azriel How many NASAMs did Indonesia buy again? What was the reported cost?

1 complete battery of NASAMS. Unconfirmed report a second batch is in process.

Actually don't know exactly the reported cost.

fitness is hard to gauge...a lot of thing need to be consider to be called fit from %of body fat and muscle to the easier BMI. it also involve routine,food consumption and other factor. hard to gauge 

Alamak.... not sure bro. He was a nuri pilot when he started his career. Then moved as sultan pahang's pilot. When he was a colonel, he led the project team for army agusta 109. Now he is the gong kedak airbase commander.

indeed ground base air defense system only for strategic assets protection due to limited coverage range...  you want to protect your sky... u need air force

that's true... my logistics warrant have a pot belly but he sure can score well in his fitness test...

but belly dont look good and hard to justify the boys to get fitter when seniors/officers dont look fit
1* general?
also AF allow you to strike and intercept targets

tudm have all the assets they need, problem is maintaining it... what a waste..

Aster 30 SMPT at >120km is a long range missile system. Aster 15 at >30km is the medium range version.

As for NASAM, I know the sale brochure denotes medium range. But it is in the same categoey as Spyder SR. Both NASAM and Spyder uses a medium range aams i.e. Amraam versus Derby/python 5. Maximum for both systems (if they leverage on the latest version of both missiles) range is probably around 15km to 30km at most. Note: the latest Derby is comparable to Amraam 120d. Indonesia does not have Amraam 120d.

Thursday, August 9, 2018

Singapore's National Day Parade 2018



Amazing isn't it?

Singapore island, aka the Little Red Dot, seen from the perspective of the Singapore Army's crack Red Lions Commando parachute display team. This photo mozaic was stitched together from a video that shows the commandos rehearsing for this evening's 53rd National Day celebrations in Singapore.

On the far right (east) of the landmass is Changi. To the left (west) is Jurong and Tuas, with Pandan Reservoir visible as the glistening patch near the top left. The green patch of the central catchment area with the freshwater reservoirs can also be seen.

From east to west, about 50km. North to south, a mere 22km.

You are looking at the most densely defended country in Southeast Asia. Within the field of view of the Red Lions, the city-state has the:
Most number of armoured fighting vehicles in Southeast Asia.

Heaviest concentration of tube and rocket artillery.

Biggest number of combat engineer bridging rafts.

Deepest underground ammunition depot.

Largest fleet of fast landing craft.

Extensive naval sealift.

More combat warplanes, hunter-killer submarines and MBT types than the neighbours.

Region's highest density of SAMs.

Neighbourhood's only counter rocket artillery and mortar (C-RAM) system.

Unrivalled military training arrangements globally.

And yet, critically vulnerable. See for yourself:
No strategic depth.

A currency backed by no natural resources.

Open border with the home shore minutes away from the world's busiest sea lane.

Exposed to artillery, special forces and rapid deployment parachute forces.

Lack of economic hinterland.

High density of ageing population.

Virtually no room to manoeuvre on home ground.

Heavy reliance on open access to sea and air trade routes.

Your back towards the sea any way you face.

Sleep well at night?

Many of us do, blissfully unaware of Singapore Armed Forces and Home Team units serving as the city-state's sentinels whose sensors watch above and beyond the border, and can see beyond the obvious.

We thank them all. :-)

Most number of armoured fighting vehicles in Southeast Asia.

TNI-AU already bought a batch of AIM-120C7 for F-16

So, they may purchase the same variant for surface launched model. But, for any AAM converted to SAM, the effective range is roughly halved.

Neighbourhood's only counter rocket artillery and mortar (C-RAM) system.

Singapore, with its large number of reservist and also large number of advanced defence equipment, will be at their best, a well-defended island nation and would be very difficult to invade. Reservist and regular soldiers know the island well, well equipped and will be highly motivated. However as shown b4 by could be the best reservist armed forces, the IDF, its wont fare well as a cross border operation army

that's true... my logistics warrant have a pot belly but he sure can score well in his fitness test...

but belly dont look good and hard to justify the boys to get fitter when seniors/officers dont look fit
1* general?
also AF allow you to strike and intercept targets

tudm have all the assets they need, problem is maintaining it... what a waste..

sinai? south lebanon? golan heights? entebbe? syria?

while against hezbollah in south lebanon, IDF went in with large numbers of reservist, which was met with fierce resistance against a smaller number of hezbollah fighters..