RSN sub simulator

• lionnoisy

  2 Jul 07, 09:16

  The Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN) attaches considerable importance to training – naturally with the help of simulators from RDE. Between 1994 and 2006, Singapore purchased sonar simulators, tactical trainers and a submarine simulation system, making it one of RDE's core customers...
  
  Singapore last year bought a submarine simulator ..

  April 2007--http://www.rheinmetall-defence.com/index.php?fid=4043&qid=&qpage=0&lang=3&query=singapore
  
• Fingolfin_Noldor

  2 Jul 07, 11:32

  Are we looking at German subs soon?
• tankee1981

  2 Jul 07, 13:32

  Originally posted by Fingolfin_Noldor:

  Are we looking at German subs soon?

  Not in near future...most probably we will be sticking with Swedish-made submarines...
• Fingolfin_Noldor

  3 Jul 07, 06:54

  Originally posted by tankee1981:

  Not in near future...most probably we will be sticking with Swedish-made submarines...

  Hmm.. the French Scorpene subs are nice too..
• Gun

  3 Jul 07, 10:57

  Originally posted by Fingolfin_Noldor:

  Are we looking at German subs soon?

  
  Not yet. But SAF already a major customer besides simulator.
  
  Rheinmetall is also maker of the 120mm smoothbore main gun on MBT Leo2 and M1A2. The Americans love it so much that they even request license to make it under the name M256 by General Dynamics.
• Obersturmfuhrer

  3 Jul 07, 11:02

  Originally posted by Fingolfin_Noldor:

  Hmm.. the French Scorpene subs are nice too..

  They may be nice but the platform will present a problem for ourselves in future "friend-or-foe" identification.
• Fingolfin_Noldor

  3 Jul 07, 11:28

  Originally posted by Gun:

  
  Not yet. But SAF already a major customer besides simulator.
  
  Rheinmetall is also maker of the 120mm smoothbore main gun on MBT Leo2 and M1A2. The Americans love it so much that they even request license to make it under the name M256 by General Dynamics.

  Well, it is the best Western gun around... although I wonder how it compares against the Israeli 120mm gun which is slightly different.
• Fingolfin_Noldor

  3 Jul 07, 11:29

  Originally posted by Obersturmfuhrer:

  They may be nice but the platform will present a problem for ourselves in future "friend-or-foe" identification.

  True.. oh well.. we try to get the larger Swedish subs similar to the Collins.
• tankee1981

  3 Jul 07, 17:25

  Originally posted by Fingolfin_Noldor:

  True.. oh well.. we try to get the larger Swedish subs similar to the Collins.

  If i am not wrong the Collins class are the biggest conventional submarines present in the Asia-Pacific region.
  
  Maybe it will not be a good idea for us to have such a large sized submarine as it requires more manpower and higher operational cost.
  
  Further more the sea area which our submarines patrol is no where near that of our Australian counterpart.
• spartan6

  5 Jul 07, 01:27

  Type 212A
• Fingolfin_Noldor

  5 Jul 07, 02:27

  Originally posted by tankee1981:

  If i am not wrong the Collins class are the biggest conventional submarines present in the Asia-Pacific region.
  
  Maybe it will not be a good idea for us to have such a large sized submarine as it requires more manpower and higher operational cost.
  
  Further more the sea area which our submarines patrol is no where near that of our Australian counterpart.

  In theory, the S. China Sea is the most possible battleground near here.
• spartan6

  7 Jul 07, 18:55

  E South China Sea is not suited for big subs in fact it is not e idea place for subs obs at all, but i agree tat it is e most possiable " battlefield" in our region