Singapore closes in on next-generation fighter
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Singapore closes in on next-generation fighter
According to Flight International, Boeing’s F-15T is the favourite to win Singapore's Next Generation Fighter competition.
Singapore’s Defence Science & Technology Agency has completed its evaluation of the F-15T and Rafale and is believed to be recommending the Boeing fighter.
http://www.alert5.com/2005/08/singap...eneration.html
Singapore’s Defence Science & Technology Agency has completed its evaluation of the F-15T and Rafale and is believed to be recommending the Boeing fighter.
http://www.alert5.com/2005/08/singap...eneration.html
Suspicion breeds confidence
Why does that little place need a sophisticated fighter? Surely the Singapore govertment will always be working in joint operations with the Americans and other allied forces who can provide air cover when needed?
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Are you Geoff Hoon in disguise Navaleye?
I seem to remember him saying something very similar about the UK's situation not too long back
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I seem to remember him saying something very similar about the UK's situation not too long back
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Singapore lives in permanent fear of the possibility of an attack from it's neighbours, North and South. Singapore has some sophisticated equipment but lacks manpower numbers so could, a la 1942, be over run again. By keeping the most modern and capable technology within their armoury they stand a chance of delivering a hefty blow severe enough to stop their attacker long enough for some help to arrive. They watch the Israeli example with great interest, (fortunately Israel haven't needed the overt help yet!).
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Team UK may have worked had we been facing the right way when the enemy turned up.
For a supposed 'New Generation Fighter Competition' F-15 it isn't much of a 'new generation' solution is it?
For a supposed 'New Generation Fighter Competition' F-15 it isn't much of a 'new generation' solution is it?