tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4544652274919432780.post5280005325861395770..comments2023-12-05T17:19:19.585+08:00Comments on Full Frame: Bigger, Meaner And Leaner : Singapore's Independence-Class Littoral Mission VesselSupernovahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00864419524992223122noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4544652274919432780.post-9556647533245506652018-03-08T10:26:46.681+08:002018-03-08T10:26:46.681+08:00LMVs will not have their own helicopters. The heli...LMVs will not have their own helicopters. The helicopter decks are primarily for heli-evacuation purposes. If not in use, can be converted for other uses. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13853727583994764939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4544652274919432780.post-87297737603218421832017-08-28T11:10:02.428+08:002017-08-28T11:10:02.428+08:00Did you know that the RSN actually wanted more mis...Did you know that the RSN actually wanted more missile gunboats? In an article i remember reading when the navy commisioned RSS Independence they interviewed this guy(cant rmb his name and his former role). He mentioned that the navy wanted more gunboats. He did not mentioned how many more but if that did happen lets say 8 or 10 gunboats perhaps there would be 8 to 10 formidable class frigates. If only that twist happened. He said that the defence minister then did not approve as they wanted to purchase more F16s for the airforce.Benjaminhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17051711637388268043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4544652274919432780.post-26883960957783739742016-06-07T13:05:24.543+08:002016-06-07T13:05:24.543+08:00Too lightly armed. They are suppose to be patrol s...Too lightly armed. They are suppose to be patrol ship, not patrol boat. A helicopter pad with no helicopter based on it ain't worth anything. Maybe their only role of patrol is in Strait of Malacca. <br />Armed with guns as the only lethal offensive armory. Definitely will be a deterrent to the pirates .... How about those "big armored coastal patrol ships" which some of them is the size of destroyer. Being seeing lots of those in South China Sea lately. <br />Using only 6 frigates and 6 corvettes having age of 3 decades plus to cover duties covering from AsuW, AAW, SSW. Great job of making the Navy a leaner force... But not meanerZelphlimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07053231409840894494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4544652274919432780.post-87035932953811871642015-11-27T18:22:16.791+08:002015-11-27T18:22:16.791+08:00MCV should be replaced by another class of multi-m...MCV should be replaced by another class of multi-mission stealth frigates...Kamen Rider SGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10318160163481517323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4544652274919432780.post-7619579910726587802015-11-06T12:53:55.109+08:002015-11-06T12:53:55.109+08:00Agreed but the omission is intentional. The LMV ar...Agreed but the omission is intentional. The LMV are basically patrol vessels that would not need SSMs for ASuW. That role is left to the 6 Formidable -class frigates and the 6 ageing Victory-class missile corvettes ( MCV ) which are armed with the Harpoon missile.<br /><br />The armament of the next-generation MCVs will be very interesting indeed. Supernovahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00864419524992223122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4544652274919432780.post-69371248724121797272015-11-05T21:25:34.072+08:002015-11-05T21:25:34.072+08:00Comprehensive article. Although one omission I not...Comprehensive article. Although one omission I noticed is within the armament. Given the small numbers of Formidable classes in the Navy, the RSN shouldve capitalised on increasing the number of proper primary surface combatants with the LMVs. <br /><br />The LMVs could potentially be extremely potent if they had provided SSMs in the VLS configuration. Perhaps that can be addressed in later flights Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03364155608768373277noreply@blogger.com