F-35 on SAF shopping list. What are you defending?

[winnipegjets]

MINDEF wants to buy the Patriots urgently but the Americans won't sell. With the IME-Huawei issue, it will be a while before the Americans even consider again. That's why Shamu is in America to repair fences.

 

[steffychun]

MINDEF wants to buy the Patriots urgently but the Americans won't sell. With the IME-Huawei issue, it will be a while before the Americans even consider again. That's why Shamu is in America to repair fences.

Well the US isn't stopping its LCS deployment or basing to Singapore. That issue is nothing really; the family only made it a big issue. In the end, Obama will still smile at Lee.

 

[winnipegjets]

Well the US isn't stopping its LCS deployment or basing to Singapore. That issue is nothing really; the family only made it a big issue. In the end, Obama will still smile at Lee.

Administration and Congress are independent of each other. Administration can't do anything to stop any Congressional investigation. In fact, Congress can toss out the President. Obama may smile, Congress can kick sinkapore.

 

[steffychun]

Administration and Congress are independent of each other. Administration can't do anything to stop any Congressional investigation. In fact, Congress can toss out the President. Obama may smile, Congress can kick sinkapore.

Congress so far has approved all weapons sales to Singapore.

 

[laksaboy]

Congress so far has approved all weapons sales to Singapore.

Singapore is an ally and not a geopolitical threat to America. Of course Congress has no reason to disapprove of weapon sales to Singapore.

 

[Conqueror]

MINDEF wants to buy the Patriots urgently but the Americans won't sell. With the IME-Huawei issue, it will be a while before the Americans even consider again. That's why Shamu is in America to repair fences.

So, has Singapore been scr*wed? -

So how does this all affect Singapore? Well, according to some reports, Singapore has funded Israel's "Iron Dome" Project. It has to be made known that Israel has never really designed any of its military stuff from scratch. It gets all its military tech from US and it simply makes modifications.

The only exception is the Merkava Tank which Israel designed itself. It turned out to be quite a disaster, when put to actual combat, as can be seen when it lost the war to Hezbollah in 2006. As many as 15% of those tanks were annihilated. I wrote about that here - Fallacy of the Mean Israeli Defence Force - Part 2

 

[winnipegjets]

So, has Singapore been scr*wed? -

So how does this all affect Singapore? Well, according to some reports, Singapore has funded Israel's "Iron Dome" Project. It has to be made known that Israel has never really designed any of its military stuff from scratch. It gets all its military tech from US and it simply makes modifications.

The Israelis are using the Patriot system as well. You can bet that sinkapore will want to get Israeli weapons if they can't get it from the US. But it will be more expensive. No free lunch from Israel. Maybe, sinkapore will have to host another visit from the Israeli president as part of the price.

 

[geylangchickenloyangduck]

nah beh....smells fishy like pussy....just bought F15 now end of operational life? WTF? the plane held together by cable ties?

and the F35...sure can work or not? thot its gas guzzler? can fly or not?

nah beh...i think we sink so much money inside project, lan lan have to take...LOL..jus like pay liao must eat the chicken...regardless whether chicken is ur type or not....genna snook by the pimp (USA) liao...

 

[andyfisher]

I think must dig deep and see which kukujiao earning commission on all these weapons deals.

I am not into all these weapon crap, but from the limited googling I did, this F35 is like mrt trains, CMI, got a lot of problems.
so buy for fuck?

spore better off with UAV, knn, most of our kids very good with video games, I am sure they can 'pilot' the UAV to bomb the sultans's istana in jb easily than rely on cock eyed urines to pilot all these expensive unnecessary planes.

the gahment is getting from bad to worst.

 

[makapaaa]

Large Crowd Welcomes Jollibee’s Opening

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Text and images by Sheere Ng @ Makansutra

You would think that the celebrities from the Philippines are here, judging by the snaking queue that started since 7.40am, majority of them Pinoys and taking pictures for one another against the backdrop. But no, what got them jumping for joy was a bee mascot, and the fast food joint – Jollibee – it represented.

The Filipino fast food joint opens this morning at Lucky Plaza much to the anticipation of Filipinos living here. Ms Marites Obien, the first customer in the queue, said: “I waited five years for them to come to Singapore. The fried chicken is very Filipino. The flavour is different from the other fast food joints.”

“Jollibee is part of every Filipino’s childhood. ‘Be good and we’ll go to Jollibee. Study hard and we’ll eat Chickenjoy.’ That’s what every Filipino mum will tell her kids,” said Mr Ian Kristoffer, another early bird at the store.

The first three customers at Jollibee Singapore

The overwhelming response came as a surprise even to the Jollibee’s management. “We planned to open on a Tuesday because we knew Sunday is peak. But frankly, I didn’t expect to see this many people. Apparently they miss Jollibee too much,” says Mr Dennis M. Flores, Vice President & Business Head of Jollibee Asia. He adds that in the past, the company would receive emails every week from Filipinos living in Singapore asking why they did not open an outlet here when they have it in Hong Kong.

Almost everyone ordered the Chickenjoy set. Unlike at American fast food joints where fried chicken is usually accompanied with fries, the preferred sides here were either spaghetti or rice. Another highlight was the sauce, which Ms Obien recommended to eat with the chicken or drizzle over the rice.

If you think Filipinos are the only ones hard up for a piece of Jollibee, think again. Mr Daniel Tan, a Singaporean who worked in the Philippines for several years, came early morning for Jollibee’s spaghetti, which he said he had missed badly.

But another Singaporean, Mr Yeo Jun Jie, who was accompanying his friend and was trying the chicken for the first time, said it was “about the same as the others”.

Mr Flores said the company hopes to learn the food preference of Singaporeans and to satisfy those needs. “We don’t want to limit ourselves to Pinoy customers. We plan to open more outlets. We’ll see what market opportunities exists, and what are the other possible sites,” he said.

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[winnipegjets]

Singapore is an ally and not a geopolitical threat to America. Of course Congress has no reason to disapprove of weapon sales to Singapore.

Until this Todd murder issue.

 

[steffychun]

Until this Todd murder issue.

one murder doesnt make it the end of the world

 

[oli9]

Why is SAF still wasting resources on manned fighter jets? With the same amount of cash, they can buy ten times as many predator class UAVs.

TIOK!!! UAVs is the future!!! So many planes, got parking lot anot?

 

[steffychun]

TIOK!!! UAVs is the future!!! So many planes, got parking lot anot?

Osama wasn't killed by a UAV or a plane.

 

[winnipegjets]

one murder doesnt make it the end of the world

It isn't the end of the world but it sure dilutes US confidence in sinkapore as an ally. There has always been concerns about the coziness between sinkapore and China. Well, now it is out in the open - sinkapore is a conduit for the illegal transfer of US technology to China. There will be repercussions. That's why Shamu is in the US. LHL has to go there too.

Sinkapore has more to lose than the US.

 

[steffychun]

It isn't the end of the world but it sure dilutes US confidence in sinkapore as an ally. There has always been concerns about the coziness between sinkapore and China. Well, now it is out in the open - sinkapore is a conduit for the illegal transfer of US technology to China. There will be repercussions. That's why Shamu is in the US. LHL has to go there too.

Sinkapore has more to lose than the US.

So will they spank Singapore? The US needs the economic and military facilities of Singapore.

 

[winnipegjets]

So will they spank Singapore? The US needs the economic and military facilities of Singapore.

sinkapore is just a tiny dot and has little importance in the grand scheme of things for the US. Mail is more important to the US than sinkapore.

 

[Conqueror]

LHL The Centre Of Attraction

the coziness between sinkapore and China.

sinkapore is a conduit for the illegal transfer of US technology to China.

LHL is another attention whore trying to get both PRC and USA attention that he can be the middleman for everything between China and the USA. Who does he think he is ?