Republic of Singapore Air Force RSAF releases image of "new" F-15SG Strike...
Fin flash:This is believed to be the first official image of F-15SG Strike Eagle tail numbers that suggest that the RSAF's F-15 fighter force is bigger than initial orders suggest. Source: RSAF...
View ArticleMalaysia wields social media with aplomb after USS John S. McCain incident
The collision between the United States Navy warship, USS John S. McCain, with the tanker, Alnic MC, early on 21 August 2017 saw Malaysia’s information management apparatus kick into high...
View ArticleSingapore Ministry of Defence MINDEF releases images of Exercise Pacific...
RSS Stalwart takes aboard fuel from USNS Pecos while underway. Photo: Ministry of Defence, SingaporeWarships from the United States Navy and Republic of Singapore Navy during a photocall for Exercise...
View ArticleUS Navy Littoral Combat Ship USS Coronado LCS-4 tests new Nomad drone on...
Civilian contractors from the Office of Naval Research conduct a test on a Nomad drone system aboard the littoral combat ship USS Coronado (LCS 4). Coronado is on a rotational deployment in U.S. 7th...
View ArticleUS Marines from 5th ANGLICO train with Republic of Singapore Navy's RSS...
Lance. Cpl. Patrick Diemer, assigned to 5th Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company, communicates with the Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN) Endurance Class Landing Ship Tanks RSS Endurance (LST 207) during a...
View ArticleExercise Pacific Griffin HarpoonEx with USS Coronado
The Littoral Combat Ship, USS Coronado (LCS-4) seen sailing in company with a Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN) stealth frigate off the coast of Guam during Exercise Pacific Griffin 2017 (XPG). The...
View ArticleBeware tech infatuation in the Third Generation Singapore Armed Forces 3G SAF
Call centre:MAN 5-tonner seen during Exercise Wallaby 2005 with a non-standard inscription on the driver's cabin door.Tech-related news out from Singapore had a bruising week at the end of July 2017.On...
View ArticleContemporary National Education: Former Singapore Armed Forces SAF Chief of...
COMMEMORATING THE 50THANNIVERSARY OF INDONESIA-SINGAPORE DIPLOMATIC RELATIONSby LIEUTENANT-GENERAL (RET) DESMOND KUEKÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â This year, Singapore and Indonesia celebrate 50 years of diplomatic...
View ArticleExercise Wallaby 2017 XWB training incident: Sad homecoming
One of our own prepares to come home from Exercise Wallaby 2017. 😢
View ArticleSAIC, ST Kinetics and CMI Defence collaborate on light tank variant of...
Photo: Courtesy of ST KineticsWhen the United States Army was looking for an airportable 155mm gun, Singapore's defence industry had just the weapon it was looking for - but couldn't say a word as the...
View ArticleMalaysian Army strengthens "anti invasion" firepower
When the Infantry moves, the Army moves.So if the Infantry doesn't move, the Army doesn't move either?The logic is disarmingly simple (excuse the pun). But how does one stop an intruder's infantry or...
View ArticleTwo Republic of Singapore Air Force RSAF Sikorsky Seahawk multi-mission naval...
Republic of Singapore Air Force S-70B Seahawk recovers at Sembawang Air Base. Photo: RSAFTwo Sikorsky Seahawk naval helicopters are due to arrive in Singapore by the end of 2017, armed and configured...
View ArticleWorth reading about: Scaled Composites Model 401 experimental aircraft
On Jurong Island yesterday, Autonomous Tractor-Trailers (ATTs) were showcased to the media. The driverless prime movers are used to haul cargo around the island on flatbed trailers. You can't tell the...
View ArticleMalaysian Armed Forces ATM new two-star female officer Fadzlette Othman Merican
Tahniah! The ATM's newest two-star female general is conferred her rank insignia by Malaysia's Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad Zahid and Chief of Army General Zulkiple. Photo: Bernama[Correction: Mej Jen...
View ArticleSingapore's Defence Science & Technology Agency DSTA intriguing phrase hints...
Check out this intriguing sentence:"The island-wide Short-Range Anti-Munition Capability was operationalised within a networked system to enhance overall Island Air Defence capability." Extracted from...
View ArticleResponse to queries on DSTA message on island-wide Short Range Anti-Munition...
While CE DSTA Tan Peng Yam's message requires you to join the dots, the implied key messages of capabilities built up in C-RAM, networked air defence coverage and the in-country defence science and...
View ArticleServing Singapore with the Singapore Armed Forces SAF alumni in SMRT
Desmond Kuek, then a two-star Chief of Army, seen with Brigadier-General Wong Ann Chai, then Chief Armour Officer, in November 2005 at Exercise Wallaby. The war games were held at the Shoalwater Bay...
View ArticleSingapore Armed Forces SAF enhanced Mobilisation and Equipping Centre...
Photo: MINDEFStripped of military shortforms such as MEC (Mobilisation and Equipping Centre) and CHE (Controlled Humidity Environment), the centre of the action for the Singapore Armed Forces' (SAF)...
View ArticleLargest Singapore Armed Forces SAF mobilisation may have practised wider...
Soaring above and beyond the morning mist that shrouded Paya Lebar Air Base, Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) C-130 Hercules 732 had a pre-dawn flight to nowhere last Friday.Personnel from the...
View ArticleYet another hint of Iron Dome in Singapore?
Seen at a local hobby store in Singapore: A scratch-built model of #guesswhat?There must be good reason why a customer commissioned these scale models of what looks like missile firing units. Can't...
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