Sleepyman Clutched February 24, 2009 Share February 24, 2009 Sounds like an April Fool's joke, ain't it? Which scholar's idea izzit? Show of force in anti-terrorist drill New task force displays muscle needed to stop terrorists and pirates from using sea lanes to launch attacks By Jermyn Chow The Police Coast Guard flanking a small boat carrying 'terrorists' targeting an oil refinery on Jurong Island. The aim of the exercise is to put the new Maritime Security Task Force through its paces. -- ST PHOTOS: ALBERT SIM SINGAPORE marked the end of a two-week exercise on combating pirates and terrorists at sea with a show of force in waters off Pulau Sudong yesterday. Thirty-five vessels swarmed the sea, while seven aircraft flew overhead, in a bid to scuttle an attempt by five 'terrorists' to ram an oil refinery on Jurong Island with an explosive-laden sampan. More than 1,800 staff from the security arms - army, navy and air force, the Maritime and Port Authority, Police Coast Guard, Immigration and Checkpoints Authority, and Singapore Customs - were put through their paces in Exercise Apex. How to deal with ferry mishaps, dispose of sea mines and carry out checks on merchant vessels were also among the drills carried out. The flotilla belongs to the Maritime Security Task Force, a new command group set up to marshal a national response to maritime security threats to the country. Yesterday afternoon's display was witnessed by Deputy Prime Minister and Coordinating Minister for National Security S. Jayakumar and Defence Minister Teo Chee Hean. They stood on the navy's patrol vessel RSS Daring, which closed in on the hostile sampan and took down the armed infiltrators. Also flanking the 'enemy' was the Police Coast Guard vessel. The demonstration underscored the task force's attention on small boats - below 300 gross tons, the likes of which were used by the terrorists during the Mumbai attacks last November. About 100 such small vessels - mostly fishing boats operated by one or two people - traverse the Singapore Strait daily. They look innocuous but can be easily armed to hit Singapore's key installations 'within minutes', said Chief of Navy Rear-Admiral Chew Men Leong. Putting the task force in action would allow commanders to 'mix and match' men and machines from the different maritime agencies quickly. Its integrated structure under the Chief of Defence Force meant that firepower from the air force and army can be called upon quickly. The task force staff, who will be housed together at Changi Command and Control Centre by next year, has another important weapon: access to real-time information about larger ships that use the congested Singapore Strait. More than 1,500 such ships, each monitored by a radar network, ply the sea lane each day. It also has sensors to see farther beyond Singapore's immediate waters to the Strait of Malacca and South China Sea, allowing the task force some lead time to thwart pirates or terrorists, said the task force deputy commander, Lieutenant-Colonel Chua Meng Seng. Moving forward, RADM Chew, the navy chief, said that the task force is on the lookout for possible links among pirates, sea robbers and terrorists. 'We need to build a much stronger system to keep constant watch over our waters so that we will be one step ahead of all maritime threats,' he said. [email protected] --- SAF really wayang man... What kind of exercise is this. zzz ↡ Advertisement Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerms Clutched February 24, 2009 Share February 24, 2009 its a honest mistake. lets move on. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blueray Hypersonic February 24, 2009 Share February 24, 2009 have to action action to justify the budget allocation mah ... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solar Turbocharged February 24, 2009 Share February 24, 2009 bro, you left out highlighting this also "More than 1,800 staff from the security arms".. vs 5 terrorist? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Help1 1st Gear February 24, 2009 Share February 24, 2009 (edited) our doctrine is 3 to 1, this is obviously 35 to 1....overkill liao....wayang force...our navy should invest in sampans and not stealth warships since sampan is extreme difficult to be detected by the enemies...sampan a cheap small vessel can "hit Singapore's key installations 'within minutes'" therefore it can hit aircraft carriers, frigates, MGBs as well....arhhh the navy the sun, the sea, the sand, the waste Edited February 24, 2009 by Help1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vega Turbocharged February 24, 2009 Share February 24, 2009 should fire a harpoon missile at the sampan and finish them off. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Four4s 1st Gear February 24, 2009 Share February 24, 2009 35 to 1 is way too little. all for wayang only. more realistic is about 1000 to 1 or preferably 10000 to 1. Haven't we learnt from the mas selamat incident. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josho 1st Gear February 24, 2009 Share February 24, 2009 That also means more then 50 terrorists = press button and report to respective unit. Then those soldier dunno where to go can forget abt going back Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blueray Hypersonic February 24, 2009 Share February 24, 2009 cos our 3G fighting force want to follow US, everything use hi tech and big bombs ... look at US, use B-52 to bomb Viet jungles for years still no results. like the part in Body of Lies where the Jordanian Intel Head explained how things worked in the mid-East : simple communications and trust, US hi tech satellites could not locate where DiCaprio was captured ... we should not everything also embrace what ang moh say / do, should be confident enough to believe our own standards. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Furrynadz 5th Gear February 24, 2009 Share February 24, 2009 (edited) orgy noun 1. any act of immoderate indulgence; "an orgy of shopping"; "an emotional binge"; "a splurge of spending" gang⋅bang Slang. Edited February 24, 2009 by Furrynadz Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blueray Hypersonic February 24, 2009 Share February 24, 2009 maybe our famous escapee left by sampan so now the focus is on sampans ... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Help1 1st Gear February 24, 2009 Share February 24, 2009 lately, MINDEF promote the Wayang force to the public via 30min TV show FULL SPECTRUM FORCE = FOOL SPECTACLE FAUX Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strat 6th Gear February 24, 2009 Share February 24, 2009 should fire a harpoon missile at the sampan and finish them off. maybe too small already, cannot hit lock on the sampan.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doosan 1st Gear February 24, 2009 Share February 24, 2009 bro, at times we hv 2 downgrade ourselves 2 kindergarden status 2 "understand" e wayang2...... we cant screw wayang kulit wit only shadows moving bohon=bluff rite ? we cant borrow real bandits fr jaybee as 1day we may hv 2stay they........... wait until they "tankap" must selamat datang then u know tis is no-wayang2 huh............. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Friendstar Supercharged February 24, 2009 Share February 24, 2009 That also means more then 50 terrorists = press button and report to respective unit. Then those soldier dunno where to go can forget abt going back That also mean that reservist is coming soon. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rncw 5th Gear February 24, 2009 Share February 24, 2009 remember USS COLE (DDG67) in Yemen? a small dingy packed with explosives rammed into the USN destroyer, while she's bunkering...that cannot happen again 17 killed and many others injured.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Clutched February 24, 2009 Share February 24, 2009 What is the purpose of this posting? Are you pre-NS or post-NS? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yoongf 4th Gear February 24, 2009 Share February 24, 2009 should fire a harpoon missile at the sampan and finish them off. "They" come for suicide mission.. and u do them in first? Ironic leh.. Wait ppl complain to cutwaste.gov.sg for wasting 1 Harpoon. ↡ Advertisement Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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