01 October, 2016

HDB - Home


Thought my house rather old, dirty and untidy until you see this architect's home.

The re-purposed dinning table from a disused door.

The broken glass pane folding door ... 

Who cares about rustic industrial Scandinavian modern country retro urban eclectic...

最高进阶 - 

Lovely, because it is home.




01 October 2016

12 July, 2016

Hague's South China Sea Verdict



The next 70 years will depend on what we do now...

We have been there ... it was like white birds flying against a terrible black sky.

You can forcefully illegally kidnap book publishers,

You can jail hundreds of rights lawyers,

and You keep salami slicing Your way through the seas with your disguised Fishing Militia in all but name.

Dmitri Shostakovich had been there, he knows you too well

for the next 70 years ...

It will be a terrible black sky indeed.


12 July 2016


19 June, 2016

Hobby - Updated Force Structure (towards 2050)

Achieving a 32 combatant navy


Air - Land - Sea combat cover



Down Select:


High Speed Aero Medivac



Back to basics - Helicopter 101
Troop Carrying Capacity : 30 (not including crew)
Ramp Door : Yes
Internal Vehicular Load Carrying Capacity : Land Rover equivalent (x01)
In one sortie, an Infantry Company can be lifted by 3.5 helicopters, compared to the present 5.




Heavy Tactical Heli-Lift


Heavy Transport Helicopter
Troop Carrying Capacity : 60 (not including crew)
Ramp Door : Yes
Internal Vehicular Load Carrying Capacity : Land Rover equivalent (x02)
In one sortie, an Infantry Company can be lifted by 2 HTH helicopters, compared to the present 2.5.



Unmanned Combat Helicopter - 50% of the next gen Apaches may be unmanned
working in tandem with its manned counterpart and/or remote semi autonomous.
Integrated with the F-35 Distributed Aperture System (DAS) for all round 360 degrees
 situational awareness for both manned and unmanned versions


Replacing the present F-16C Squadron 01 : F-35A

Replacing the present F-16D and F-16D (block52+) Squadrons 02 and 03 : F-35B


Replacing the present F-15SG Squadrons 04 and 05 : F22G6 Raptor
IMHO, to keep cost within sanity limits, let's stop reinventing the wheel, we are looking at the next generation fighter today ( 6 gen ) . The thing is, we can name it six gen or call it whatever we want.

It is paramount to restart the F-22 assembly line and integrate the F-35 sensor fusion suite into the F-22, turning it into the F-22G6 (6 gen air superiority fighter).

The F-35 was design to work in tandem with the F-22, that was the rationale.

Why sell the F-35 when the F-22 is off limits ?



19 June 2016

06 May, 2016

塞翁失马 ?

It is done. The choice has been made.

DCNS 4500T AIP / Diesel Submarine

In a way, Australia owes Japan ...


1 : 08 : 50

We must thank Australia, all of us thank Australia because now, we can really move on to do the most important work ...


A far sighted strategic choice by Australia

A far more important work to be done by all


The elephant in the room.


07 May 2016