Strengths of our defence capability
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Why bother abt that small Triga reactor , which you and I know that it could not be use for anything except for research , otherwise US will not export 35 of them all over the world.
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uranium ore in its naturally occuring form, contains both uranium 235 and 238.Originally posted by maggot:Uranium 238 can use as nuclear fuel?
obviously don't know your uranium...
Don't you know uranium 238 can be use as bullets, armour piercing tips and construction steel bars?
obviously don't know your uranium...
Need tons?
obviously don't know your uranium isotopes transformation
nuclear fuel rods contains about 80% uranium 238 and 20% uranium 235. if u have more than that, u won't have a very stable reaction. u'll be having a bomb instead of a reactor.
85% refined uranium would be weapons grade.
YOU are the one that doesn't seem to have a clue what u are talking about.
uranium 238 is only used in AP rounds after nearly all the uranium 235 has been removed (hence the name "depleted uranium shells" )
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My objective has been achieved
Act "dumb" to achieved it
Sorry for making use of you all
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try and save face ah? no need lah... we all know u weren't acting stupid... u were just being yourself...Originally posted by maggot:My objective has been achieved
Act "dumb" to achieved it
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Anyone remember the report where the US says enriched parts are being made in the north?
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Spent S$6m to get $43m---story of F5S
2.You know why we have so much reserve !
: 04/04/1999 Strait Times Page: 23
Meet Bitching Betty - She sits in a plane, one of 40 F-5S aircraft which have
been upgraded at about $6 million a plane. (Page 19)
"A formidable jet fighter" and "Bite of the Tiger"
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situational awareness," he said.
The upgraded radar can also detect a target up to 80 nautical miles away -
twice the distance than before, and track up to eight targets.
"There's no need to see the target. We can just drop the bomb from far away without being getting shot at," he added.
Major Jaspal Singh, RSAF's operations manager for the F-5S, added: "Its major selling point is that the avionics are similar to the F-16s and F-18s. It's
not just an F-5, it's a whole new plane."
Well, sort of. Acquired by the air force in 1979, the F-5Es as they were
known then, were Singapore's first supersonic fighters.
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Now, the upgrading of the RSAF's entire Tiger fleet of about 40 planes has
been completed, at about $6 million a plane. This is a bargain considering
that a brand new F-16 costs about US$25 (S$43) million.
The upgrading has given the F-5S an additional lifespan of 10 to 15 years
each.
As for sceptics who think that the upgrade results in only superficial
changes, Mr Lim Tau Fuie, vice-president of avionics in STA, had this to say:
"It's now a much more effective plane than what it used to be.
"If there were no benefits, then other air forces like the Turkish Air Force
wouldn't have gone for it."
BOMBS AWAY 'There's no need to see the target. We can just drop the bomb from far away without getting shot at. And it should hit within 50 feet of the target.' - Captain Adrian Teo
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Shh...not so loud on your point 3
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It is a old technology and we' re making in our back yard!!
Precision Strike
fr http://www.stengg.com/CoyCapPro/detail.aspx?cylid=&pdid=210
ST Kinetics provides life cycle management of smart munitions and low-cost guided weapons with a special focus on Air-to-Ground and Ground-to-Ground systems.
Precision Strike capabilities include systems engineering, and the design and development of Guidance and Navigation Control systems. ST Kinetics also designs, simulates, manufactures, and integrate complex sub-systems such as seekers, warheads, and propulsion units (rocket motors) to enhance mission effectiveness.
This is similiar like the followings.I am not sure if ST has got the license to make it.I haVE PUT 'Bombs with wings'in this forum.
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/munitions/longshot.htm
Why is it a secret when ST already promoted it few years ago?We are not teasing any body.Jusy show to them we are damn serious to peace and we are really prepared.
Saving in Upgrading F5 and buy Apacha
2. Refer to my F5S story in last posting.We have save S$37m in each plane
after we did the conversion instead of buying the new plan.The saving of
$1480m is more than enough to buy the first batch of Apache.
F5S instrument panel
ST and Chartered Semi-conductors Manf.---under one roof,literally
3.Both come under control of the same controlling shareholder.It makes the cooperation
and secrecy protection better.Profit seeking but national interest come first.
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yah... they make milk powder enriched with vitamins, health supplements enriched with calcium and iron and probably aphrodisiac enriched with tongkak ali as well...Originally posted by maggot:Anyone remember the report where the US says enriched parts are being made in the north? -
Oh I surrenderOriginally posted by CX:yah... they make milk powder enriched with vitamins, health supplements enriched with calcium and iron and probably aphrodisiac enriched with tongkak ali as well...
I go up there and help them then
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We have many eyes in the sky.
CRISP operates a satellite ground station to acquire data from remote sensing satellites, and processes the archived data to standard or value-added products for distribution and research. The list of satellites CRISP receive include:
fr http://www.crisp.nus.edu.sg/
* SPOT 1,2,4 (since September 1995)
* ERS 1,2 (since March 1996)
* RADARSAT 1 (May 1997 - May 2000)
* SeaWiFS, NOAA and FengYun 1C (since September 1999)
* TERRA (MODIS) (since March 2001)
* IKONOS (since August 2001)
* EROS-A1 (since October 2001)
* AQUA (MODIS) (since July 2002)
* SPOT 5 (since October 2002)
Some with high resolution of 1 m fr IKONOS which Sg has control 20 min daily.
fr http://www.crisp.nus.edu.sg/~research/
''Very high spatial resolution imagery
* Mapping at large scales (1:5000 to 1:25,000) with high positional accuracies
* Detection and enumeration of trees in high resolution imagery of oil palm plantations ''
Any unwelcome ships can be detected.
The detected ships are highlighted in purple in this sample graphic output of the ship detection system. Large clusters of ships can be seen in the docking areas. The yellow regions in the image indicate mainly land areas which were masked out by the system.
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1. Use the softest to counter the hardest.We dared to do others not keen to do.
29/06/2005 STimes Page: H2
Headline: It's true, water can absorb power of big blast
By: David BoeyDEFENCE engineers here made an explosive breakthrough recently that could radically change the design of military bunkers and civilian bomb shelters.
2. More than 6 years of effort to confirm water as buffer
After experiments showed that water-filled containers could help absorb the
destructive power of a bomb blast, engineers from the Defence Science and
Technology Agency (DSTA) held a full-scale trial with their counterparts in
Sweden, blowing up 10 tonnes of explosives.
Packed around the 10 one-tonne lots of explosives - each capable of punching a 3m-wide crater in the ground - were containers filled with two tonnes of water each.
On detonation, the containers were wrecked. But the energy from the
explosion vapourised the water, reducing the effect of the blast by 60 per
cent.
Hailing the results as a major breakthrough, DSTA chief executive Richard
Lim said yesterday that defence engineers worldwide had considered using water barriers to reduce the effect of an explosion.
But none had tested the idea on the scale of the experiment conducted in
Sweden last month. He added that the experiments are important as water
barriers can potentially reduce the amount of land needed as a safety buffer
around ammunition bunkers.
Mr Lim updated the media on research developments at DSTA when he unveiled a 60-page book to mark five years of DSTA's achievements.
The book will be distributed to organisations such as government bodies,
tertiary institutions and public libraries.
DSTA was formed five years ago from several Ministry of Defence departments to serve as the national authority on weapons procurements and military technology.
Mr Lim added that another area his engineers are working on is to help
national security planners assess the impact of a bomb blast, similar to the
car bomb detonated outside the JW Marriott Hotel in Jakarta. The August 2003
terror attack killed 12 people.
'One of the scenarios that we are looking into is the extent of building
damage and casualties in the event of a car bomb exploding near or at the
entrance of a hotel, similar to the attack at the Marriott,' he said.
From its analysis, using computer modelling and other tools, DSTA will
recommend measures to minimise casualties and damages, if not prevent an attack.In undertaking this project, MINDEF achieved a number of ground-breaking results in R&D. Significant achievements have been made in water mitigation and ground shock studies. Water mitigation makes use of water to absorb the energy of an accidental explosion. This greatly reduces the safety buffer zone, freeing up land for productive use. Ground shock studies enables our engineers to formulate structural engineering codes for the safe construction of buildings in areas affected by ground shock effects. This also reduces land wastage.
fr Speech by Mr David Lim, Minister of State for Defence and Information & the Arts, at the Ground-Breaking Ceremony for the Underground Ammunition Facilty Email Article Dd: 12 Aug 1999,
fr http://www.mindef.gov.sg/imindef/news_and_events/nr/1999/aug/12aug99_nr.html
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Sg can suffer a hugh blow in oil refinery.
Singapore total oil storage capacity is 88mb (million barrel).Occupancy is average 90%.(STimes 18.07.05)
Maximum refinery capacity is 1.3mbd( million barrel per day),though on average
the production is 0.75 mbd,at least half for export.
Even half of refinery facility and half of storage are damaged,Sg can survive for:
88m x 0.9 / .65m ==121 days without resupply and all factories operate as usual.
Ref:http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/international/petroleu.html#Consumption
Compare Oil consumption in : (Year 2004 Thousand Barrels per Day) .
France..Germany..Italy.....UK......Europe..Canada..Japan.S.Korea
2,038.. 2,640.....1,882...1,860..15,738....2,299...5,436.....2,141
OECD Europe only.
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Head-up Display(HUD) of F5S STimes 04.04.1999
Square tells the pilot that it has locked its radar on enemy.
Circle--the calculated hitting point of bullets.
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ST always has new products: (though it was open in 2004 Army open hous)
AOS 40mm L70 NADM 330 on right hand bottom corner.
Sonic Beamer on left (see link below). 40mm AMBS .
AOS 40mm L70 NADM 330
This is an improved naval version of NATO standard 40mm L70 Air Defence Weapon System capable of intercepting all kinds of high speed aerial and surface targets. It is designed with an electric drive aiming system for high tracking and high accuracies.
fr http://www.stengg.com/pressroom/press_releases_read.aspx?paid=799
AOS 40mm L70 Field Air Defence Mount (L70 FADM)
fr http://www.stengg.com/CoyCapPro/detail.aspx?pdid=143
A interesting military product--Sonic Beamer
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sorry,duplicate.see below.
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top--middle 40/50 Copola,right:40mmHVSD
We produce from low value to high value!!
2.Seem won a No. 4 in IFV Olympics
fr http://www.stengg.com/investorelations/pdf/positioningst.pdf
One of the 4 finalists in US IAV multi billions contract,out of more
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We have eyes in the sky around the clock so we can sleep sweetly.
The Crisp facility can now remotely control the Ikonos satellite's cameras for 20 minutes daily and sell images.
fr STimes 31/08/2001 Page: H13
FOR about 20 minutes each day, a research centre here has the opportunity to operate the most powerful commercial space satellite in the world.
Orbiting 680 km above the earth, while travelling at 25,200 kmh -
10 times the speed of a bullet - the satellite is capable of delivering
images that show buildings, roads, bridges and cars.
In forested areas and plantations, even individual trees can be
distinguished.
From a ground control station at the National University of
Singapore, the Centre for Remote Imaging, Sensing and Processing (Crisp) now remotely controls the cameras of the Ikonos satellite
when it is within a 2,300-km radius of Singapore.
This allows it to see everything up to Hainan Island to the north,
Sumatra to
the west, Kalimantan to the east, and the area around the waters
off Java, including Christmas Island, to the south.
Since April this year, Crisp has been processing images from
the satellite, which can deliver full-colour images at 1m resolution,
which makes cars and individual trees clearly visible.
Crisp officially opened its Ikonos data reception and processing facility
yesterday.
Under the commercial agreement with Space Imaging, the US-based owner of Ikonos, raw images are beamed from the satellite to Crisp's receiving station at NUS, which then processes the images before selling them. Crisp and Space Imaging share the profits from the sales.
An image covering 100 sq km can be priced between US$4,000 (S$7,000) and US$4,500.
Mr Conrad Mueller, vice-president of global alliance for Space Imaging, said:
"This new capability provides Singapore with the ability to have timely,
high-resolution imagery in detail never before available."
Mr Kwoh Leong Keong, director of Crisp, said it was already selling images of
oil-palm plantations in Malaysia - complete with a pinpoint calculation of the
number of trees there - to companies interested in buying or selling these
plantations.
Other uses of the images include monitoring land reclamation, he added.
Crisp was set up in 1992 to collate information and conduct research for the
business and scientific communities by receiving and tracking data from
satellites.
Several satellites, circling the earth twice every three hours, send a
continuous supply of pictures.
Now it also has access to the US$700-million Ikonos, which orbits the earth
about 14 times a day. But it zips over the area covered by Crisp in only two
of the 14 orbits.
Headline: Pinpoint data from powerful eye in the sky by OO GIN LEE
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This may be the top ten shocking news of US Navy of 2005!!
US CVN was 'sunk',again.
The 40 years old Sg suba Singaporian Swedish-trained, and equipped with a Swedish sub (altho actually not of Gotland class) penetrated the defense of a U.S CVN that the bells really rang over there... for the first time, a submarine stood ready to fire its torpedoes against a US nuclear aircraft carrier.
fr gary1910,Senior Member,26 July 2005http://www.sgforums.com/?action=thread_display&thread_id=144001&page=1
Any news from any forums.This will not appear in official news release!
2.Where is the sub.At Kockums Yard (who builds the Gotland class) another favourite demo they love to play for possible export customers is to balance a small coin on top of the engine, without it flipping over from vibrations.
also posted by signatory : Mon Jul 04,2005 in the above link.
fr http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=52849&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=16&sid=60e0cc16addfd7464671088937bd5106
Sg sub were also under extensive refurbishment at the same Kockums Yard.RSS CHALLENGER is an ex-Royal Swedish Navy, Sjoormen Class submarine that was acquired in 1995 as part of the RSN's submarine training package. The submarine is currently undergoing a two year refurbishment programme to extend its operational life; the programme will be completed in Feb 98. The submarine is to be used by RSN crew for training in Sweden.
fr http://www.mindef.gov.sg/imindef/news_and_events/nr/1997/sep/27sep97_nr3.html
This explain why Sg sub could penetrate CVN protection----
Learn from the best.
3.Old sub,but new engine
Sg upgraded sub is using Two Hedemora Verkstad Diesel-electric engines,
same as SSK GOTLAND CLASS (TYPE A19) ATTACK SUBMARINE, SWEDEN started built in 1990'S.
fr http://www.mindef.gov.sg/imindef/news_and_events/nr/1997/jul/30jul97_nr2/30jul97_fs.html
http://www.naval-technology.com/projects/gotland/
4.Diesel-electric sub is killer to CVN and nuke sub?Fortunately, these failures and shortcomings are finally and slowly becoming public knowledge in the United States, for as the Congressional Budget Office revealed in 2001: “Some analysts argue that the Navy is not very good at locating diesel-electric submarines, especially in noisy, shallower waters near coastal areas. Exercises with allied navies that use diesel-electric submarines confirm that problem. U.S. antisubmarine units reportedly have had trouble detecting and countering diesel-electric submarines of South American countries
fr http://www.cuttingedge.org/news_updates/nz1839.htm
fr ''Is the U.S. Navy Overrated (5.1)?'' ,An Updated Knightsbridge Working Paper
Copyright 2004 By Roger Thompson
Professor of Military Studies, Knightsbridge University.
There were many cases CVN were' sunk'!!Finally, during RIMPAC 2000 it was reported that H.M.A.S. Waller had sunk two American nuclear submarines and gotten dangerously close to the carrier U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln. Even more ominous, asserted researcher Maryanne Kelton, is that: “Even though the exercises were planned and the US group knew that Waller was in the designated target area, they were still unable to locate it.
In 2001, the unusually candid skipper of the nuclear submarine U.S.S. Montpelier (Commander Ron LaSilva, U.S.N.) recounted that a Chilean diesel submarine "Shot him twice during successive exercise runs.” As a result, LaSilva learned that “bigger and nuclear is not always better.” Commander LaSilva should be commended for his courage, for as we shall later in this paper, this kind of honesty is usually not the best policy for U.S.N. officers.
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It appears that the highly rated umbrella defence of the USN carrier groups are higly efficient in countering surface and aerial incursions but leaves alot to be desired in some aspects of the ASW department.
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please go malaysian forums , we are not interested
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The Compact Range and Wind Tunnel keep our top secrets
1.Compact Range
How stealth is it?Measure it in Compact Range....The main component of the Compact Range - the Anechoic Chamber - is a fully-shielded room of 9 m (width) by 18 m (length) by 8 m (height). The Compact Range is able to measure antenna radiation patterns and target radar cross sections (RCSs) from 1 GHz to 37.5 GHz and has a quiet zone with the size of a cylinder with diameter 6 m and length 6 m.......
fr http://www.eng.nus.edu.sg/EResnews/0005/hl/hl_1.htm
The processed back-scattering pattern of a commercial aircraft. Note the high-reflecting areas such as the cockpit, the fuselage, and the four engines.
2.Wind Tunnel
South East AsiaÂ’s First Tri-sonic Wind Tunnel is Housed in NUS !The mission of the Wind Tunnel facility is to support the tests and evaluation requirements of MINDEF in the area of aeronautics, and to promote R & D activities in aerodynamics, and aeronautics technology...
fr http://serve.me.nus.edu.sg/MeNus/MeNus_0002/National%20Wind%20Tunnel.htm
The facility will house a 100m long trisonic wind tunnel which is capable of delivering wind speed in the test section from subsonic to supersonic flow regime...
and when completed in 2002, it will be used to carry out aerodynamics tests at wind speed of up to four times that of sound (i.e. Mach 4). Although presently there are other similar wind tunnel facilities in China, Japan, Korea, and Indonesia, SingaporeÂ’s wind tunnel will have the highest speed in South East Asia, and will be comparable to those in advanced countries. -
http://www.dsta.gov.sg/home/admin/MiscFiles/myImages/030805_NDP.asf
Future warfare of SAF
2.The low cost cockpit experiment SCME conducted a year ago is currently being used by a unit in the Air Force to test out their flying tactics and pilot decision making. This provides the Air Force with a new perspective of carrying out evaluation and training.
fr http://www.dsta.gov.sg/home/DisplayPage/ContentPage10.asp?id=2674
3.http://www.dsta.gov.sg/home/Display/Content11.asp?id=548
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more info on Compact Range and other R&D
This facility aims to offer very high-accuracy testing of electromagnetic scattering from complex objects, antennae and radomes. Commissioned in 2000, the Compact Range is designed for antenna and radar cross-section (RCS) measurements from L-band to Ka-band for objects up to 2 metres in size.
The down scale model of platforms can be tested here for stealthness.fr
http://www.dso.org.sg/home/collaborations/collaborations_local.aspx
More R&D there.
2.CREST was jointly set up by NTU and DSO in 2001 to design and build SingaporeÂ’s first experimental micro-satellite.
3.Electromagnetic Effects Research Laboratory
The X-SAT micro-satellite is targeted for launch by 2007
To be built on the NTU campus, this laboratory will spearhead research in EMI (electromagnetic interference) and EMC (electromagnetic compatibility) technologies. It will provide state-of-the-art facilities for all aspects of EMI and EMC work, including susceptibility testing of electronic components and systems, .....
4.DMERI-NTU Bioengineering Laboratory
Located in the Research TechnoPlaza of NTU, this joint bioengineering laboratory together with other research centres, form a vibrant hub to drive research of high impact. By co-locating within the university, DSO is able to tap on a larger pool of scientific minds and harness good basic research for defence applications.
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5. Sµprima Consortium on Low Temperature Co-fired Ceramics (LTCC)
Through the Sµprima consortium, DSO has been working with our partners from A*STAR - Singapore Institute of Manufacturing Technologies and Institute for Infocomm Research - and NUS to provide a one-stop LTCC design and fabrication service. As part of our efforts, DSO developed a comprehensive design library kit for the consortium.
6.Innovation Centre for Application Specific Integrated Circuits (iCASIC)
This joint centre, established at the Nanyang Polytechnic, aims to address emerging challenges in the high-speed digital electronics industry, and to spearhead research efforts in developing state-of-the-art technologies in advanced integrated circuit.
This one-stop integrated circuit design centre is equipped with industry standard Electronic Design Automation (EDA) tools to provide scientific and engineering solutions for both government and industry players in the local and international market.
7.Antenna and Scattering Laboratory (ASL) of NUS
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http://www.eng.nus.edu.sg/research/Collaborations_Local-ASL.htmhouses a world-class Compact Range used for antenna radiation (both linear and circular polarisations) and radar cross-section (linear only) measurements. The measurement frequency range is from 2 GHz to 37.5 GHz and the quiet zone has a dimension of a 1.8m (diameter) by 1.8m (length) cylinder, at a height of 3.1m above floor. The target can weigh up to 300kg. The measurement accuracy is ±0.5 dB, with 1" steps within ±180° azimuth and ±20° elevation. Inverse synthetic aperture radar (ISAR) capability has also been incorporated to ensure rapid identification of target hot spots.
The main research activities of ASL are: development of measurement techniques; development of low profile antenna; development of conformal antenna arrays; development of antenna radoms; and radar cross-section prediction and reduction.
A number of fast computational algorithms for electromagnetic wave radiation and scattering have already been developed, including the pre-corrected FFT algorithm, the general conjugate gradient algorithm and the fast-multipole algorithm.....