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Footage of Israeli defenses vs. rockets around Tel Aviv [video]
- notadev 6y agoThis system that Israel uses to intercept rockets is called Iron Dome. Fun-fact: Israel helped Singapore set up a similar defense system due to the potential threat of surrounding nations, notably Malaysia.
- wahern 6y agoHas Singapore actually deployed anything? All I've ever seen over the past 20 years is an endless series of rumors and announcements concerning collaboration. I know Singapore has extensive relations with Israel regarding more mundane activities--training, arms, etc. And they both have good reasons to nurture rumors that their collaboration is more sophisticated than it really is. Israel because the mythos helps them sell more traditional weapons systems; Singapore because to the extent they can appear as militarily superior as Israel in the Middle East, Singapore's neighbors are less likely to attempt a serious arms race. I think for similar reasons Singapore likes to train extensively with the U.S. and Australia, where they station several of their own air wings. Both those nations have top-notch professional armies, and Singapore rightly has a good reputation AFAIU, but I suspect the image is at least as important.
- csomar 6y agoThis guy on Youtube did a comparison: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-hrbdsOP-E https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-hrbdsOP-E Singapore comes out on top, but I'm not sure how credible he is.
- heraclius 6y agoThe report mentioned in Haaretz (https://www.haaretz.com/1.5053685 https://www.haaretz.com/1.5053685) was plausible but by no means incontrovertible. Malaysia is not necessarily more threatening than Indonesia so it’s rather unclear why you mention it in particular. Indeed, Indonesia bombed various things in Singapore during the Konfrontasi period, whereas Malaysia has never done anything like that. (Well, I’ve heard rumours of actual hostilities about some islands supposedly from a relative in the army, but either way both sides have kept it very quiet if that did happen.) I don’t really see the point of an iron dome system for SG: Singapore can hit KL or Jakarta in a matter of hours (if that), their relatives shop and children go to school at international schools in Singapore, there’s a big American base, if Singapore gets hit they’ll immediately end up in a terrible recession, etc.
- notadev 6y agoThere's not a big US base. I used to be stationed there. There is a logistics command, CTF-73, and more recently (past decade) some LCS rotational crews call Sembawang/Chagi Naval Base home. Singapore owns the wharf where the logistics command resides, as well as the old black and whites used by the US military. To your point of it being intended for Indonesia over Malaysia, that could be the case. I was going off of heresay about Malaysia being the threat . It seemed plausible since some sensitive positions are still off-limits to Singaporean-Malays during their NS.
- heraclius 6y agoIt’s not that Malaysia isn’t a threat (there has been sabre-rattling too, e.g. in 1991 when the army was mobilised in response to a Malaysian exercise)—just that it’s not only or most important one. Merely geographically Indonesia is probably in a broadly comparable position to try to blockade Singapore to that of Malaysia. There are fewer e.g. Javanese citizens of Singapore, and many Indonesians assimilated to a Malay community principally associated with Malaysia and not Indonesia if anything, so fears of dual loyalty do not tend to focus on Indonesia; for example many Malays will have Javanese ancestry. Changi is not, as you point out, really a big US base, but I imagine that putting strategically important thingums for the US Navy at risk would not be regarded well in DC which, (inter alia!), would deter Malaysia and Indonesia. It would also hurt US economic interests regardless because of the port and various investments, so I suppose the US Navy might not even be terribly important.
- tibbydudeza 6y agoAfaik the Gaza rockets are just homemade flying pipes with no guidance (Iranians/Hezbollah keep the good stuff not to escalate the conflict). Costs $800 for the Qassam vs $40,000 for Iron Dome missile.
- simplyaccont 6y agoThey have also some Iranian rockets. Also they had some "tech transfers" from Iran/Hezbollah to improve targeting. This probably working as it looks like they targeted power plant and hit it's fuel storage tanks
- tibbydudeza 6y agoThe rockets are meant as a psychological weapon rather than a means of warfare. Hamas don't care if 90% are destroyed by Iron Dome or the 10% land in empty fields or cause little damage.
- simplyaccont 6y agoThose rockets really explode and kill people. Make holes in buildings. There is already a bunch of dead people and few tens of wounded. The only reasons that numbers are low it's that Iron Dome intercepts majority of rockets and that building code requires in every apartment bomb shelter (and in every commercial building )
- tibbydudeza 6y agoNot denying that but the main aim is to terrorize.
- simplyaccont 6y agoWell, killing people is great way to achieve it.
- jessriedel 6y ago
- CommanderData 6y agoInstagram is censoring and banning accounts that highlight the atrocities happening at the hands of Israel. I've heard little about the 10+ children killed by Israeli airstrikes in the media. Insane.
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- csomar 6y agoLet's try to keep politics aside from this one.
- makeworld 6y ago... what?
- csomar 6y agoIt's a very hot political topic; but I made this submission about footage of the rockets not what happening on the ground.
- digikazi 6y agoFair point
- CommanderData 6y agoWhat a strange construct. The article is about war by an Army associated with war crimes. Let's keep it relevant to the article and discuss said army.
- csomar 6y agoThere is no article. It's a video tweet. You can make a different submission.
- digikazi 6y ago