Originally Posted by
Audax
Singapore also has long stretches of straight road parallel to the runways at Tengah and Paya Lebar. However, the buy of F35B may well reflect the vulnerability of runways and road strips.
I suspect its more that they want o be the best equipped in the region - a bit like the Israelis
Tho things seem pretty quiet these days between Malaysia, Singapore & Indonesia - seem to rub along reasonably well - remarkable what having a large noisy neighbour to the North achieves