World's best and Number One in this-and-that? It's hard work staying there.
As airliners that can fly a longer distance bypass Singapore and as container ships that can carry more cargo do the same, the city-state's relevance to the world economy ebbs.The music won't stop all...
View ArticleThe old and the new #tank
From 1992 to 1996, all frontline armoured fighting vehicles (AFVs) in the Singapore Army were older than the full-time National Servicemen who enlisted during that period*.These old AFVs packed quite a...
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First visit to Japan
Wartime print by a Japanese artist that portrays the sinking of HMS Prince of Wales off Malaya on 10 December 1941. The loss of Prince of Wales marked the first time a capital ship had been sunk by...
View ArticleTowards a safer SAVER plan for our SAF men and women
Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) officers who have entrusted their retirement savings to SAVER fund managers are likely to wonder how this week's stock market turmoil has affected their nest egg.Is SAVER...
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Getting Singapore's airshow season from good to great
If you plot the successes of Singapore's airshow season, which takes place every even year, you will get a good example of an S-curve that badly needs good ideas to boost itself to the next growth...
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Singapore must choose alternative energy source before LNG supplies run out
Many Singaporeans do not know or care to know that more than 90% our electricity is generated using liquefied natural gas (LNG).In time to come, Singaporeans ought to know or will be forced to discover...
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Lunch with former SMRT President and CEO Saw Phaik Hwa
My wife and I dined with Ms Saw Phaik Hwa, former President and CEO of SMRT Corporation Ltd, earlier this week.Good to see Ms Saw in good health and high spirits. Her post-stroke recovery story was...
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Malaysian airpower set to demonstrate technological edge at Singapore Airshow...
When the Royal Malaysian Air Force (Tentera Udara Diraja Malaysia, TUDM) attends the Singapore Airshow 2016, Malaysian airpower on display will be the most advanced and most capable ever seen in the...
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Tidbits on the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF)
Enjoying your long weekend?Here are some tidbits on the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) for you to mull over the holiday season:The stealthiest asset in Fleet RSN is also its oldest: the former Royal...
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Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) takes back seat as SG skyline is destroyed in...
Independence Day 2 movie trailer apparently shows the Singapore skyline being blown to smithereens (watch the trailer from the 24 to 27 second mark).Guess this is one doomsday scenario even the...
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Qatar Airways steals a march on Singapore Airlines in its own backyard
(Source: Kidzania Singapore Facebook)Small country in a turbulent dynamic region goes on to develop an award-winning airline with one of the youngest, fastest growing and most advanced fleets in the...
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An unnecessary inconvenience: Singapore Airshow 2016 transport woes
Former Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew once wanted weekly reports on the state of cleanliness of the toilets in Changi Airport from then Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore Director-General Wong Woon...
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Tidbits on the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) cont'd
A Singapore Artillery gunner inspects results of the special long-range anti-tank munition live-fire trial. The hole in the tank turret (red arrow) marks the entry hole from the shaped charge round...
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Airbus Defence & Space satellite images of Singapore Airshow 2016
European defence giant, Airbus Defence & Space, has released images captured by its Pleiades satellites of the Singapore Airshow 2016.The images show the airshow's static display area filling up...
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US dashes Singapore's hopes for breakthrough in comprehensive awareness
These two flying machines look similar because they come from the same design house: an American company called Scaled Composites LLC.Based in the Mojave desert in California, Scaled Composites lent...
View ArticleBangkok visit
Am rounding up a week's stay in Bangkok, Thailand. It was good catching up with an old friend from the MINDEF network in the heart of Bangkok. Thank you for the guidance and patience.Was glad to make...
View ArticleIndonesian military (TNI) may up the ante on Batam to underscore abang-adik...
With several years to go before Indonesia makes good its pledge to strengthen its air traffic control (ATC) assets ahead of a push to claim control of air lanes now under the Singapore Flight...
View ArticleSingapore needs to beef up nuclear knowledge
Published in The Straits Times, 1 April 2016. Not an April Fools joke though.World leaders are gathered in Washington D.C. this week for talks at the Nuclear Security Summit. Taking part in the...
View ArticleWant to be a MINDEF/SAF scholar? Get set for the tough selection process.
If there was one thing you could say to the Prime Minister (PM), what would it be?*To you and I, this topic may (or may not?) kick start an interesting conversation.To several of Singapore's top A...
View ArticleShow-and-tell by the RSN Naval Logistics Command (NALCOM) telegraphs deep...
With a radiant flash, the Oto Melara 76mm gun burst into life, firing shells at a rate of two per second at its target.At the maximum range of 10km for surface targets, even slight deviations in the...
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