firm. He has already pleaded guilty to defrauding the Navy of tens of millions of dollars and faces up to 25 years in prison.

The latest indictment lists page after page of bribes allegedly consumed by the defendants - seven senior officers and one enlisted sailor - including US$25,000 (S$35,365) watches, US$2,000 boxes of Cohiba cigars, US$2,000 bottles of cognac and US$600-per-night hotel rooms.

According to the charging documents, Francis also frequently sponsored wild sex parties for many officers on the USS Blue Ridge, the flagship of the Navy's 7th Fleet, and other warships.

During a port visit by the Blue Ridge to Manila in May 2008, for example, five of the Navy officers attended a "raging multi-day party, with a rotating carousel of prostitutes" at the Shangri-La Hotel, according to the indictment.

The group allegedly drank the hotel's entire supply of Dom Perignon champagne and rang up expenses exceeding US$50,000, which Francis covered in full.

On another port visit by the Blue Ridge to Manila in February 2007, Francis allegedly hosted another sex party for officers in the MacArthur Suite of the Manila hotel. During the party, "historical memorabilia related to General Douglas MacArthur were used by the participants in sexual acts," according to the indictment.

In exchange, according to federal prosecutors, the officials provided Francis with classified or inside information that enabled his firm, Glenn Defence Marine Asia, to gouge the Navy out of tens of millions of dollars.

Federal agents fanned out across six states on Tuesday in a coordinated operation to arrest the defendants, authorities said.

Loveless, the retired admiral, was arrested at his home in Coronado, California. The Navy had announced in November 2013 that he was under scrutiny by the Justice Department and suspended his access to classified material. He was allowed to retire last fall.

Navy officials have said that about 30 admirals are under investigation, although only a handful have been named publicly.

Robert Gilbeau, a one-star admiral, was convicted last June after he pleaded guilty to making false statements to investigators about his contacts with Francis. He has since retired. He is scheduled to be sentenced next month in federal court.

Separately, the Navy has censured or disciplined three admirals for ethics violations after they accepted lavish meals and other gifts from Francis.

Others taken into custody on Tuesday included David Newland, 60, a retired captain from San Antonio; James Dolan, 58, a retired captain from Gettysburg, David Lausman, a retired captain from The Villages, Florida; and Donald Hornbeck, a retired captain who lives in Britain.

Agents also arrested were Enrico de Guzman, a retired Marine colonel from Honolulu; Lt. Cmdr. Stephen Shedd, an active-duty officer from Colorado Springs; Robert Gorsuch, 48, of Virginia Beach, a retired chief warrant officer; and active duty Commander Mario Herrera, 48, of Helotes, Texas.

None of the defendants could be reached for comment on Tuesday. The charges against them include bribery, conspiracy, obstruction of justice and making false statements to federal investigators.

All of the accused officers formerly held key positions on the command staff of the Japan-based 7th Fleet and were bribed by Francis because they could help steer business to Glenn Defence Marine Asia, according to court papers.

The case is being prosecuted by the US attorney’s office in San Diego with the assistance of the Naval Criminal Investigative Service and the Defence Criminal Investigative Service.

“This is a fleecing and betrayal of the United States Navy in epic proportions,” said Alana W. Robinson, the acting US attorney for the Southern District of California. She said the defendants “worked together as a team to trade secrets for sex, serving the interests of a greedy foreign defence contractor and not those of their own country.”

Prosecutors say the case is still unfolding and that more than 200 people have come under scrutiny.

The scandal is the worst corruption case in Navy history and has rocked the service since Francis was arrested in September 2013 in an international sting operation that lured him from Singapore to San Diego. Francis pleaded guilty to bribery and conspiracy charges two years ago. and court papers indicate he has been cooperating with authorities.

Over time, the investigation has revealed the ease with which the defence contractor was able to penetrate the senior ranks of the 7th Fleet and recruit moles to work on his behalf.

Court papers portray Francis as a master manipulator who persuaded Navy officials to feed him classified information about ship movements and confidential contract information that he used to undercut his competitors.

Corrupt Navy personnel have also pleaded guilty to leaking Francis sensitive law enforcement files that he exploited for years to thwart dozens of failed criminal investigations into his company.



Despite rising signs of widespread fraud, the Navy kept awarding business to Francis’s company to resupply its ships and submarines throughout Asia. In 2011, Glenn Defence won deals valued at US$200 million to service US vessels at ports stretching from the Russian Far East to Australia. The contracts were cancelled after Francis’s arrest in 2013.

While Francis was already legendary within the Navy for his hedonistic parties, the indictment unsealed on Tuesday provided fresh details of how senior officers with the 7th Fleet allegedly became accustomed to living the high life at ports throughout Asia, at Francis’s expense.

In February 2007, for example, Francis splurged for US$50,000 worth of shopping, dining and luxury hotel rooms for Newland, de Guzman and others during a port visit to Singapore, prosecutors allege.

The next month, in Tokyo, the defence contractor allegedly took Newland, de Guzman, Hornbeck and others to the luxurious Oak Door restaurant, according to the indictment. The meal included foie gras, lobster thermidor, Sendai tenderloin, cognac and cigars.

For dessert: the “Liberte Sauvage,” the winning cake at the Coupe du Monde de la Patisserie, a prestigious international baking contest.

During a four-day visit by the Blue Ridge to Hong Kong in January 2008, Francis provided rooms for Dolan, Hornbeck, Loveless and Shedd at the J.W. Marriott hotel at a price of US$626 per night, court papers say.

Then he took all of them – plus Lausman – out for an extravagant dinner in a private room at the Petrus Restaurant overlooking Hong Kong harbour, according to the indictment.

That eight-course meal featured black truffle soup, rock lobster salad, Osetra caviar, pan-seared duck liver with pear and sunchoke, Dover sole, grilled Wagyu beef tenderloin, fine cheeses and baked Alaska for dessert, court papers show.

Each course was paired with wine or Champagne. The total bill: US$18,371.

Afterward Hornbeck, who at the time served as the 7th Fleet’s deputy chief of staff for operations, emailed Francis a thank-you note, according to the indictment. “The food, music and wine were wonderful,” he wrote.

Hornbeck, who was preparing to retire from the Navy, also sounded out Francis to see if he might be willing to hire him. “If you are still considering opening an office in San Diego in the near-future, I would very much be interested in being a part of that,” he wrote.

The job never materialised. But court papers show that Francis showered the Navy captain with other gifts, including US$13,000 to pay for a culinary internship for a relative of Hornbeck’s at the Chalet Suisse restaurant in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Francis pleaded guilty to corruption charges in a federal court in San Diego in January 2015. As part of a deal reached with federal prosecutors, Francis and his company will forfeit US$35 million in property and other proceeds stemming from the alleged corruption.

To be fair to that rabbit fetishist,
Its only because of the recent influx of SG 'refugees' here that this thread gone to shit

You knw who lah

its ok, some people are sensitive.. some easily triggered... some have inferior complex.. public forum after all, you have various personalities around hiding under anon identities... continue posting and enjoy the military discussions... -ve comments... just ignore them...

US Approves $66 Million Sale of Mortar Rounds to Singapore



XM395 120mm guided mortar (image : Orbital ATK)

WASHINGTON --- The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of Singapore for XM395 Accelerated Precision Mortar Initiative (APMI) rounds. The estimated cost is $66 million. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency delivered the required certification notifying Congress of this possible sale on March 13, 2017.

The Government of Singapore has requested a possible sale of two thousand (2,000) XM395 Accelerated Precision Mortar Initiative (APMI) rounds; U.S. Government and contractor services; and other associated support equipment and services. The total estimated cost is $66 million.

This proposed sale will contribute to the foreign policy and national security of the United States by helping to improve the security of a friendly country which has been, and continues to be an important partner and force for political stability and economic progress in the Asia Pacific region.



The Government of Singapore intends to use these defense articles and services to modernize its armed forces to meet current and future threats, to strengthen its homeland defense, and to provide greater security for its economic infrastructure. The Government of Singapore will have no difficulty absorbing XM395 APMI mortar rounds into its armed forces.

The proposed sale of this equipment and support does not alter the basic military balance in the region.

The prime contractor will be Orbital ATK. There are no known offset agreements proposed in connection with this potential sale.

Implementation of this proposed sale will require U.S. Government personnel or U.S. contractor representatives to travel to Singapore for a period of one (1) week for equipment fielding and acceptance testing by the Quality Assurance Team.



There will be no adverse impact on U.S. defense readiness as a result of this proposed sale.

This notice of a potential sale is required by law and does not mean the sale has been concluded.

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North Korea's threat 'more real than before'


US medics during a joint mock evacuation as part of the annual military exercises known as Key Resolve and Foal Eagle at a South Korean Army hospital in Goyang, north-west of Seoul, yesterday. Pyongyang lobbed four ballistic missiles towards Japan last Monday, in protest of these exercises.

In September last year, North Korea conducted its fifth nuclear test, one that packed more than twice the force of the atomic bomb that flattened Hiroshima in 1945.

Satellite images have shown that, despite United Nations sanctions, the reclusive state is gearing up for a sixth test by excavating a tunnel at its test site that can withstand an explosive force up to 14 times more powerful than its previous test.

This spectre, along with North Korea declaring that last week's missile test was a dry run on a strike on United States bases in Japan, has raised the stakes for US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson's visit to Asia this week.Last night, he arrived in Tokyo for a tour that will also take him to Seoul and Beijing, at a time when Asia is on edge. North Korea, observers said, has taken "top priority" over other more longstanding issues, including US bilateral ties with Japan and China, South China Sea territorial disputes and trade.



Pyongyang lobbed four ballistic missiles towards Japan last Monday, one of them falling closer to Japan's coast than any other had before. The launch was said to be in protest of an ongoing US-South Korea exercise called Foal Eagle.

Military maps show that the missiles fell on an arc that extends downwards to the Marine Corps Air Station in Iwakuni, which is base to 15,000 personnel, and a squadron of F-35 US fighter jets that has been deployed as part of Foal Eagle.

Defence expert Tosh Minohara of Kobe University said: "As each day passes, the missiles are becoming more accurate and the final straw will be an intercontinental ballistic missile (that can strike the US)."

US and South Korean military chiefs warned on Tuesday that the North might conduct further "provocative actions" over Foal Eagle, while Chinese Premier Li Keqiang yesterday urged the soothing of tensions and a return to dialogue.

Former US president Barack Obama - whose administration reportedly engaged in cyber warfare in a bid to derail Pyongyang's nuclear ambitions - had warned incumbent President Donald Trump of the potency of the Pyongyang threat during the transition period.

And "all options" are now on the table as Mr Trump's administration strategises its response to a challenge that has bedevilled the US for 25 years. This includes "secondary sanctions" to turn the screws on Chinese companies that are allegedly complicit in funding North Korea, whose drive for longer-range missiles and nuclear warheads is progressing apace.

Dr Masashi Nishihara, who heads the Research Institute for Peace and Security in Tokyo, told The Straits Times that the equation has been altered with Pyongyang's declaration of its targets.

Leader Kim Jong Un's alleged masterminding of the assassination of his half-brother Kim Jong Nam, as well as the execution of five senior security officials last month, also indicated an "unstable" regime, he said.

The threat is multifold, Dr Minohara said, given Pyongyang's increasing frequency, precision and ability to launch "swarm attacks" to overwhelm anti-missile systems.

Recent launches have also been said to elude military intelligence, as the North has eschewed fixed launch sites in favour of mobile vehicles outfitted with off-road tracks.



Dr Minohara said: "Despite the sanctions, the North has no scarcity of missiles. If it had only 10 missiles, it would have hesitated to fire so many at one go. So the expectation is that Pyongyang has an abundance of missiles, or that its production line is very smooth."

Dr Victor Cha of US think-tank Centre for Strategic and International Studies told the Washington Post: "This is no longer about a lonely dictator crying for attention or demanding negotiations."

A former adviser on North Korea to president George W. Bush's administration, he said: "This is now a military testing programme to acquire a proven capability."

The color tab follow british tradition. 1 line = major and 2 line BG. Below major you have the small square badge with unit insignia.

hey which transport plane does our TUDM currently use? is it safe? i'll be using that to langkawi next week for lima as mindef guest.

If you are lucky A400m for publicity. Don't worry TUDM AFBF check is thight so what ever you take it is safe.

could be cn-225

anyway, I've ride A400M and C-130, and A400M is far more comfortable, quieter, and spacious compared to the old Hercs.

So, preferably, go for A400M, much more comfortable for long distance travel

Russian APS Underwater Rifle

in sg its formation not unit..

licensed from ruski?

Taiwanese 205th Armory T65K2 Assault Rifle (Type 65 K2)

Military wins in first Trump budget



WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump will ask the U.S. Congress for dramatic cuts to many federal programs as he seeks to bulk up defence spending, start building a wall on the border with Mexico and spend more money deporting illegal immigrants.

In a federal budget proposal with many losers, the Environmental Protection Agency and State Department stand out as targets for the biggest spending reductions. Funding would disappear altogether for 19 independent bodies that count on federal money for public broadcasting, the arts and regional issues from Alaska to Appalachia.

Trump's budget outline is a bare-bones plan covering just "discretionary" spending for the 2018 fiscal year starting on Oct. 1. It is the first volley in what is expected to be an intense battle over spending in coming months in Congress, which holds the federal purse strings and seldom approves presidents' budget plans.

Congress, controlled by Trump's fellow Republicans, may reject some or many of his proposed cuts. Some of the proposed changes, which Democrats will broadly oppose, have been targeted for decades by conservative Republicans.

Moderate Republicans have already expressed unease with potential cuts to popular domestic programs such as home-heating subsidies, clean-water projects and job training.

Trump is willing to discuss priorities, said White House budget director Mick Mulvaney, a former South Carolina congressman who made a name for himself as a spending hawk before Trump plucked him for his Cabinet.



"The president wants to spend more money on defence, more money securing the border, more money enforcing the laws, and more money on school choice, without adding to the deficit," Mulvaney told a small group of reporters during a preview on Wednesday.

"If they have a different way to accomplish that, we are more than interested in talking to them," Mulvaney said.

Trump wants to spend US$54 billion more on defence, put a down payment on his border wall, and breathe life into a few other campaign promises. His initial budget outline does not incorporate his promise to pour US$1 trillion into roads, bridges, airports and other infrastructure projects. The White House has said the infrastructure plan is still to come.

The defence increases are matched by cuts to other programs so as to not increase the US$488 billion federal deficit. Mulvaney acknowledged the proposal would likely result in significant cuts to the federal workforce.

"You can’t drain the swamp and leave all the people in it," Mulvaney said.



'AMERICA FIRST'

White House officials looked at Trump's campaign speeches and "America First" pledges as they crunched the numbers, Mulvaney said.

"We turned those policies into numbers," he said, explaining how the document mirrored pledges to spend more on the U.S. nuclear weapons arsenal, veterans' health care, the FBI, and Justice Department efforts to fight drug dealers and violent crime.

The Department of Homeland Security would get a 6.8 percent increase, with more money for extra staff needed to catch, detain and deport illegal immigrants.



Trump wants Congress to shell out US$1.5 billion for the border wall with Mexico in the current fiscal year - enough for pilot projects to determine the best way to build it - and a further US$2.6 billion in fiscal 2018, Mulvaney said.

The estimate of the full cost of the wall will be included in the full budget, expected in mid-May, which will project spending and revenues over 10 years.

Trump has vowed Mexico will pay for the border wall, which the Mexican government has flatly said it will not do. The White House has said recently that funding would be kick-started in the United States.

The voluminous budget document will include economic forecasts and Trump's views on "mandatory entitlements" - big-ticket programs like Social Security and Medicare, which Trump vowed to protect on the campaign trail.

(For graphic on winners and losers in Trump's budget click on http://bit.ly/2n1RjIw)

(Additional reporting by Richard Cowan; Editing by Peter Cooney)

- Reuters