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Exercise Forging Sabre 2013 - SAF battle managers practice Dynamic Targeting...
Nerve centre:The nerves that move the muscle at Exercise Forging Sabre 2013 are directed from this Singapore Armed Forces Command Post set up at Luke Air Force Base in Arizona. Picture: Ministry of...
View ArticleUSMC F-35B performs for Singaporean Minister of Defence Dr Ng Eng Hen
Note: We just completed an interview with DM. Will update the story in due course, hopefully with pictures.United States Air Force Luke Air Force Base, Phoenix, Arizona: The world's most advanced...
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Rockets away! Bravo Battery 23rd Battalion Singapore Artillery fires first...
Missile away: Gunners from Bravo Battery, 23rd Battalion Singapore Artillery, let fly at enemy positions with Himars artillery rockets during Exercise Forging Sabre 2013, now unfolding in the Arizona...
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Life imitates art? SAF demonstrates Dynamic Targeting during Exercise Forging...
Hammmertime:Airbase facilities are deconstructed by 2,000 pound Mark 84 laser guided bombs dropped by the Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) F-15SG warplanes during Exercise Forging Sabre. The...
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Peace Carvin II marks 20th anniversary
United States Air Force Luke Air Force Base, Arizona: The sun never sets on Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) flight training, thanks to a strong and enduring partnership with the United States...
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Defence Minister Dr Ng Eng Hen meets the Joint Strike Fighter
Photo credit: United States Air ForceFirst picture of Singapore's Minister for Defence, Dr Ng Eng Hen, with the F-35B Joint Strike Fighter which visited Luke Air Force Base on Tuesday 10 December...
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Downtime in Arizona
What do Singaporeans do when they have free time in the city of Phoenix, Arizona, that takes them away from the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF)' largest and most complex war games involving precision...
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The defence information ecosystem in Malaysia: A look at Malaysian defence...
Although Malaysia lacks the budget and institutional framework that drives commitment to defence in Singapore, there appears to be no lack of interest that drives defence awareness north of the...
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Hello 2014
Before we close shop for the year, I would like to extend to all of you my best wishes for 2014.To all the servicemen and servicewomen whom I met this year, thank you for patiently taming my curiosity,...
View ArticleHits and misses explaining the Third Generation SAF
Combat pilots usually take centre stage during pre-flight briefings for a test flight involving a war plane.On this occasion, it was a defence engineer who was the centre of attraction, ringed by a...
View ArticleRepublic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) F-16 fleet due to receive improved...
Republic of Singapore Air Force's (RSAF) F-16s, the warplane that forms the core of the air force's striking power, are due for a mid-life upgrade (MLU) that will improve the fighter's ability to...
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Hunt for "lost" British Monster Guns to commence in Singapore soon
Cross section of a 15-inch battery:Each hardened 15-inch gun mount is around three storeys deep, with ammunition stored in reinforced concrete magazines beneath the gun. Soil overburden estimated at...
View ArticleCivilians in the line of fire: Civil military relations and the Singapore...
Many firsts were achieved on the day of the assault crossing. It was the first time the armed forces operated with everything "on" (radars, comms equipment and sensors) at the same time (and already...
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A look at riot police from the Singapore Police Force Special Operations...
Follow me:Officers from the Singapore Police Force (SPF) Gurkha Contingent stand to in full riot gear. GC officers can be distinguished from Singaporean policemen by the five-digit service number...
View ArticleVigilance Fail: Malaysian woman in red Perodua slips past Singapore Ministry...
If you calculate the success rate of Singapore's security forces at the Woodlands Customs, Immigration and Quarantine Checkpoint, a lapse of one vehicle per 50 million or so vehicles per year is an...
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Free e-Book download: Angkatan Tentera Malaysia (Malaysian Armed Forces) Gulf...
Game over:Suspected sea pirates are freedom-impaired after commandos from the Royal Malaysian Navy's PASKAL team stormed an MISC ship in the Gulf of Aden that had been subjected to a non-compliant...
View ArticleAn emerging rival to challenge the Israel Defense Forces' (IDF) mystique
This is fiction. You couldn’t hope for better weather for a visit by VIPs. Overhead, a clear sky flecked with light clouds made the wet weather programme redundant as it was evident not a drop of rain...
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First look at new Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) Ford F550 ambulance ?
[6 Feb 2014: Please see postscript with comments from an SAF medic.] The armed forces of a country in Southeast Asia - not Indonesia or Malaysia - is said to have picked the American-built Ford F550...
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New pix of Ford F550 pickups in Singapore
Line up of 13 Ford F550 light trucks, three of which appear to be fitted out with a rear box body. The picture was taken in Singapore in December 2013.Recent sightings in Singapore of the F550, made by...
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Poly project: Save Our Children campaign
Am helping to publicise a Final Year Project for Republic Polytechnic (RP) School of Technology for the Arts students. The Facebook page they created aims to promote awareness of child labour in the...
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