After 20 year, the Naval Review returns for the National Day Parade 2020. However, do note that the last maritime review was in 2017 for Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN) 50th Anniversary, although that event was pretty much away from public eyes. This year saw five RSN vessels participating in the event, RSS Endeavour (210)…
Public service announcement, the first round of Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) rehearsal has begun and it seems we will see a five ship F-15SG flying west-east wards across the Padang as it salutes the President. A definite change from before where we always see a south to north overhead salute. Then again, as…
On Jan 31, the Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN) commissioned the last three of eight Littoral Mission Vessel (LMV), ending a ten year programme aimed to replace 11 Fearless-class Patrol Vessel (PV). However, it seems that the journey has not ended for both ships. At the parliamentary Committee of Supply debate, Defence Minister Ng Eng…
A recent interview with a Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN) pioneer had a magnificent backdrop of the Fearless-class patrol vessels. Of interest would be the three decommissioned vessels, Sovereignty, Justice and Independence with its OTO Melara 76mm A-gun removed (see below). It was said that they are re-used for the Littoral Misson Vessel (LMV), but that…
Seen parked at the NDP mobile column, the VAMTAC VSD ‘jeeps’ bears an interesting detail, a red sticker in traditional Chinese, saying right hand drive. What it means is for anyone to imagine 😉
Thanks to the bicentennial year of Singapore’s founding, and the 50th anniversary of the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) armour formation, National Day Parade (NDP) this year is held at the Padang and my favourite mobile column is brought forward a year. This year’s mobile column features 171 vehicles, stringing as far out as 1.3km. Below…
The National Day Parade (NDP) 2019 was marketed as a celebration of Singapore’s bicentennial and with that some notable guests including Malaysia PM Dr Mahathir will be attending. From a defence perspective, we all know that there will be a fly-past and a mobile column, but this year’s mobile column will be a significant one.…
The Republic of Singapore Air Force’s (RSAF) Airbus A330 MRTT arrived at Singapore ‘s Changi Airbase (EAST) today, on August 14, around 1635H. The aircraft ‘761’ departed Spain, and following a 14hour flight, landed at the “initially-thought-defunct” Runway 20L. We look forward to the official unveiling of the aircraft on September 1, RSAF Day.
The Republic of Singapore Navy’s RSS Stalwart Won the Best Fleet Ship Award this year. Minded released some great footage of this ship, including a rare clip of the New Generation Dagaie System chaff launcher firing.Although less than a second, it is still a cool video with the numerous Harpoon launch clips and some good…
The Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) will celebrate their 50th anniversary this year. They will put up one of the biggest flypast this National Day Parade since SG50 three years ago. CnB caught the some of the actions during their first Internal Rehearsal last week. Following the standard State Flag flypast by the Chinook,…
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