Pukul Habis: Upcoming fictional war story by David Boey
Hi, Happy New Year milnuts!This blog has been quiet for awhile as I have been writing a fictional story based on the Mersing Line scenario. The book, which will be in English, is titled Pukul Habis -...
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New home for South Vietnam Air Force C-130 that landed at Singapore's Paya...
You call, we haul: Never thought a C-130 could be moved by truck? Well now you know it can - with major disassembly! Former VNAF C-130A (serial HCF 460), the same Hercules that landed in Singapore in...
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Singapore Army, DSTA and ST Engineering gain valuable experience testing big...
Trials of an armed Milrem Robotics THeMIS unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) in Singapore suggest that the Singapore Army is considering a hi-low mix of big and small combat robots of various sizes and...
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Singapore seeks up to 12 F-35Bs for US$2.750B
BREAKING NEWSSingapore – F-35B Short Take-Off and Vertical Landing (STOVL) AircraftWASHINGTON, January 9, 2020 - The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale...
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Commentary on Singapore's F-35B deal
My commentary on the F-35B announcement, What the F-35B fighter jet deal says about Singapore's defence purchase planning, appears in The Straits Times today. Click here for the full commentary.The...
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Six Singapore Armed Forces and ST Engineeringg project to ponder at the...
The biennial Singapore Airshow, held every even-numbered year, offers a fascinating shop window for Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) watchers keen to know what platforms the SAF might acquire. Exhibits at...
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Some defence & security highlights in Singapore 2020
The year 2020 will be a banner year in Singapore for several defence and security-related fields. Here's Senang Diri's list of highlights for the year.30th year of People's Republic of China and...
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Probing the David Boey enigma: Love-hate relationship with the defence ecosystem
Many men and women in the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) and NSmen have heard of me but have never met me in person. You may be one of them.Over in Malaysia, many warga Angkatan Tentera Malaysia (ATM,...
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Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) and DSTA defence innovations during the 2003...
A respiratory illness in Wuhan, China, has raised concerns that it might spark another worldwide pandemic like the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) crisis in 2003.SARS killed 33 people in...
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Same but different: SARS 2003 versus Singapore's preparations against...
This week's news of the flu-like illness caused by the coronavirus has rekindled memories of the 2003 Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) epidemic, which was also caused by a pathogen from the...
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Eight SARS measures that you may soon see in Singapore to fight novel...
Chances are you've already seen people on the streets of Singapore wearing surgical masks to protect themselves from airborne germs. Fears that the novel coronavirus would lead to a SARS-like pandemic...
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People's Liberation Army Air Force Ba Yi 八一 Aerobatics Display Team from...
Flying honour guards:Chengdu J-10 fighters from the Ba Yi (August 1st) aerobatics display team perform a flyover in Delta formation. Watch them fly at the Singapore Airshow 2020. (Source: Ministry of...
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‘Good friends stick through thick and thin’ - Singapore's defence minister...
This afternoon, Singapore's Minister for Defence, Dr Ng Eng Hen, visited flying display teams that will take part in the Singapore Airshow 2020, which takes place from next Tuesday till Sunday (11 to...
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Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN) optimises Independence-class Littoral...
Ready, Aye Ready:All eight Republic of Singapore Navy Littoral Mission Vessels gather for a family photo on 31 January 2020 at Tuas Naval Base in Singapore. Spot the differences?All eight Republic of...
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Three shocks in Singapore's COVID-19 fight
Singapore's ongoing fight against COVID-19 could face three stress points that you and I need to watch out for.The first stress point will come about if and when SG Govt reports the first victim....
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A fresh look at the Singapore Technologies Engineering BR18 5.56mm assault rifle
See no touch:Singapore Technology Engineering's BR18 5.56mm bullpup assault rifle displayed at the Singapore Airshow 2020. Note the health advisory, which is a result of heightened vigilance after the...
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Singapore's ST Engineering unveils new Counter Unmanned Aerial System weapon...
Take note of this new remote-controlled weapon system as you may well see it at an air base near you. It's a new Counter Unmanned Aerial System (C-UAS) designed and made in Singapore by Singapore...
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For the Patient Reader, Military Secrets Are Self-Revealing
Tom Clancy (1947 - 2013)Connecting the dots is a game you may have played as a kid.For the late American author, Tom Clancy, connecting the dots meant fusing openly available information to form a big...
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The secret to best-selling military fiction: Author Larry Bond talks about...
I'm a great believer in thorough research for several reasons, but one non-obvious reason is that it's easier to write about what's real than make it up. - Larry Bond, author.Those of you who love...
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