Hobby - Navy 2035

Navy by 2035

Steel is cheap and even if we still have the money, manpower will always be an issue.

Then why do we still want a light carrier [Link], can we not have the floating air base in exchange for more naval combatants? Valid.

Contrary to popular Hollywood depiction, even with today's satellite technology, it is not easy locating a carrier battle group out at sea let alone a lone enhance defence capable light carrier. In a near catastrophic scenario of a ballistic missile saturation attack on our 20+ runways (Airbases and alternate public roads) and in the event that our ballistic missile defence system [Link] is overwhelm, it's not like we can unplug the whole island of Singapore and move it from harms way... 

Or indulging in the realm of science fiction (now we are talking Hollywood) of a major seismic event of Noah's proportion inflicting upon the island republic...

Or in the apocalyptic doomsday nightmare of an Ebola type of bio-hazard level IV contagion mutating and spread uncontrollably round the globe...

Only if we fail to imagine? The Institute of Mental Health (Singapore) has reserved bed spaces for our kind...

Is it not prudent to have a secondary - our version of a "NORAD", just in case the one at Gombak (is it?) is rendered combat ineffective ?

The light carrier and the two joint multi-mission ships (JMMS) constitute three relatively large and stable survival platforms equipped with medical/surgical hospital facilities, which will at least do some good if in an otherwise horrible misfortune befalling on the nation.

Equipped when we still have the means.

Crazy ?

31 July 2014