Hobby : Navy - Balanced and Progressive

by 2022 ...

Major milestone :
- JMMS and LST integration complete and operational.
- LMV squadron operational.
- The formidable frigates will be launching the Extended Range Harpoon (250Km)
- Type 218 SG integrated into Submarine squadron and operational.
- Multi-Mission (+ Mine Counter Measure) Heli-ops increased by (x04).
- Integration of the MPA with the unmanned persistent high altitude UAV on going ...
- Roll out of experimental / operational UAV, USV, UHV and UUV platforms...

With the JMMS in operation with the ASW / MCM heli-ops, they will augment the Victory class missile corvettes as the latter prepare to be phased out for decommission. The JMMS can launched UAVs, USVs, UHVs as well as mine-hunting UUVs. The UAVs and the UHVs perform surveillance and detection to cue in the armed multi-mission heli-ops for possible interdiction of surface intruders, pirates or enemy naval combatants. The USVs perform sentry and operate in conjunction with manned RHIBs and multi-mission heli-ops to investigate and possible interdiction of surface threats. The UUVs are deployed to scan for naval mines and working with the MCM heli-ops to neutralize it.

The JMMS is also configured for SAR and HADR missions. The well dock facilitates HADR as well as amphibious combat operations utilizing 30T and/or 70T Fast Craft Landing. In addition, Air Force rotary assets such as medium and heavy transport helicopters as well as attack helicopters operate off its landing deck. Thus one JMMS with one set of crews are able to execute multiple missions staying on-station for far longer periods without the need to head back to port for resupplies, lending a persistent naval surface presence. 

by 2035 ...

 Major milestone :
- Formidable Frigates attained mid-life upgrade.
- Formation of a (x06) AIP submarine squadron completed.
- Endurance 140 LST replaced by new generation high speed LST platform.
- Formation of a 10 + 10 helicopters naval-ops squadron.
- Phased decommissioning of the Victory class missile corvettes completed.
- Progressive build of 8000T Air and Missile defence destroyers on going ...
- Introduction of the first Aircraft Carrier (Light) - RSS Paya Lebar into service ...

Closure of the Paya Lebar Airbase and relinquishment of military land for national development, valued at S$10 billion (2015).

New build of a 35,000 tonnage (full load) aircraft carrier enabling joint air-sea tactical maneuverability, increasing vector options for strike and defense. S$3 billion (2015) new generation AC operates the STOVL F-35B JSF, anti-submarine and multi-mission (+ MCM) heli-ops and Air Force rotary wing assets of medium/heavy transporters and attack gunships. A Search And Rescue naval helicopter is permanently stationed for SAR and HADR operations.

Combat radius of F-35B is 845Km
on internal fuel and w/o air refueling
(from the entrance to the Straits of Malacca)

On station at southern end of the South China Sea
Cruising at 16 Knots takes approximately
one 24 hour day's journey to reach 800Km

The AC is designed Enhanced Defence Capable. An  AESA 14' phased array S and X band radar integrated onto mast superstructure provides volume and horizon search, tracking, BMD discrimination/communication, target illumination, electronic attack/warfare and navigation. Data fusion enabled with carrier group air / missile defence destroyer and other assets, launching anti-air and BMD missiles or even anti-surface cruise missiles, surface or sub-surface launched.

If this can be done, we will potentially have one of the most capable 20' AESA radar
for Air and Ballistic missile defence on station. As we do not have the numbers of
AMD destroyers to escort the AC, so it must " ownself protect ownself ".

Equipped with Sylver A70 VLS (x16) (stern, port side) and Sylver A43 VLS (x32) ( fore, starboard) launching the Aster short and medium range aster-15s and BMD capable aster-30s block2 missiles. In addition, CIWS function is covered by four 150KW high energy fiber laser effectors (x02 fore of island, x02 aft of island), several point defence 30mm guns, 12.7mm machine guns, manned and unmanned as well as two 76mm/62cal (x01 bow, x01 stern, starboard) super rapid naval gun firing vulcano long range (40km) radar/laser guided fin stabilized canard driven KE rounds. EW, chaff and decoy installations provide soft kill defences.

Propulsion and total ship power requirement is achieved by (x02) gas turbine and (x04) diesel engine generators driving (x04) advance induction motors each giving maximum power of 20MW.

The 35000T AC projected power demand of 60.3MW [105,000hp] at full load, thus it is to be equipped with : MT 30 Gas Turbine Generator 36MW [48,000hp] (x02) and MTU M90 Diesel Generator 9.1MW [12,000hp] (x04)

Giving a maximum power output of 108.4MW [144000hp]. Wide margin excess of 48.1MW in anticipation of future upgrade power demand, for example - EM rail gun and higher power laser weapons, etc. Typically at cruising need only to power up one gas turbine generator plus three diesel generators, leaving one each of GT and DG spare.

The AC is build on Integrated Electric Propulsion environment such that all the power generators (gas turbine and diesel gen) produces electrical power which is then distributed to the various ship systems, including powering the induction motors that directly drive the ship propellers. The IEP system eliminates traditional gearbox and transmission clutches and allow a freer placements of the power generators without being constrained by the need of a connecting propeller shaft from the generators to the gearbox/clutch assembly to the propeller.  

Typical load out : (x16) F-35B JSF [04 park on deck], (x03) anti-submarine heli-ops., (x03) multi-mission heli-ops., (x02) medium lift helicopter and (x01) SAR helicopter [park on deck].

by 2040 ...

Major milestone :
- Air / Missile Defence Destroyer squadron complete.
- New build 4000T combatant is progressively coming on line ...
- The formidable frigate is phasing out for decommission ...
- A second Aircraft Carrier is being build to be operational by end of 2050 ...

(x04) Air and Missile Defence Destroyer employs state of the art GaN AESA 14' phased array S and X band radar for volume and horizon search, tracking, BMD discrimination/communication, target illumination, electronic attack/warfare and navigation.

The 8000 ton surface combatant is primed for air defence escort for the aircraft carriers. Thus it has (x48) Sylver A70 VLS installed at the fore and (x32) Sylver A70 VLS installed mid ship. The 80 strike length VLS can launch Aster-30 block2 BMD missiles, Aster-15 missiles as well as the MBDA Perseus supersonic anti-ship cruise missiles (300km, Mach 3). It is also very desirable that the LM subsonic stealth autonomous LRASM (900km, Mach 0.9) may also be launched from the Sylver A70.

A typical mission load out : (x12) LRASM, (x12) Perseus ASM, (x24) Aster-30 block2 BMD missiles and (x32) Aster-15 short / medium range anti-missile missiles.

The AMD destroyer is also protected by (x02) 150KW high energy fiber laser effector at the fore and similar (x02) 150KW high energy fiber laser effector at the aft. An in-coming enemy cruise missile from the broadside will face the wrath of a combine heat energy on target of 600KW instantaneously out to a distant in excess of 9Km. State of the art optical stabilization system reduced aberrations on target. A medium to light naval gun in the form of the tried and tested 76mm/62cal super rapido is utilized more for defence at the bow and broadside sectors and also for engaging in littoral targets. There are two mounted starboard and port 35mm millennium CIWS gun system defending the stern as well as the broadsides. Small calibre 30mm guns and 12.7mm machine guns are placed for all round defence. 

By 2040 Permanent Magnet Synchronous motor (PMM) technology will have matured. Standard of making the motor and the lowered manufacturing cost make agreeable for installation. PMM motor drives greatly reduced power usage to the propulsion system, making more electrical power available for other system use.

beyond 2050 ...

The new 4000T surface combatant will received the electromagnetic rail gun system, a first for the RSN. Employment of the EM rail gun negates the use of anti-ship missiles such as the venerable harpoon because the EM projectile can reach a distance of 150Km at a fraction of the cost. The 100mm equivalent EM projectile launched from the rail gun reached a terminal velocity of mach 7, its kinetic energy slammed onto the target with the force analogous to a 5 ton school bus travelling at 510km/hr ! One can fire several successive rounds (subject to gun cooling efficiency) and it is still cheaper than launching an anti-ship missile in the littoral. The 4000T new generation surface combatant is slated to replace the 30+ year old formidable frigates.

The next aircraft carrier may utilized some of these matured technologies and weapon systems. By the time the RSS Tengah is launched, a good twenty years will have pass for the first RSN AC, the RSS Paya Lebar. It is prudent to have another AC on duty to cover the later when it is due for overhaul and mid-life upgrade.

By 2050, the F-35B will take off from the
 runway of Tengah AB for the last time ...  

 

Force Structure of the RSAF

It is only a matter of time when the Russian S400 Surface-to-Air missile system proliferate in this region. With the S400 SAM, the F-16 and F-15 ... at most stand a 50/50 chance ... with advance weasel EW/attack systems installed may likely buy you a few minutes ... if coupled with Stealth maybe can afford you a good few moments for you to do your thing ...

In a conventional state-to-state all out war over land and seas, quantity has a quality of its own in that one exposed and exhaust your opponents defensive systems using unmanned assets before launching high-tech quality attack. In this sense, unmanned platforms will play an even more important role going forward. Sophisticated unmanned and even autonomous systems will increasingly be integrated into the CONOPS of coming air-land-sea warfare. In terms of manpower planning, seasoned and experience fighter pilots nearing the tail end of their "useful" attributes due to aging (eye sight and pulling 9G's) need not hang up their flight suits just yet, they will transit into the virtual cockpit of a not too distant future world where unmanned attack semi-autonomous stealth fighters awaits their manned pilots gut-feel-instincts-prescient-situational-awareness input into it's neural network and remote flight controls. An ever-ready supply of semi-autonomous unmanned combat air strike assets will lead the swam attack in the opening of an air assault.

Closure of the Tengah Airbase, consolidating the air corridor to the eastern side of the island do away height restrictions in the western side for national development. Consolidating air traffic management and providing concentrated air defence shield in the east. CAB (East) and CAB (West) sandwiched the civil aviation Changi International Airport gives pause to potential adversary, least they do collateral damage of lives and limbs and incur the condemnation of the world body. Relinquishment of military land for national development.

Proposed high rise urban farming. Marrying our high rise building construction know how and injecting new farming technology into the knowledge driven economy. In a food scare not so distant future. It is prudent to secure our food source not only abroad but also in-country for survival insurance.

The Tengah AB land for urban high rise farming, as a national survival imperatives? [Link]

Enclosed climate control technology and know how in farming can be a potential spin-off to drive our high tech knowledge base economy. It may open doors to industries such as space sustainment and exploration missions.

Underground Nuclear Energy facility [Link]

Non fossil fuel energy generation in the form of nuclear energy power plant can be constructed deep underground with concrete and steel double reinforcement. This nuclear energy facility will be sited away from main island, to proposed building it on Tekong island.

Update : Our Army [Link]

10 October 2015