Strengths of our defence capability
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Sg has the guts to search for better weapons to replace well known weapons and asked for foreign talents to help.The survival of the nation and the fire power of SAF are far more important than national pride.Sg dunt take the
effectiveness of well known weapons for granted.They dared to develop
a better one to replace the icons,eg Browning 0.50 M2HB machine gun
in 1980's and M16 in 1999.
New products ,for examples, are Ultimax 100 / CIS 50 machine guns and SAR 21 rifle,a new generation rifle.http://www.stengg.com/CoyCapPro/detail.aspx?pdid=133
I read somewhere that
Ultimax 100 machine gun(still holds the record for being the lightest 5.56mm calibre machine gun in the world) was designer by a foreigner.
2.CIS 50 MG Machine Gun and AC Cormack
Janes Infantry Weapons 2004/05 says:
Also mention SLAP in
In late 1983,AC Cormack leaded a team to develop a machine gun to replace the then well known Browning 0.50 M2HB machine gun which .... with defects.Another objective was to fire Sg produced
Saboted Light Armour Penetrator (SLAP) Tracer rounds
http://www.stengg.com/CoyCapPro/detail.aspx?pdid=135
3.Why SG needed to replace Browning 0.50 M2HB in 1980's?
You can find a lot of praises for this gun in the net ,egTHE BROWNING M2HB is quite simply one of the greatest machine guns ever designed, being efficient and very effective; easy to use and to maintain;
fr http://www.gunplot.net/armoury/fiftycal.html
However,In M2HB, every barrel replacement must be followed with time-consuming procedure of headspace and timing ajustment, and only relatively recently QCB (Quick Change Barrel) kits were introduced.
fr
http://world.guns.ru/machine/mg04-e.htm .Similiar to Janes' mentioned defects.
4.Dunt be too sceptical to ST's effort
Too many found ST too busy body to develope too much stuff,for the sake of share holders' interest.Pl do some homeworks before make ur comments.] -
M16 is the icon .So,what do you think if you ask one of the designer to help you to design a machine gin.This was exactly what Sg did!!Sg seeked
Jim Sullivan to help to design Ultima
We have asked the best in the world to give SAF better weapons.x 100,the lightest SAW and
probably one of the best.(U100)..manufactured in Singapore to Jim Sullivan's (Yes, THAT Jim Sullivan from the AR15 and Stoner projects) design. One of the most interesting and controllable machine guns ever made
fr
http://www.sillc.com/partssets
2.Designated the M16, the Stoner-Sullivan-Fremont gun survived everything from ammo-related problems
fr http://www.thegunzone.com/556faq.html
Ultimax 100 Parts Sets
3.A personal review ,full of photos
http://www.dwsuk.co.uk/New_site/Other/umax.htm
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2.Sg upgraded M113 long time ago
Report slams Australian M113 upgrade programme
A report compiled by the Australian National Audit Office (ANAO) has revealed a litany of contractual and management inadequacies in the troubled programme to upgrade the Australian Army's fleet of M113A1 tracked armoured vehicles.......
ULTRA--any one can give more info.i think they completed in 1996.
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See how JDW--Janes 18.02.2004 reports on Spore defense.Sorry in Chinese.
http://jczs.sina.com.cn/2004-12-02/0808248005.html( 2 pages)
Terrex AV81--a new class of wheeled vehicle that is air-deployable, fast, mobile, reliable, and survivable. It boasts superb mobility with tremendous potential for future technology inserts.
So next time,ST can bid for wheeled IFV!
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Just to remind frens here Spike - anti-tank guided missile is ST product.under Unmanned Systems --Others---- Spike .Displayed in AA 2002.
read the report on Spike ,in Chinese.2 pages.
The Spike have been adopted by Poland ,Holland and Finland(Nokia's home country)
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1. Dummies Guide to Net-Centric Warfare by Brigadier General (BG) Jimmy Khoo, Future Systems Architect of the Future Systems Directorate at C4I Asia Conference Feb 2004
must watch slides,very funnyWhat ?a BG can make funny slides?
2.Why Network Centric Transformation (the topic of this conference) is Completely Irrelevant'.
His tongue-in-cheek discussion of "8 Reasons Why Network Centric Warfare is Irrelevant"at the Network Transformation 2003 conference in Brussels offers an excellent introduction to the pressures driving NCW as an emerging doctrine among the world's advanced militaries. -
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Sg demo a single shot programmable grenade in IDEX (Dubai)2005 Feb.
AEW SS: length 420 mm,width 105mm;height 230mm&; weight 3.3kg(40×46mm low speed programmable grenade.)
JDW 23.02.2005
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Originally posted by lionnoisy:
The Spike is an Israeli system that we're producing
Just to remind frens here [b]Spike - anti-tank guided missile is ST product.under Unmanned Systems --Others---- Spike .Displayed in AA 2002.
read the report on Spike ,in Chinese.2 pages.
The Spike have been adopted by Poland ,Holland and Finland(Nokia's home country)[/b] -
Err whats so interesting about faxcrypt? Its just providing encryption for faxes.
Encryption is very important in terms of data communications. U really don't want ppl who recieve ur fax by mistake to know whats in the contents. -
Originally posted by lionnoisy:
Sound like a new grenade launcher that could be attached to rifle with ability to fire 40mm low velocity ABM grenade!!!!
Sg demo a single shot programmable grenade in IDEX (Dubai)2005 Feb.
AEW SS: length 420 mm,width 105mm;height 230mm&; weight 3.3kg(40×46mm low speed programmable grenade.)
[b]JDW 23.02.2005
2.What is it?Any photo?[/b]
Certainly something new!!!
Even 40mm low velocity ABM grenade is new to me!!!
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Originally posted by lionnoisy:
I think it is the Projected Line Charge (PLC) which is a man-packed portable, rocket propelled minefield lane clearing charge. It consists of two components, i.e. the launcher and container assembly. It is used to clear infantry lanes through minefields.
2.[b]What is it on the top right corner?
see p 5[/b]
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Haha, We have other versions of PLC also. Some of these things u'll never see until there's a war or another large scale army open house.
I don't think the SLAP was a Singaporean invention though. Donno how CIS can manufacture them tho... where we get our Depleted Uranium from anyways? -
I remember being in a live firing battalion attack exercise - and those line charges for clearing mines were used. There were explosive charges at short intervals along the lines - we could see the small craters while running in the cleared path.
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is our SLAP DU?Originally posted by Shotgun:Haha, We have other versions of PLC also. Some of these things u'll never see until there's a war or another large scale army open house.
I don't think the SLAP was a Singaporean invention though. Donno how CIS can manufacture them tho... where we get our Depleted Uranium from anyways? -
29 Sep 2005
read 29.09.2005 STimes p H2.A US patent has been submitted.u wont believe it.
NTU Mine Shoes save lives
The NTU Mine Shoe is able to protect people from landmines by detecting, so as to avoid triggering, landmines. This device is the brainchild of NTU's Biomedical Engineering Research Centre Assoc Prof Franz Konstantine Fuss and research officer Adin Tan Ming. This device will be showcased at a conference organised by NTU's ITTO, as part of the Global Entrepolis @ Singapore 2005.
click to look at the interesting photo.
Legs will lift up in split second when it sense mine beneath.
Kow Tow to inventors to save our soliders. -
Is anybody's SLAP DU?Originally posted by LazerLordz:is our SLAP DU?
Even Uncles Sam's M903/962 SLAP ammo is 'only' tungsten. -
Originally posted by lionnoisy:
Thought this is interesting ... not sure if it's already been mentioned.
[b]
Spike is a jointly developed by Israel and SMART of ST.
Matador, as we know, is a joint development with Dynamite Nobel but guess who is selling it? I find this interesting ... to say the least
http://www.rafael.co.il/web/rafnew/products/brochures/MATADOR_WB.pdf -
someone took israeli product and marketed it as ownOriginally posted by kotay:Thought this is interesting ... not sure if it's already been mentioned.
Matador, as we know, is a joint development with Dynamite Nobel but guess who is selling it? I find this interesting ... to say the least
http://www.rafael.co.il/web/rafnew/products/brochures/MATADOR_WB.pdf
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Mechansied Igla or Igla M113.This is called Weapon Fire Unit.
Both versions ,each have two twin--mounted missiles launcher.
MINDEF's photo,appeared in JDW.
Intergrated Fire Unit of Igla M113.
Igla is intented for three Combined Arms Divisions.
fr STimes 30/07/2005,repeated info.
Called the Mechanised Igla, it is used by the Republic of Singapore Air
Force (RSAF) to shield SAF units against enemy air attacks.
The sharp end of the Mechanised Igla is its Russian-designed Igla missiles -
igla being Russian for 'needle'.
These have a needle-like nose containing sensors which home in on heat from aircraft or helicopter engines.
Igla missiles can destroy aerial intruders up to 5km away,
and flying at a height of 3km.
Each vehicle also carries a 7.62mm machine gun for
self-defence againstenemy troops.
The RSAF uses two versions of the Mechanised Igla and
both will be on show at today's parade.
One has a cylindrical-shaped bin that houses a radar
and the other does not have this sensor.
The Defence Ministry said the radar-equipped vehicle will
send information on air threats to other vehicles electronically,
which helps missile operators know which direction hostile
planes and choppers are coming from, and thus
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Nah ... more like the level of co-operation between the 2 defense industries. We make something and we let them sell it.Originally posted by SMAPLionHeart:someone took israeli product and marketed it as own -
[url=http://www.kockums.com/News/latestnews.html]Sweden “Landsort” mine countermeasures vessels (MCMVs) to be modernised/url]
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My thot that it is for our 32nd Amoured Division.
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Boeing and SingaporeÂ’s A*STAR signs Master Research Collaboration Agreement on Strategic Research Areas for aerospace industry.21, Oct 2005
The agreement between Boeing Phantom Works, the company's advanced research and development unit, and A*STAR will involve exploratory studies in areas ranging from advanced materials to computational science and wireless communications.
One of the interesting projects in
Boeing Phantom Works
The revolutionary A160 Hummingbird UAV will potentially have range, endurance and altitude capabilities unprecedented in the history of helicopter design.
Depending on the mission and endurance required, the A160 can fly 2,500 nautical miles over 24 hours with a payload capacity of up to 1,000 lbs.
Sg will work with one of the best in the relevant fields.
