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Hi Ben,
I believe Israel will feel shameful being compared to Spore. History has shown ordinary and elite Israelis staying on to face numerous threats as one people whilst on the otherhand do you think those in the Spore govt together with their stooges will be able to do the same ? Or will these bunch of buggers take the safest route out of the country ? Don’t take my word for it, ask the Israelis themselves to do a poll with Spore NS men.

Just a thought, put a weapon in the hands of all NS men and the Spore govt will know where they stand, even with the enemies at the doorstep.

Malaysian are mostly idiots.
Todate, there are still many Malaysian who talk about cutting off water supply.
Whatever missiles Malaysia have, Singapore just need to use cannon.
Malaysian just need to check with their own Armed Forces how reliable the hardware MAF have.

This is a well known fact in the defense industry. News has been reported many times and even in a book written by a retired Israeli general responsible for arms procurement. Iron Dome is to counter the Avibras multiple rocket launch system that the Malaysia has. The best way to spend Singapore to bankruptcy is to buy unguided stuff like that and then sit back and watch them spend endlessly trying to counter the threat. And the best part of it all is that it doesn’t really have to work!

Your friendly Malaysian

As a Singaporean, I’m abhorred by the inaccurate reporting. The Singapore govt works for the interests of Singaporeans and will never endanger the lives of its citizens by financing projects with the controversial state of Israel. Singapore’s govt is highly transparent and if there is such a project it will have to be approved in parliament and made known to to the public because their lives are endangered.

Also, there is no need for such weapons as Singapore maintains cordial relationship with its neighbors and none will engage in acts of aggression because they are now dependent on world trade and are democratic in nature. The real threat is terrorism and low intensity conflicts which makes it incredible and ridiculous in the Haaretz story that the Singapore govt has up the risk of a real threat to defend against non-existent threat. Buying such weapons will heighten the risk to Singaporeans.

As a Singaporean, I’m confident that this report is rubbish because all my life I believe the Singapore govt is responsible and competent …they will never behave the irresponsible manner describe in this article.

Sleeping with jews is nothing new.

Highly doubtful on the original report, there was only ONE original source article with nothing more to back it up than Singapore and Israel work together, therefore they must be paying for it”

A lot of the other reports just simply repeat the French one over and over with no new evidence.

the columnist should do more in depth research before publishing misguided statements such as “If Malaysia or Indonesia ever want to get at Singapore they need only cut off the water or gas supply.”

Singapore has clearly and repeatedly articulated the policy that any disruption to its water supply would be viewed as a existential threat and a prompt military response would ensue. Given that gas accounts for nearly all our power generation capacity, it is no stretch of the imagination that a disruption in gas supply would be viewed similarly.

Any informed observer will have no doubt that Singapore has the capability to successfully apply prompt and decisive military action.

Given the trend towards precision fires and a networked battle field where indirect fires gain a disproportionately large part of the equation, the rumored iron dome purchase may make sense not so much to defend the mainland, but rather to shield the armored thrusts which will certainly make up the main bulk of any military action undertaken as well as their supporting fire elements from enemy battery and counter battery action.

singapore armed forces HIMARS system is more then a match for the puny AStross of MAF. while the iron dome probably serve to defence critical installations from stray unguided rockets.

Fear-mongering combined with a potential profit: How Sing.

My personal favorite is the video clip that runs in the Sing subway. After a series of gory images of train bombings in Madrid and Mumbai, Sing residents are hectored to be scared and vigilent and to report “suspicious” behavior.

The clip then dramatizes the process with the subtlety of a 1950s juvenile delinquent movie. A teenager boards the metro, and you know he’s trouble because he’s (1) a teenager, (2) has longish hair, and (3) has his shirt untucked.

Lesson: Thank God the PAP is here to protect us!

“The best way to spend Singapore to bankruptcy is to buy unguided stuff like that and then sit back and watch them spend endlessly trying to counter the threat. And the best part of it all is that it doesn’t really have to work!”

I just love your muslim sense of humour.
It would be best written as “the best way to spend on buying useless 8×8 IFV and brings malaysia to bankruptcy, which is the actual case now. Getting poorer and poorer, and defense budget getting lesser and lesser. “Total wipe out” for the para mats were just so close last time. Too bad it didn’t escalate. Too bad….

Regards
Your friendly Singaporean boss