The Singapore Warship | How Strong is it?

The Singaporean warships is arguably one of Southeast Asia's strongest and here's why.
Narrated by Tom McKay
Video Edited by Iyanbriandi
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[@BehindAsia]

Just how strong do you think Singapore's Warships are? Let us know down below!

[@royston0125]

would like to see links to sources (not doubting just enjoy looking throught them

[@katprowler6805]

I agree. It's a paper tiger. Look at Israel... they are far stronger than Singapore but having a hard time even fighting Hezbollah and thats even with a blank check given from the US. SG has advanced weaponry but it will run out of missiles and bombs very quickly.

[@teckkeeang4363]

@@katprowler6805mind to share which country are you from? Have you ever serve in the forces? Do you know what is Singapore defence strategy?

[@obiwan6010]

⁠@@katprowler6805Would it be really fair to say that the IDF is having a hard time fighting Hezbollah when the conflict between these 2 entities is only limited to the exchange of sporadic missiles and gunfire along the border thus far?

[@fkh3100]

@@katprowler6805 Singapore is the Israel's student. Yes, Israel is more powerful than Singapore. And we are grateful to Israel that we are one of top 30 military powers. If Israel want frigates, we will help designing frigates for them

[@tommytstang]

I had served in the RSN for 11 years as a Marine Engineering Specialist/ Even in my days, the RSN was formidable with the older equipment and has often held our own against Malaysia, New Zealand, Australia and Britain during the annual nations naval exercises. This documentary also forget to mention that the RSN Submarine squadron and the Maritime air petrol aircrafts

[@snoozkopponwotblitz2507]

Respect

[@ujisusanto8599]

Pesawat tempur di atas gedung x ya

[@dakapil8398]

As a Singaporean, I am more proud we are living harmoniously with our neighbours than i am proud we have a formidable navy

[@tanjoseph8922]

Well said. Proud that we are living in relative harmony in this region ❤

[@Cloud7050]

Even if there are tough aspects like cost of living, one thing I'll continue to be thankful for is the low rates of crime.

[@forcexjr1566]

We are extremely lucky that ASEAN generally has a common consensus that living in peace and tolerating one another is the way to go, unlike the Middle East.

[@mustaffabinhassan8225]

Before Aug 7, we regarded the Israel military as the BEST but they disappointed us.

[@simroysten7963]

@@mustaffabinhassan8225 Most of their ammunition sent to Ukr and US Congress under Trump's control refused to resupply them.

[@Cloud7050]

I feel like we may be able to deal with small threats effectively, but can get easily outnumbered in a true conflict.

[@___Danny___]

we may not be the biggest or heaviest tonnages navy in this region but we are able to make sure every assets we had is operational.

[@gigaslave]

Our Mindef budget is in fact spent carefully, so yes, the guns all work.

[@eatdriveplay]

There are multiple inaccuracies in this video…. Some things are overstated, others are understated. It’s like an AI with hallucinations put this together with flawed data and a big headline just to get views.

[@167mm167]

ha ha ...never mind..just for fun...

[@Philbyyyy]

Most likely AI

[@Eminence_in_shadow]

Is not about hardware & money ~ is about the people 🇸🇬

[@unideath32]

Given the LST years of service and the evolving navy, a new set of amphibious carriers similar to USS American can replace the LST with the recent acquisition of f35b

[@ronaldhee6608]

You completely left out the submarines.

[@rebootmyth8753]

You're just listing \data without actually providing any insight. And you just talked about navy capability without mentioning an entire category of vessels - submersibles.

[@Krisj1262]

When it comes to a 'show down' Singpore bristles with some integrated defence systems that also includes the Airforce and PDF. It will make any aggressor think twice to take us on! Every Singaporean is geared to fight (including our NS). I was one of the first 1949 batch and am proud even now to step forward to defend! I come from a lineage which says ' we can die at six or 100 but to defend your country is your DUTY! '. UNITED WE WIL STAND !!!😊

[@bong9476]

1949! So how old are you now!

[@roychingyunn8423]

A proud singaporean here we got trains everywhere buses nereby places u can buy food which is always below 7 or so dollars and etc i love it here

[@verycursedplane6557]

The Missile is also wrong for the Victory Class. We have the Barak 1 which is less capable than the Barak 8 stated in the video

[@mapperid]

As an Indonesian, I see Singapore as a small country with overkill and advanced military equipment as LKY said Singapore must be a thorn between their neighbors. It harbors major big companies worldwide so they don't mess up with them.

[@chandrasegar9466]

Survival for a tiny island...

[@roychingyunn8423]

Umm i a singaporean so i dunno what u trying to say but umm i respect whatever ur opnion is🫵🏻👍🏻😀

[@ashmarsim]

You forgot to mention our submarines.

[@AJ-eo1cn]

This video is about warship. Which part you don't understand?

[@scht03]

@@AJ-eo1cn Warships are generally divided into seven main categories, which are: aircraft carriers, cruisers, destroyers, frigates, corvettes, submarines, and amphibious warfare ships.

[@ashmarsim]

Don't be rude, it is you than don't understand. A warship is any military vessel and this includes subs.

[@AJ-eo1cn]

@@scht03 Don't just cut and paste from google blindly. 👎👎 Submarine is not a ship. It's a boat. Learn your history.

[@AJ-eo1cn]

@@ashmarsim Whatever.. If you think it's rude ok then. 😂😂 Submarine is not a ship. Its a boat Mr Smart guy.😂😂😂

[@palmtide]

Good analysis.

[@gbsgamingproject7433]

MRCV progam is The design is still an attack ship, I think this is more of a Destroyer type, even cruiser to cruise ships such as the Chinese Type 055, Italian DDX, German F128, and Spanish Destroyer Filht 3, all of which weigh 10,000 tons and above, which obviously have a lot of VLS. Maybe Singapore is still embarrassed to call it a Destroyer because it doesn't want to be said to have started an arms race in Southeast Asia, because none of its neighbors have started a Destroyer program, we all know that Singapore always wants to be the strongest in Southeast Asia and get the new nickname Israel of southeast Asia.

[@GK2OCtroop1Frankie]

Did you mention the SG218 Submarines?

[@paulkami]

As a Singaporean and a military enthusiast, I feel that you over exaggerated the power of Singapore navy.

[@user-jd4tn7yo5f]

Once the MRCVs are in service it won’t be an exaggeration.

[@Dino-pk5hc]

@@user-jd4tn7yo5f yes, you guys are living in 'convenience' ... MRT, BUS, EVEN GETTING FOOD ....

[@lingth]

I think if you look at the size of the navy in comparison to the country's seas and or land mass. I would say it's much better now then before. In the past Singapore dun even have frigate level ships, we only had Missile Gunboats or Patrol vessels..and their anti air is a measly Manpad Mistral shoulder fired missile, or the 76mm gun.. and having 2 or 4 Harpoons. We didn't even have a ship that can launch a helicopter from in the past. So for Singapore to have 6 Frigates with a 32 VLS cells, I would say it's much improved since the 1980s.

[@averydrunkidiot]

@@Dino-pk5hc yeah well being lazy isnt being bad it just makes life easier so you can do something that makes life hard

[@CrossbredmiMiyang]

As an enthusiastic yourself how enthusiastically educated you are ?

[@user-ix6fd8vh6c]

This is something Sarawak should be able to looking forward to preparing for and build up own navy and protect own sea territory.

[@zehahaha603]

Does sarawak not have the royal malaysian navy for that?

[@muhammadafiqsyahmi3408]

ade je...tapi biasela semangat "S2S"😴@@zehahaha603

[@user-ix6fd8vh6c]

@@zehahaha603 Do you think Malaya navy able to protest Sarawak, Sarawak must leave the illegal federation of Malaysia someday if you understand MA63 was null and void.

[@zehahaha603]

@@user-ix6fd8vh6c I have heard of the MA63 constitutional issue, can’t say whether I believe the Malaysian navy can protect sarawak

[@user-ix6fd8vh6c]

@@zehahaha603 Several times in history was Sarawak rangers saving their life this is the real history.

[@sohmingjian]

E Harpoon will soon be replace with Blue Spear ASM, also they carry both Aster 15 & 30, max rng for Aster 15 is 30KM (15km vs ASM) but max rng for Aster 30 is 100+ (30km only vs ASM)

[@MarkzOng]

Shhh .. dun boast, something own self know can already lol.

[@panda63725]

Why are u leaking defense information? Wheather or not ur info is correct or wrong. Is Singaporen so easily spit defense info when watching a KZbin video? Then it is easy to infiltrate Singapore defense by simply boasting your ego.

[@sohmingjian]

@@panda63725 i dun need 2 tell u all this info r avail.

[@hackereverss1]

its not an secret. an simple search on the google, u will find those information already.@@panda63725

[@MetalpigTV]

Singapore has one of Southeast Asia's strongest warships

[@bitubora2142]

China & India laught at corner😂😂😂

[@LimWJ2023]

Not the strongest in ASIA... But strongest in South East Asia In terms of military technology, training and equipments.. Sufficient to protect itself. It should get itself some small aircraft carriers from china to built a mobile mini airbases due to the countries small landmass in the event of long distance missiles bombardment on their land airfields.

[@MetalpigTV]

@@LimWJ2023 Thanks for correcting... edited already :P

[@eddycannon9900]

Sophisticated & stealth anti-ship missile is 1000x cheaper than the slow moving warship

[@philipchan79]

I hope the new MRCVs are 10K tons. The ship will have 64-cell VLS, up to 24 Blue Spear missiles and OTO 127/64 LW Gun.

[@CrossbredmiMiyang]

It should be close to 12k tons but look at the design and model it’s should be equipped with 32 cells VLS with 128 SAM , blue spear missiles, oto gun etc but it will be serve some sort like a landing platform for unmanned aircraft. It’s neither a destroyer nor frigate but a multi purpose or multi role launcher… anyway it will serve to be a formidable force.

[@compounding999]

@@CrossbredmiMiyang when will the new MRCVs be in service?

[@rayray2015]

2030 @@compounding999

[@philipchan79]

@@CrossbredmiMiyang The new MRCVs are confirmed 8,800 tons. So no more 64-cell VLS, maybe just 48/32-cell VLS. No more 127mm naval gun, just OTO Melara 76 mm gun. China navy new 052DL is also around 8000 tons.

[@sergeantblue6115]

From the designs(in my view) it’s basically a constellation class frigate in terms of armament, 1 lightweight gun, 32 vls and 8-24 harpoons. Realistically would be about 16 harpoons for me, unless ur America, nobody is insane enough to put that many on a single vessel, even if it’s big. Also vls would probably not be the mark41 so they’ll stick to the European ones that are not quad packable so still 32 max capacity.

[@justinng4970]

There are some inaccuracies in the video. Picture of RSS Supreme (73) is used for both Stalward and Supreme (which is misnamed). RSS Vigour also has Supreme as it's picture. Mistakes among others.

[@roychingyunn8423]

For those wondering how singapore so rich it is partially cuz it is stationed right between the sea trading routes between india and china so many ships stop here we also maintain good relations with neighbours

[@25foxbat1]

the subs were left out 😮 ?

[@112313]

Compared to the regional navies, yes, singspore naval power is quite good....but Singapore naval power is ill suited for offensive purposes. Its an almoat fully defensive navy, with a brown navy assets.

[@temasek65]

How formidable are the vessels to withstand anti ship ‘Neptune’ missiles?

[@stanislavmarinov]

The Formidable-class frigates have excellent PESA radars to detect the R-360"Neptune", 16 Aster-30 & 16 Aster-15 SAMs to destroy it, an ECM system to "blind" it and Sagem Dagaje decoy system to "deceive" it. In total - 4 layers of defense.

[@Notsosmartyetnotsostupid]

For show only as a deterrent. Singapore cannot get into a war. Its safe haven / hub status needs to stay out of conflicts.

[@michaellee3314]

Not sure what you are talking about. Definitely not for show only. What if deterrence failed? And who say we cannot get into a war? Are we not training very hard for it. We may not want war but what if it finds us and we got not choice?

[@steve-iw2bg]

Aster 30 range is 120km aster 15 is 30km

[@lordarcadius]

Barak 8 is developed by India & Israel jointly.

[@CCLow-jr7um]

How is it the 6 submarines they have are not mentioned?

[@mingtang2680]

subs are highly classified

[@Aeyo]

Singapore doesn't have powerful navy but Singapore has powerful people.

[@WasLostButNowAmFound]

Hardworking people.

[@chandrasegar9466]

No money... no talk...

[@___Danny___]

do you know we don’t have OT pay , not everything is about money.

[@167mm167]

ha ha ...

[@oceanbreeze89]

To have a strong military, your country has to be trustworthy and a longstanding US ally. In this regard, the US will be willing to sell their technological advanced weapons to your military.

[@ejt2287]

It really depends, our weapons are sourced from all over the world

[@benganchan1420]

White men speaks with forked tongue said a native chieftain in 1840 as the american army stole the native lands. It was euphemistically called the frontier wars america continued stealing diego garcia in the indian ocean and guam in asia and hawaii in 1899. america in 2024 is planning to steal the island of taiwan 🇹🇼 ( it was proclaimed republic of china in 1949 ) from the chinese people descendants of land thieves anthony blinken , joe biden speaks with forked tongue like his predecessors in 1840. It’s becoming a bad habit.

[@entrydenied]

@@ejt2287Also make our own

[@avipant3467]

I don’t agree so

[@fabianeng8605]

You left out the subs.

[@rumasg]

What about the submarines

[@jasonlim2536]

Plans also for a vessel for the F35s.

[@reybombay4095]

You can tell if a country is rich by the size and quality of its military forces.

[@whiskeytango1744]

Had a chance to see one of the LST docked for Fleet Week. It was a very impressive ship to see. Well thought out and had much capabilities. They also build them from the ground up. Most respect to them and their Navy.

[@SShiJie]

I sometimes imagine Singapore to have an Aircraft Carrier (I know its impossible because of Maintanence)

[@kokhowe]

Not just maintenance, but the support ships needed to protect the aircraft carrier will be too costly for Singapore to handle.

[@Clipsdiscover]

We also don’t need one

[@raytan1661]

Will also spend more good salary on these talented personnel with promotion regularly😢

[@kokyihong]

probably wouldnt say "... one of the most powerful in all across Asia..." :x Asia is huge .... but it is always better to live harmoniously with our SEA region neighbours.

[@chandrasegar9466]

Fine ..narations..how long can we last in war situtations..isnt manpower an issue..retrain our retirees and make us feel wanted ...am fit at 74...could be the last trigger...worth it...

[@nickooi2072]

because all its neighbor are not Warlord like the west esp USA. Singapore are just lucky to have kind and tolerance neighbor in South East Asia.

[@ultimaxed8239]

You sort of forgot Konfrontasi, Indon pirates, Mahathir and his countless shenanigans and many more

[@aave865]

You missed out the submarines

[@teonghaipoh9361]

More powerful wepon can protect country 😊 very important got good leader and grovmemt officer

[@JoshuaHoe]

6:29 B Dog class 😂😂😂😂

[@maggottyblackie]

Can I just tell Behind Asia team, it's Singapore Dollars..Not Singaporean Dollars.. and its Singapore Navy, not Singaporean Navy.. we don't call SAF Singaporean Armed Forces.. same logic..

[@tre_techie]

Maybe buy a few carriers and tons of fighter jets since it is so rich?

[@muhdnasriii5468]

i dont think carriers are needed for sg since its small and the airforce fleet should be more than enough to defend sg as well

[@LimWJ2023]

Good suggestions.. They can purchase small carriers as mobile airbases to backup due to it's limited landmass in the event of a sudden long distance missiles bombardment.

[@danielc2701]

@@LimWJ2023 Who's going to defend it if everyone is serving on the carrier? It's a bad idea, and not even new. Thailand has an aircraft carrier but no one gives it any respect now do they? Most people don't even know about it! Aircraft carriers are not deus ex machina solutions, you can very easily fuck up with carriers too.

[@danielc2701]

Oh goodie, we can be Thailand number two. Go look up what happened to their carrier.

[@novavortex7763]

I hate how everyone talks about how good we are, and rarely ever talks about how shit some stuff can be. live in this place long enough, you'll start to see a lot of flaws.

[@justfantasic]

Singapore has a navy too😊

[@DreamyCheshire-up9rf]

Yeah. It's navy is even stronger than Taiwan. A much bigger island.

[@jimbaranresidence8]

Helo... dun talk loud... if the military strength is strong? Y open flood gate for FT? Do ur HW on the boys SHRINK for the last 30yrs..... Even SG born but their parent r FT, wats makes the total defence commitment?

[@charlestanch9360]

Bedok-Class Mine countermeasure vessels - Bedok should be pronounced as BUR-DOKE

[@victorwee2145]

Submarines…….?

[@sureshpillay1187]

Singapore is world class

[@engchoontan8483]

Implementation failure and not dependable = individuals

[@worldview2888]

I am from Singapore and CHEERS to this video

[@twnll]

We need a mini aircraft carrier

[@danielc2701]

Yeah, we can buy Thailand's second hand /s Don't do stupid stuff, just because aircraft carriers are spectacular does not mean they will always work. Thailand has an aircraft carrier yet no one is thinking that the Thai navy is dominant in the region.

[@dustbean]

what you see is what our government allows...its what you dont see by Singapore Technology

[@angpeter1075]

SG navy..quality over quantity

[@kevintony4652]

Bro can u do a video on Indian Navy

[@clothokaftan]

it should be noted that the members of the ASEAN coalition are not competing with eachother and are not at odds with one another, we're all militarizing because of our mainland neighbor who doesnt know when to stop bullying and somehow forgot why we're called the "first island chain defensive line", so now its time to remind them of that reason. to china: if you "fafo" then dont blame us for whats coming. in the background: 7th fleet aggressively playing fortunate son* sidenote: considering how much of a joke china's rocket force is and how china actually publicly declared war on graft, the situation in china is so bad that they likely dont have any chance of doing anything. their navy and army cant advance without their rocket force since the whole point of their rocket force was to suppress land based defensive installations to make land invasions not turn into a turkey shoot. which i kind of find funny since most of the defenses we have are mobile, not static targets, and china's rocket forces dont have smart missiles that can track moving targets across hundreds of kilometers, not that it would matter since they're all filled with water, kudos to the chinese soldiers who thought to syphon rocket fuel to cook stew. lmao they have such outdated ways of thinking, typical of russia's unruly stepbrother.

[@bong9476]

You're certainly worried about a JOKE of an enemy duh! No?

[@studboy2456]

They ain't using harpoons now.

[@___Danny___]

We still have and still using but they are in the process of phasing out.

[@EdwinTSY]

the last frigate is called RSS Supreme.. not stalwart

[@danielc2701]

And when they upgrade it, they'll be calling it the Super Supreme! lol.

[@enkh3897]

I believe Singapore should consider destroyer class ship. Our country is small do not need cruiser, battleship or aircraft carrier. But destroyer might be useful in some area for the near future.

[@MrDebmey]

not necessary, the frigates are just as good, we don't need to deploy far out

[@philipchan79]

@@MrDebmey Yes, we need to deploy further out.

[@MrDebmey]

@@philipchan79 what for? how far out?

[@DreamyCheshire-up9rf]

​@@philipchan79Isn't the range of 3500 miles of the frigates, far out enough for tiny Singapore ?

[@philipchan79]

@@MrDebmey To protect Singapore's sea trade route and escort important ships.

[@user-yn6ki5kp9b]

Man i live in Singapore ☠️

[@user-yl1ne1jh1v]

先进的武器是优势,然而,真正的优势是人民,战争的真正偉力在人民,全国人民上下一致抗敌,不畏侵略者,打退侵略者,这才是正道.

[@muhammadyusuf-mx5lb]

When you have money things were easier to create and maintenanced ..

[@1liner]

Singapore is very good in bragging or salesman talk in almost everything

[@danielc2701]

.... ....... ........... You do know the ships are French, right?

[@sikhandtakerakhuvar3372]

25 knots is awfully slow for a frigate.

[@midsaid2161]

Im a malaysian and have no doubt that singaporean navy is strong but the way u explain n exagerating the strength of singaporean navy like we malaysian, indonesian, philipine and thailand only have medieval warships. Singaporean navy is strong but not that kind american navy strong😂

[@philipchan79]

When will all the 5 Maharaja Lela-class frigates be fully operational ?

[@midsaid2161]

@@philipchan79 wait let me call n ask the malaysian navy general u bastard

[@WasLostButNowAmFound]

Malaysia's biggest threat will always be Indonesia. That is the truth. Five Power Defence Agreement is just for that.

[@simroysten7963]

I guess Singapore is arming to the teeth because I am told they have some stupid neighbors who are under the impression that it is very easy to overwhelm by just using long range artillery. The one problem they have to consider is this. "Where the hack is the response coming from"? What I think Singapore have are "Earth Satellite Stations" in various friendly countries which can communicate with the Singapore Satellites on low orbit 24/7. Also the roaming submersibles in close proximities. A Singaporean friend also told me, that all their air patrols are long range and accompanied by air tankers and early warning CAC aircraft. Also most of their air assets are equipped with electronic jammers.

[@tkdhanesh01]

Great! Unless they encounter the super sonic brahmos !!!

[@LimWJ2023]

What They have are enough to protect itself in SEA.. Unless India had evil intention of annexing singapore😂

[@___Danny___]

Imagine when they are grasping for oxygen and we are the one who donated to them . Now they want to return us with their brahmos 😆😆 See , we shouldn’t welcome these ceca into our island.

[@lord_raindrops237]

Bro really pronounced Bedok as bee-dock

[@ryanzhangjunxi]

"strong navy" Singapore has: 0 aircraft carriers 0 cruisers 0 destroyers Yes very powerful.

[@JustOnce-qw9jz]

I find it quite offensive when you say; "toe to toe, to it's neighbour"; and you even show a logo of Philippine Navy when the reality it is more like the Philippine Navy has no match against the Singaporean counterpart😅

[@gangstagummybear3432]

Who needs a navy when if anyone dares, you have to answer to the US?

[@paranoya733]

@@gangstagummybear3432 Singapore only need to come out with better deal for US to leave the philippines since singapore have more bargaining power.. easy peasy

[@robertfernandez9135]

@@paranoya733 Yes but, the pact between US and PH isn't about money, it goes way back with history including the world wars. And US won't be leaving PH soon because if they do, China will be free to do whatever it wants which I think the US don't want.

[@MalaysiaBoleh448]

ofcrz Sg cannot mention the nearby neighboring country like indonesia and malaysia . coz for sure SG no match with them😂😂

[@paranoya733]

@@robertfernandez9135 That historical pact was based on context of WW2 to keep an eye on Soviet & Japan, now it's a different context you know how the chinese import their energy?? What strait the chinese pass through?? Malacca Strait, when u think of war think of Chinese fuels on how they need to run their ships & fighter jets, if US could block chinese fuels in malacca strait they'll no longer need your area, it's cheaper for the US to not just blocking energy for chinese military but also chinese basic needs... that will impact more on china, but off course singapore won't be that stupid, but that's the power of bargaining that singapore has compared to the philippines

[@benganchan1420]

afghanistan is an asian superpower, it defeated tang dynasty china in the 9th century , defeated britain in the 19th century , defeated russia in 1987, defeated america in August 2021 . afghans defeated their enemies by wearing them out in the field , russia lasted 10 years while america was worn down in 20 years of fighting Defeating four erstwhile enemies is a neat military record. Small countries can learn from afghans how to bully big countries 😂😅😂

[@___Danny___]

didn’t realise afghanistan navy is so strong 😆

[@desmondkwang5945]

@@___Danny___Afghanistan is so poor...so poor that the invaders have no reason to stay

[@raymondtay3532]

I think Singapore should buy a China 055D Arms with Rail Gun, Laser systems and powerful missiles. 💪💪👏👏👍👍💯💯♥️♥️

[@LimWJ2023]

Along with the China's small carriers.

[@Nothingmore1313]

Pls…. La, Quality is not assured. 😮

[@lijmes]

You dont need a navy to win a sea war. You just need strong relations with The USA. Just ask Ukraine...

[@danielc2701]

So... when did they win the Ukraine war?

[@avipant3467]

Not necessarily required to have good relations with US

[@orlandobangayan8178]

That's what you think..!? Kidding me..! Don't be arrogant...! ☠️🇵🇭⚔️🇺🇸💀

[@Wrv_1313]

You should consider making a video on Indian navy

[@providencez9496]

Having good equipment is useless when singapore soldiers are meh..

[@thulomanchay]

Little people want warships to be the most powerful invincible warship that have every country is afraid of it. That's not how it works. To each country its own. Requirements, affordability, operational capabilities, maintenance costs, and practicability are some of the aspects that should be considered by individual countries, not the opinions of lay persons.

[@stormysky5177]

attrition and replacement rate of assets is the key. the rest rubbish.

[@danielc2701]

Name me one navy that can replace ships easily? Even China needs a year to replace a ship from scratch and you can easily lose a ship within a week or less in heavy combat. Heavy equipment have ALWAYS been hard to replace, which is why you end up fighting with your existing stockpile, not possible future construction. At best, comparing to WWII, you can only replace about 5 traches of ships x number of shipyards you have.

[@alexsuimingtay252]

Wow, more powerful than SK, JPN sdf and, PLAN. Big applause to you Singapore

[@lfaverby]

No doubt the ships are good, but the frigates is not among the strongest.

[@fkh3100]

Yes, our Navy is one of the strongest in Asia. and we have technological expertise.. We have proven that we need just 80 men to man the La Fayette Frigate. and French admiral were impressed by our talents. French frigate normally need 100 to 200 men We are going to have Joint Multi Mission Ship (JMMS) which looked like aircraft carrier ,and will carry F-35B aircrafts and helicopters. We have money but lack qualified manpower necessary to have strong navy . Our young Singaporeans cannot take hardship , and want to have easy life..

[@Callsign-Blade_RunnerSG]

⁠ With your government’s half hearted attempts in dealing with companies discriminating practices in improving the lives of working parents, I doubt the local general population would be convinced to have children if any at all… ​​⁠ The biggest defence should be to INCREASE YOUR local BIRTH RATES first.

[@panda63725]

And you should not say anything about the defense information on KZbin. If you are PoW, you will say anything not by torture, but by boasting your ego.

[@munster1404]

Hardware : weapons vs software : soldier mindset are very different concepts. I can tell you for sure that I will try to run if I sniff even one whiff of war. Even if I cannot run, I wouldn't put myself fully into the fight. And yeah, I served 9 years in the Singapore Navy. But I'm not a patriotic person. I work because I get paid. The Singapore Armed Forces paid for my education, I paid them back with my time.

[@siddarthgrewal]

Did MINDEF tell you you???😂😂😂😂😂

[@jackt1400]

I never know our navy is one of the most powerful in Asia, on par with Japan, China and Korea 😆

[@ryokolynn6948]

Don't ask for much....just compare to India navy ( another asian country ).....Singapore so call 'Best' frigates (Only 6) .... can deal with India's currently operational ships like ...2 aircraft carriers, 1 Ballistic missile submarine (SSBN), 12 destroyers (9 are operational after year 2000 ) and 12 frigates .... so STOP boosting ....Singapore navy is very weak in Asia !

[@LimWJ2023]

Singapore's navy is only for protecting itself against aggressor.. Not to attack others or provoke others. In Asia it is not the strongest.. However In SEA.. they are strong enough for it's own survival against aggressor from that region.. I think the video exaggerate many areas. If you are comparing Singapore with countries that had nuclear military technologies, hypersonic missiles and stealth fighters... That's wrong category to put Singapore to compare with. It is not realistic for Singapore to join countries like China or US in the quest to be a superpower and they only purchase to upgrade their arm forces according to their defence needs in the region so as not to create an arm race or panic among it's neighbours. Maybe you can compared India with countries that had the same arsenal as India.

[@colorpeace-fo1sp]

Not all countries in Asia made it to the list of the World's Strongest Navy In The World 2023 but Singapore is listed among the 36 countries.

[@ayushmantyagi7156]

second comment

[@00mpa1oomp4]

Award de de tere ko???

[@kwpf]

By saying Singapore's Navy can stand toe-to-toe with the Philippine Navy, I started to doubt your information.

[@potatopotato175]

yea i know right.. Singapore's navy is obviously way better than the Philippines Navy

[@bennysamuelkoh9463]

Why not...in terms of quality and 5th generation technologies

[@robertfernandez9135]

​@@bennysamuelkoh9463Simply because Philippine Navy is weaker than what the singapore Navy have. With all those ships I think I agree too🤣🤣🤣

[@gangstagummybear3432]

@@robertfernandez9135 There is no proof of what is "stronger" or not, neither is truly tested in any real world war scenario, so all of these "new ships" and your thumbs ups means nothing, if SIngapore's supposed "military superiority" over PH's is proven with actual substance, which has yet to ever have hapened.

[@robertfernandez9135]

​@@gangstagummybear3432 Boy you can measure the strength of one country's military by the military equipments, resources, etc. they have. You saying you can't when they are not tested in real world is just wrong. This kind of measurement of military strength is measured by how much military assets do they have over another country. The one you're saying is another way of measuring the strength of a military in "ACTUAL" combat.. LOOK AT THE WAR IN UKRAINE, comparing what Ukraine and Russia have, Russia is a far superior in terms of military assets. The only thing that saved Ukraine is that they were bullied and were given aid by other countries, and of course Russia being sanctioned by a lot.

[@anasqai]

I plan a war defence type of rounding outside sg, to create ration delivery too by turns when at the point of creating ration - sea: n to e, e to south, s to west then west to north. Hard to think of no boating or "leaders first", life is gone like that. About marina sq said as when open all wear of japanese army is still not told. Then by common sense the ppl helping cant be illegal immigrants too. Heard actually no malays in s.g n ppl been pretending, even able to let attacker know somehow.

[@user-hj1zj2fr8r]

All these videos made depicting how strong Singapore armed force is are made by foreigner. I wonder how this video editor got that USD770 billion asset under GIC when the Singapore government do not disclose asset amount under GIC due to national security. Kindly stop making this kind of video just to get your views and money but making our neighbours feel uneasy. Good money for you but ill effects suffer by Singaporean. This is not good.

[@avipant3467]

True sya

[@chanpeter6944]

can spore go to war? Any experience in war field?🤣

[@SuzushimaChin]

We also have submarines❤

[@got.to.beleive...]

Oh may God!! They can have the Warship Warplanes Submarines Tanks Hmats, BUT THE QUESTION , DO THEY HAVE ENOUGH MANPOWER??? HAHAHA...

[@danielc2701]

Enough. Conscription for countries gets you insane amounts of manpower. Their reserves are actually on the same scale as the whole US armed forces, 1 million men. People tend to massively underestimate conscription.

[@System0Error0Message]

Singapore can use the warships to expand housing because of its limited land area /s

[@chandrasegar9466]

Bring in more people..land no care..money3

[@danielc2701]

lol I take it that someone has never heard of "accommodation ships".

[@System0Error0Message]

@@danielc2701 ofcourse, but when a navy ship goes obsolete, turn it into housing instead.

[@taipangwong356]

Strongest in the world. Thanks Singapore Tourism Board for propaganda.

[@Callsign-Blade_RunnerSG]

No offence, this video is a whole lot of bull….! ​​⁠ Yeah sure, With vocations staffed by PRs or foreigners whom will migrate after completing their mandatory national services. 😳🤣 The biggest defence should be to INCREASE their BIRTH RATES first. With their government’s half hearted attempts in dealing with companies’ discriminating practices in improving the lives of working parents, I doubt the local general population would be convinced to have children if any at all…