Serious Is Douglas Chua Hock Lye SBF forumner Steffychun?

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Both like to submit articles and post on defence matter, and both know shit about it. In the latest article in Shit times, Douglas is asking whether stinkapore should get the Iron Dome anti missile system in light of the attempted batam rocket attacks. I have already dispelled the seriousness of this so called rocket attack, which apparently, Douglas does not seem to be able to comprehend. By the way Douglas, SIngapore ALREADY HAS THE IRON DOME ANTI MISSILE SYSTEM, you fucking moron.



[h=1]Singapore needs anti-missile defence system[/h]Although thwarted, the plans for a rocket attack against Singapore from Batam show that the threat to our security is drawing ever closer ("Plot to attack Marina Bay with rocket from Batam foiled"; last Saturday).
Arresting the six terror cell members involved, whether they are aligned with the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) or not, will not remove this threat. For every member captured or killed, more will replace him.
The recent terror attacks worldwide, such as in France, Germany and Belgium, show that even with the tightest security measures in place, incursions will occur. We, therefore, need to be more than just vigilant. We need to address aerial threats originating from Batam or nearby waters differently.




Singapore urgently needs an anti-missile defence system, such as the Iron Dome deployed so effectively by the Israelis against incoming rockets from southern Lebanon. Indeed, according to the Israeli Defence Forces, the Iron Dome missile defence system had a 90 per cent success rate in intercepting rockets.
In Singapore, just one rocket will cause unthinkable damage and untold casualties.



We need to outsmart and outpace terrorists with technology and intelligence to keep our country safe.
Douglas Chua Hock Lye

 

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Both like to submit articles and post on defence matter, and both know shit about it. In the latest article in Shit times, Douglas is asking whether stinkapore should get the Iron Dome anti missile system in light of the attempted batam rocket attacks. I have already dispelled the seriousness of this so called rocket attack, which apparently, Douglas does not seem to be able to comprehend. By the way Douglas, SIngapore ALREADY HAS THE IRON DOME ANTI MISSILE SYSTEM, you fucking moron.



[h=1]Singapore needs anti-missile defence system[/h]Although thwarted, the plans for a rocket attack against Singapore from Batam show that the threat to our security is drawing ever closer ("Plot to attack Marina Bay with rocket from Batam foiled"; last Saturday).
Arresting the six terror cell members involved, whether they are aligned with the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) or not, will not remove this threat. For every member captured or killed, more will replace him.
The recent terror attacks worldwide, such as in France, Germany and Belgium, show that even with the tightest security measures in place, incursions will occur. We, therefore, need to be more than just vigilant. We need to address aerial threats originating from Batam or nearby waters differently.




Singapore urgently needs an anti-missile defence system, such as the Iron Dome deployed so effectively by the Israelis against incoming rockets from southern Lebanon. Indeed, according to the Israeli Defence Forces, the Iron Dome missile defence system had a 90 per cent success rate in intercepting rockets.
In Singapore, just one rocket will cause unthinkable damage and untold casualties.



We need to outsmart and outpace terrorists with technology and intelligence to keep our country safe.
Douglas Chua Hock Lye

Why stop at that? We should also invest in the below system

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terminal_High_Altitude_Area_Defense

You never know when a stray ballistic from DPRK will hit us

 

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A Paris-based online magazine covering intelligence and security issues this week called Singapore one of the most important customers of Israel's defense industry, laying bare the active, though secret, relationship between Israel and Singapore that began more than 40 years ago - a statement that comes after years in which Israel censored all local articles on the subject.
Intelligence Online, which is published in English on a bimonthly basis, states that the Southeast Asian island state helped finance the Iron Dome system designed by Israel's Rafael Advanced Defense Systems to intercept short-range missiles and rockets, in exchange for which it is supposed to receive several Iron Dome systems to deploy on its territory.
Even more interesting is the possibility the article raises that Iron Dome was designed first and foremost for the benefit of Singapore - not for the protection of Sderot and the southern communities in Israel that suffered from Qassam rocket attacks and mortar fire for seven years and are still suffering (though Iron Dome is not capable of intercepting mortar shells).
Israeli media have previously hinted at this, but the Defense Ministry has vehemently denied it.
The suspicions were bolstered by the fact that after the system was developed and one battery had been deployed as an Israel Defense Forces base, it turned out that the Defense Ministry had no budget for additional batteries. In that case, why was there a need to develop a system for which there is no budget and which the IDF does not intend to deploy?
According to Intelligence Online, which focuses on arms transactions between countries and corporations and on appointments of intelligence personnel and their clandestine activity, the Iron Dome transaction is the latest between Israel and Singapore.
The Web site, whose articles are available only to paid subscribers, has thousands of readers, including Israelis.
Iron Dome, which its developers said was tested successfully a few months ago, as Israeli media have previously reported, cost roughly $250 million to develop.
One battery, whose production cost is about $50 million, has already been deployed at a base in the south of the country, but so far has not been readied for operational purposes and has not yet been activated.
The anti-aircraft division of the Israel Air Force, which is responsible for operating Iron Dome, is training teams at a base in the north.
They will be operating the system in Israel, with the aim of intercepting Qassam and Katyusha rockets up to a distance of 40 kilometers.
Vulcan-Phalanx: cheaper and more accessible
Intelligence Online also repeats an argument published in recent years in Israel to the effect that if the Defense Ministry had really wanted to protect the residents of the south quickly and cheaply, it could have acquired a cheaper and more accessible defense system than Iron Dome: the batteries of the Vulcan-Phalanx cannon system manufactured by Raytheon.
The land-based version of the batteries, called Centurion, are deployed in Afghanistan and Iraq, where they are used to protect American and NATO forces.
Although Defense Minister Ehud Barak has told Haaretz several times that Israel will acquire the Vulcan-Phalanx system, that has yet to happen.
In other words, the Defense Ministry may have given Rafael a development budget as a way of positioning the project as an Israeli military system that is ostensibly being used by the IDF but is really aimed at improving Israel's chances of selling it to Singapore and other countries.
Small country, hostile population
The cooperation between Israel and Singapore rests on the two small countries' shared sense of being under threat, since both are surrounded by a hostile Muslim population and want advanced weapons systems to maintain a qualitative advantage over their neighbors.
The Intelligence Online article argues that the fight against fundamentalist Islamic terror over the past decade has increased the cooperation between the two countries, as well as their sense of a shared destiny. In recent years, Singapore has confronted threats by Jemaah Islamiyah, a terrorist group that operates in Southeast Asia.
The island state, a neighbor of Indonesia and Malaysia, has arrested dozens of the group's operatives and exposed plans to attack the Israeli, American and Australian embassies, along with ships from those countries. One of Singapore's main sources of income is the Port of Singapore, which claims to be the busiest port in the world.
According to the article, immediately after Singapore declared its independence in 1965 it asked Israel to help it establish an army. IDF officers including Rehavam Ze'evi (who became a right-wing cabinet member assassinated in 2001) and Benjamin Ben-Eliezer (now the industry, trade and labor minister) were sent to Singapore to head large delegations of military advisers, and helped build the army on the model of the IDF. Israeli military representatives have been active since then at the Israeli Embassy in Singapore, which was opened in 1969.
One of the issues the IDF representatives deal with is promoting large arms deals. Transactions mentioned in the article include Singapore's purchase of Barak surface-to-air missiles manufactured by Israel Aerospace Industries and Israel's upgrading of fighter planes belonging to Singapore's air force.
In addition, Rafael supplied drones for naval missions and Israel's Elbit Systems supplied its Hermes drone.
Intelligence Online also says there is naval cooperation between the two countries, and notes that the commander of Israel's navy, Admiral Eli Marom, had previously represented Israel in Singapore.
read more: http://www.haaretz.com/print-editio...-system-actually-built-for-singapore-1.266629

 

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Israel Said to Boost Iron Dome System as Rockets Rain From Gaza

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November 21, 2012 — 4:45 AM PST
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Israel is rushing to increase output of its Iron Dome missile defense equipment after the system proved successful at intercepting rockets fired from the Gaza Strip in an escalating conflict entering its second week, said two people familiar with the plan.
State-owned manufacturer Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Ltd. and Israel Aerospace Industries’s Elta unit, which provides the radar that tracks rockets, have been asked to accelerate production, said the people, asked not to be identified because the plan isn’t public. The Israeli cabinet has discussed additional funding to speed output, one person said.
Israel entered the siege with Hamas this month with four systems, funded partly by the U.S. A fifth installation that had was still in testing at the start of the conflict, has since been rushed into operational use. The sixth battery is due for delivery early next year.

The Iron Dome system, which made its combat debut last year, is designed to shoot down rockets with a range of 4 kilometers (2.5 miles) to 70 kilometers in-flight. Israel has been working for more than 15 years on a shield to protect against the cheap, often home-made rockets and is trying to keep pace as the threats become more accurate and longer range.
Since Nov. 14, 809 rockets fired from Gaza have struck Israel, while the Iron Dome has intercepted 389, the Israel Defense Force said on its website late yesterday. Additional intercepts have occurred since, it added.
Long-Range Rockets

The system is designed to ignore rockets that will fall in unpopulated areas to avoid depleting the supply of scarce Tamir interceptors, with the system achieving a 90 percent hit-rate, the ministry said. Israeli defense officials have said they would need 10 to 13 Iron Dome systems to provide country-wide coverage against rockets.
The latest iteration of Iron Dome also features system upgrades to deal with longer-range rocket threats. In the past, the Israeli towns directly around Gaza have been subject to rocket attack, with Hamas missiles now reaching as far as Tel Aviv and Jerusalem.

The system attracted international interest even before the latest round of fighting began. South Korea has shown interest in the system, Alon Ben-David, an independent defense analyst said. South Korea faces a threat of North Korean short-to medium-range rockets that could target Seoul.
Singapore has acquired and fielded the system, Aviation Week has reported. Singapore is a long-standing buyer of Israeli defense equipment, including unmanned aircraft and Gulfstream business-jet based surveillance aircraft.
The U.S. also has shown interest in anti-rocket systems since military installations in Iraq and Afghanistan came under fire. In February, the Army awarded Raytheon Co. a $79 million contract for the Accelerated Improved Intercept Initiative, the company said in an emailed statement.
Last year, Raytheon and Rafael teamed up to potentially offer a version of Iron Dome in the U.S. The companies have teamed up on the Stunner, a longer-range interceptor to be used in Israel’s David’s Sling defense system.

 

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[h=1]Singapore Buys Iron Dome Radar[/h]A publication on the Singapore Defense Ministry website reveals that Singapore has purchased the ELTA-Made ELM-2084 Multi-Mission Radar



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ELM-2084 Multi Mission RAdar for Iron Dome - iai.co.il
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According to the Singapore Defense Ministry website, the Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) has acquired the ELM-2084 Multi-Mission Radar (MMR) from ELTA Systems.
The ELM-2084 radar is the one used by the Iron Dome system. Singapore Defense Ministry's approval to acquire this radar raises once again the question of whether Singapore has purchased the Iron Dome system or financed its development. No official statement was made by any of the concerning parties that such a deal was made, so all the reports on the matter are, for now, only rumors.
On the other hand, it is possible that the acquisition of the radar is part of the process of purchasing the Iron Dome system. We will have to wait for further reports to confirm this speculation.