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Has Singapore actually deployed anything? All I've ever seen over the past 20 years is an endless series of rumors and announcements concerning collaboration.
by wahern 5y ago
Has 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 5y 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.