Sg is the US "only" major security cooperation partner.

Basically the US has been offering major US ally "plus" status to Sg (higher than the US ally status with say Thailand or Pakistan) and one rung below a treaty alliance.

Sg repeatedly turned it down as Sg is officially is neutral and wants to be a bridge between China and US.

Instead the US and Sg worked out the Security Framework Agreement - all or most of the military advantages US treaty allies get but minus the diplomatic mess. Hence the moniker - US major security partner. The only one in the world.

This post has been edited by Mai189: Jun 28 2023, 09:37 PM

Indeed esp. if you see the scenarios they jointly train under.

I have not followed up on the sums. Thks for sharing. Thats relatively a lot.

Interesting. Additional F35s?

That is why it is classed as a 5th Gen aircraft - one of key attributes of 5th Gen is the sensor fusion.



Fresh from the oven^

I am keen to know about Raytheon's DAS which replaces the original one by Northrop Grumman and in order of magnitudes better than Northrop's.

This is the older Northrop's variant:



This post has been edited by Mai189: Jul 1 2023, 06:05 PM

In other news - SG's F16Vs are now using the Python 5 and EL/L-8212 ECM pod:

https://aviationweek.com/defense-space/miss...6-mlu-no-aim-9x

Python 5, apart from being a 360 degrees full-sphere missile, can rely not just on the plane's sensors or the missile's sensors but that of the full battle network of sensors and shooters e.g. AEW&C aircraft:


https://www.janes.com/defence-news/news-det...global-link-sdr

Derby (no longer in production), Derby-ER and Derby-LR should have the same capability as well.

This post has been edited by Mai189: Jul 1 2023, 06:25 PM

I remembered i left a post about this somewhere before i went into hibernation to clear my projects.


Boeing And ST Engineering Sign P-8A Sustainment MoU

https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2023/0...ustainment-mou/


The Germans, with whom SG collaborated on the Type 218SG did it too:

https://www.navyrecognition.com/index.php/n...idon-fleet.html

https://www.defensenews.com/global/europe/2...arine-aircraft/



This post has been edited by Mai189: Jul 1 2023, 06:45 PM

MKLMS

Thanks for moderating. I have zero tolerance for misrepresentation.

I took a snapshot of KLThinkers post. I will consider it for legal action if need be.

Bona Fide SAR 21 currently in used by SAF since circa 1999..

Source: Sg's Mindef

Users:

Botswana: Replacing the FN FAL with the SAR 21 as of 2017.
Brunei: Royal Brunei Armed Forces.
Indonesia: Indonesian Air Force, used by Korps Pasukan Khas special forces unit.
Morocco
Peru: Special forces.
Singapore: Singapore Armed Forces.
Thailand: Special forces.
Sri Lanka: Special forces.

Source: Wiki

This post has been edited by Mai189: Jul 1 2023, 09:37 PM

The Germans had the tanks screened and removed equipment that they do want to fall into the hands of the Russians. So they may be bereft of certain tactical systems deemed important.

Also, tactics are important in land warfare. The Ukrainians armored columns move with minimal or zero spacing and often unsupported from other land units or (well hard) air assets. The tactic seems to be - bulldoze if you see an opening which are usually mined.

Complete video of the sailpast - Asean Fleet Review 2023:

https://militaryleak.com/2022/02/06/rafael-...5-fighter-jets/

See my previous post on the Sky Sheild for 4.5 Gen F15s for "unknown customer". SkySheild is for wider area jamming and bigger scale electronic attacks.


Previous post:

This post has been edited by Mai189: Jul 3 2023, 07:44 PM

Maybe it is meant to convey something which cannot be said outright^

Air dominance not dogfighting. These are two different things. Air dominance is much more than just dogfighting.

Ngad and gcap are built for air dominance as part of an integrated system of sensors and shooters. So these platforms carry a lot of sensors apart from bona fide weapons.

It is an integrated web of situational awareness with AI now being integrated at various levels. The shooter does not have to be a missile from a specific combat aircraft. It can be from a companion buddy drone or a naval ship with long range anti missile like aster 30 (with speed in excess of mach 4.5-5) or the future Aquila which is hypersonic. How youd outrun that?

In the region, RAAF and RSAF are constructing these systems.

RSS Impeccable, Type 218SG arrives in Sg (on Roll dock).

RSS Invincible will stay on in Germany for training of the crews of the remaining 3 Type 218Sg submarines and then be brought back to SG.

The Challenger class is expected to be retired. The Archer class will continue to be operated with the Invincible class for a bit more time until they are retired and likely replaced with 2 more Type 218SG.

So peak Sg submarine strength at anytime should be a full squadron of 6 Aip equipped SSKs.





^ See last graphic and the first two photos.

Also; Interestingly RSN tries hard to not let the upper part of the submarine be seen and stacked containers around the submarine.

In fact, eagle eye observers noticed the small convoy being escorted by a pair of F16Vs.

This post has been edited by Mai189: Jul 9 2023, 10:01 PM

Videos of recently the concluded Exercise Pacific Griffin 2023.

Mais notes: Successful time on target harpoon strikes and vl Mica strike against a sea skimmer missile target.

Seems to be a contested strait scenario involving a joint RSN-USN task force.

In the future, RSN will be armed with Vl mica Ng, Aster 30 blk 1nt and the 400km range Blue Spear anti ship/surface to surface missile for surface and anti air warfare.

This post has been edited by Mai189: Jul 9 2023, 02:48 PM

The Type 218Sg class is the largest conventional submarine yet built by TKMS.

The largest conventional submarine built by TKMS prior to the Type 218SG is the Israeli Navy's Dolphin 2 class:



https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2022/0...could-have-vls/

This post has been edited by Mai189: Jul 9 2023, 10:41 PM