Hobby : Navy 2040 (Air - Sea Defence)

Air - Sea Defence ( Light Aircraft Carriers - Mobile Airbase) Version 3.0

Air - Sea Defence : A Sustainable Force

Relinquishment of the Paya Lebar Airbase by 2030 reduces our fighter airbases to only two and having no strategic depth, given the reality of land mass constraint. An alternative is to envision our seas (EEZ and SLOC) as forward defensive extension inhabiting our maneuver elements from the armed forces. Bringing our defenses forward by equipping a force structure that enables a tactical maneuver doctrine from our combined arms of Air, Sea and Land services. By way of strategic defences utilizing the sea as forward extension of land. 

Unmanned / Autonomous Systems augment the reduced quantity of manned assets by way of sensor fusion and big data real time monitoring 24/7.

With the closing of the PLAB, the overall manpower head count is transferred in stages to the future mobile airbases in the form of two Light Aircraft Carrier. With a ramping up in recruitment of Navy personnel and re-training of Air Force personnel to orientate them towards naval aviation, the increase in recruitment of naval personnel with a corresponding decrease in NS full-time and reserves man power, decommissioning of units such as the soldier intensive airfield defence squadron and airfield maintenance squadron, etc. from the Air Force, net manpower numbers remain constant and sustainable.

During normal peace time, only one light aircraft carrier is operating with the Sea-Air Defence Task Force (ASDTF)

ASDTF Combat assets on rotation

The other light aircraft carrier is either in maintenance dock or operating/training in near seas well within our land base air cover. Only when there is imminent flash point will the two light aircraft carriers embark on mission(s).

The Air Sea Defence picture is not complete without including the air assets from the Air Force.

Total Air Defensive Shield

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07 October 2014