KRI Usman Harun episode sets interesting posers for Indonesia-Singapore...
Indonesia's decision to name a new warship KRI Usman Harun, after Indonesian saboteurs executed in Singapore decades ago for the MacDonald House bombing in 1965, sets interesting posers for...
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Your chance to fly with the RSAF: eBallot for free flights close at 23:59 hrs...
Eye in the sky:An aircrewman from the Republic of Singapore Air Force's 127 Squadron watches the six from the open ramp of an RSAF CH-47 Chinook as the heavy-lift helicopter banks over Singapore's...
View ArticleReply to Media Queries on Indonesian Defence Officials Pulling Out of...
In response to media queries on Indonesian Defence Officials Pulling out of Singapore Airshow, the Singapore Ministry of Defence (MINDEF) issued the following reply this evening:"MINDEF has been...
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First look at new Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) air defence radar
Meet the Shikra - a Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) gap filler radar that supports Air Defence Operations Command (ADOC) low-level air defence anti-aircraft missile units, taking over the role...
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Malaysian Armed Forces expected to strengthen stable of 4x4 vehicles
Malaysian defence company DRB-Hicom Defence Technologies Sdn Bhd (Deftech) is expected to forge a strategic alliance with United States cross-country vehicle manufacturer, AM General - better known as...
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Fresh details of the Republic of Singapore Navy's (RSN) Littoral Mission...
A model of the Littoral Mission Vessel (LMV) displayed at ST Marine's stand at the Singapore Airshow 2014 points to the design evolution that this upcoming Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN) warship...
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Total Defence Day 2014: Remembering the Fall of Singapore
It was a wartime horror years before their time. And yet the assembled ranks of the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) senior leadership, new SAF recruits, their family members and Friends of 3rd Guards from...
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A look at the world's shortest bullpup rifle: The Singapore Technologies...
Singapore's defence industry unveiled two new 5.56mm combat rifles at this week's Singapore Airshow 2014, including a weapon billed as the "shortest bullpup design in the world" (above, left).Developed...
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Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN) sea security team displays seldom-seen firearms
Interesting choice of firearms brandished by this pair of Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN) personnel at yesterday's Total Defence Day exhibition at the National Museum in Singapore. The sailor in the...
View ArticleS'pore won't allow Indonesian ship "Usman Harun" to call at its ports - CNA
Source: Channel News Asia, click here18 February 2014SINGAPORE: Singapore will not allow the Indonesian warship, named after the MacDonald House bombers, to call at its ports and naval bases.Nor would...
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Singapore Budget 2014 101
The Singapore Budget 2014 Speech is due to be delivered from 15:30 Hotel (07:30 UTC) tomorrow (Friday 21 February 2014).Access the Singapore Government (Singov) Budget 2014 website here.The proposed...
View ArticleSingapore Ministry of Defence Budget 2014
Committee of Supply - Head JMinistry of Defence (MINDEF)Mission Statement The mission of Ministry of Defence (MINDEF) and the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) is to enhance Singapore’s peace and...
View ArticleKRI Usman Harun - Indonesia's ship of shame
"There is no way Indonesia can derive honour from the bombing of the MacDonald House.There is not a nation with military forces on Earth that has not had a uniformed member commit an atrocity at some...
View Article6 March: Singapore Parliament to debate the MINDEF Budget 2014
The Singapore Parliament is due to debate the Defence Budget this Thursday, 6 March 2014.The budget for the Ministry of Defence (MINDEF) and the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) comes under Head J of the...
View ArticleOut later today: Fight current, Fight future
Look out for our special report on the Defence Budget 2014 after 12:00 Hotel.
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The Singapore Armed Forces: Protecting Singapore in 2030
"We build the SAF for an uncertain future with unknown risks and new challenges. But MINDEF is confident that as long as we have the strong support of members of this House and Singaporeans, who are...
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Airbus Defence and Space confirms Singapore order for six A330 MRTTs
Bravo Airbus. Now you can pop the champagne. Next time, try to know your customer better :-)Opinion: Images on the Airbus A330 Multi-Role Tanker Transport Fact Sheet issued by the Singapore Ministry of...
View ArticleMalaysia assembles SAR forces after Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 disappears...
16:45 hrs 8 Mar'14 edit: Amended all references to a crash pending official confirmation from Malaysia. Malaysian authorities have sent two Airbus Helicopters EC-725 Caracal (aka Super Cougar. Caracal...
View ArticleMalaysia Airlines MH370 incident: RSAF C-130 Hercules involved in aerial search
22:00 hrs updateMalaysian Defence Minister Dato' Seri Hishammuddin Hussein has reportedly accepted an offer by Dr Ng Eng Hen, Singapore's Minister for Defence, to deploy the Republic of Singapore Navy...
View ArticleSearch for MH370 a signal moment in Malaysia-Singapore defence ties
The amount of resources - military and non-military - Singapore mobilised at no-notice after 239 people aboard Malaysia Airlines (MAS) Flight MH370 disappeared without a trace yesterday speaks volumes...
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