Tot I start a naval visits thread.

Recent Zhoushan FFG visit to Changi Naval Base on 10 Dec 2009

http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90783/91300/6838777.html

Is't this ship just returned from policing off Somalia's waters? And popped by CNB on its way back to China?

Yup. Together with Xuzhou and support vessel.

http://en.ce.cn/National/pic-news/200912/2..._20659544.shtml

What's useful is that these are the later JiangKai-II (054A II) Class which I'm sure would have interest RSN top brass.

Thank you very much for the comfirmation weasel1962 :lol:

Zhejiang port is a river port? The water is literally brown! I can imagine the level of sedimentation.. They probably dun need to worry about divers trying to infiltrate the port..

Any idea what is the chopper in the background?

harbin z-9?

probably can get some info on how the Gulf of Aden is like since we're gonna go there soon...

Japanese osumi class helicopter LST (4003) JDS Kunisaki in town recently.

http://www.defence.gov.au/opEx/exercises/p...6603_037_lo.jpg

it'll be cool if a Hyuga popped by :)

Credit to pirate for posting this first. Duplicate for the thread.

http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=55239

USS George Washington (CVN 73)
USS McCampbell (DDG 85)
USS Chung-Hoon (DDG 93)

Too bad neither of the DDGs are BMD capable yet. Would've been a classic retort to the Chinese DF-21 IRBM reports.

The DF-21s have sufficient range to reach SG from Hainan.

CG Shiloh is one of 3 BMD-capable CGs.

Singapore residents tour the USS George Washington

So now we have an excuse to seek BMD capabilities.

According to our Defence Minister Teo's official annoucement, we have been looking at BMD capabilities for quite a few years since the statement.

If i didn't remember wrongly, North Korea test fired some missiles with the range to strike Singapore back then.

Haha, looks like until then, we'd have to request the Pacific Fleet to permanently park one Aegis BMD here. =D

The faster response would be to ship by air, a patriot battery into Singapore from Diego Garcia or Guam. 3-6 hours flight.

Technically, the I-hawk could also be BMD-capable with the TPS-59 (FPS-117) radar.

http://www.smh.com.au/national/rich-navy-j...0819-12s41.html

I believe BMD is already imprinted in the mind of the defence planners.

Looking at the current AA systems like I-Hawk, Rapier and 35mm Oerlikon, it is high-time to replace these aging weapons to meet changing threats scenario. Maybe we will get to see new land-based AA systems in the near future that can take care of attack from CM and BM?

Also, I think Formidable FFGs is designed with BMD in mind and can be fitted with such capability with weapon system that is already available in the market or when a better system become available.

F-15SGs is equipped with APG-63(v)3. According to this article, the US variant "can find and target small, stealthy cruise missiles at ranges great enough to attack and destroy them". If this capability is enabled in F-15SG then SAF will have a total solution against CM and BM attacks, covering all angles with different layers from the Sea, Air and Land.

I have my doubts on the ability of the Herakles to perform BM detection and tracking.

NCADE for F-15s. Raytheon says that it can be operational by 2013. Cheap and may even be credited with an ASAT capability...

The Formidables are totally unable to handle the BMD role. Remember, they're only frigates.

http://eng.mod.gov.cn/DefenseNews/2010-09/...ent_4191173.htm

Chinese naval escort taskforce berths in Singapore

There are 3 pictures in the gallery section of the link.
Welcoming banners with busloads of well-wishers with small China flags. One maybe lead to think that this port is in China....

Chinapore.

It's quite standard to see the little red flags and red banners to welcome PRC ships.