US Department of State Approves Sale of 12 F-35B Fighters to Singapore

Another country may soon acquire American fifth-generation F-35 fighters. The US State Department has approved the possible sale of 12 F-35B fighters to Singapore. This was reported by the US Department of Defense Agency for Defense and Security Cooperation.

According to the report, the US State Department approved the sale of 12 F-35B fighters and related equipment to Singapore. The $ 2,75 billion deal also includes training for Singapore Air Force pilots. Terms and other parameters of a possible agreement have not yet been disclosed, since the sale has not been finally approved.

This proposed sale will help achieve United States foreign policy and national security goals. Singapore is a strategic friend and major partner in security cooperation, and an important force for ensuring political stability and economic progress in the Asia-Pacific region ... The proposed sale of this aircraft and support will not change the basic military balance in the region

- said in a statement.

The F-35B multifunctional short-take-off and vertical landing fighter-bomber is designed specifically for the US Marine Corps.

Comments

[Alexander Petrov1]

They pulled all the technology from our best in the World record holder Yak-141.

[Alexander Petrov1]

Why don't you agree with me and put downsides?, Read the press, because in the dashing 90s the Americans really bought propulsion technology from our "smart then leaders" on the Yak-141.

[Snail N9]

"Pulled off for the grandmother", it's called "bought". "Dragged off", this is when, at all, without "attendants". Another thing is that pennies paid, and it is not clear to whom, but what we have, we have.

[Alexander Petrov1]

Duck, I write that probably this money did not reach the people and therefore they stole it.

[Ratmir_Ryazan]

Duck, I write that probably this money did not reach the people and therefore they stole it.

Stop writing nonsense on this resource.

Money for the sale of engine technology for VTOL was sent to the company that developed this technology. The plane is not developed by the whole country, but by a specific design bureau that spends resources and resources. So why did you decide that money for the product created by Yakovlev Design Bureau should be shared by everyone ?!

Why they allowed to sell this technology is the question that is worth asking.

[Blackmokona]

Because it doesn’t matter much, after all, the United States had already received Harrrier’s technology along with specialists who developed it

[Vol4ara]

Quote: Alexander Petrov1

Why don't you agree with me and put downsides?, Read the press, because in the dashing 90s the Americans really bought propulsion technology from our "smart then leaders" on the Yak-141.

Well, where are the analogues of F 35? Let's do it according to ready-made drawings, which we stole / bought and call yak 142

[xGibSoNx]

They pulled all technologies from our best in the World record holder Yak-141

Stop spreading such nonsense everywhere! In the 90s, it was "very fashionable" to cooperate with the West. What they could not realize for one reason or another in one place, they were able to realize in another! The United States itself has never concealed the fact that this is so. From here, actually "miracle experts" know about it. Let us then talk about who stole the Chevrolet-Niva project from whom .. why new Kamaz trucks are mostly Mercedes .. why AvtoVAZ actually has nothing to do with the Russian Federation, or who, for example, built the Gorky Automobile Plant .. Here you know whether, can be attributed to anyone, and anything! The whole question is in the correct statement of the facts!

[aszzz888]

Not surprisingly, the Singapore Armed Forces graze on the Merikatos arms market, and besides, they have LOTS of grandmas.

[g1washntwn]

And Singapore has its own at least helicopter carriers so that they desperately need "V"?
My IMHO - Singapore wanted "A", but the Americans "convinced" it to buy just nafig unnecessary verticals.
"No corruption" and "the invisible hand of the market" are attached.

[donavi49]

Singapore suddenly has helicopter carriers

And immediately 4 pieces.

[Alexander Petrov1]

Yeah, interesting, in a country with one district of Moscow there are already 4 helicopter carriers, but in our country with the largest coastline, not one ...

[bessmertniy]

It is hard to imagine why Singapore needs all this. Obviously, there is some kind of confrontation, about which practically nothing is said.

[Blackmokona]

Singapore is extremely rich, but there are always enough people willing to take money

[kjhg]

Quote: bessmertniy

It is hard to imagine why Singapore needs all this. Obviously, there is some kind of confrontation, about which practically nothing is said.

There, in Southeast Asia, all countries have one fear - fear of China's growing power and its ambitions. Although, in fact, Singapore is China. The vast majority of the indigenous population are Han.

[eklmn]

Take an example from the Chinese - look at how they “faked” the Soviet aircraft carrier Riga, sold by Ukraine
https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/navy-ships/a30392809/liaoning-before-and-after/

[xGibSoNx]

Yeah, interesting, in a country with one district of Moscow there are already 4 helicopter carriers, but in our country with the largest coastline, not one ...

Now, if one district of Moscow washed the borders of other countries, probably, such a question would not have existed ...

[Observer2014]

Quote: Alexander Petrov1

Yeah, interesting, in a country with one district of Moscow there are already 4 helicopter carriers, but in our country with the largest coastline, not one ...

And don’t say it. By the way, in your previous opinions on this article, I have plus. If it can console you. In Russia, in terms of the development of the navy, its own path of development.

[Avior]

but for planes they are clearly unsuitable
and they have no UDC
unless plans can eat to build?

[g1washntwn]

Do not offer existing RSS Endurance for F-35B. There are only two places for transport helicopters.
For you and "those who do not understand between the lines" I will chew the question: Does Singapore NOW have aircraft carriers capable of receiving the F-35B?

If you wanted to say about the extended Endurance-160, you also wanted to lay it no earlier than 2021 and so far you can’t carry the F-35B with the 2014 air model.

[voyaka uh]

"Does Singapore NOW have aircraft carriers capable of receiving the F-35B?" ////
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A short piece of straight deck is enough to take off the F-35B.
A helipad is enough for landing.
Only need to put an additional steel sheet for heat dissipation
exhaust during landing.
In appearance, Singapore's helicopter carriers are quite suitable for the F-35B
with minimal alterations to the deck.

[g1washntwn]

It is necessary to radically redo not only the deck, but also the lifts and the internal layout, so that minimal intervention can not be done. In addition, what kind of wing is a maximum of 3-4 sides, 1-2 of which will always vandalize on deck? I would not be surprised if Singapore agreed with the Americans on the possibility of using their fleet, but remaking these Endurans, the same as teaching a bear to ride a children's bicycle, looks fun, but you can’t get from Vladik to Moscow.

[voyaka uh]

"Besides, what is a maximum wing of 3-4 sides" ///
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The wing will be small, you're right.
But roughly the same problems are with the Japanese, Italians, Spaniards
who remodel their UDC into mini-aircraft carriers.
F-35B revived a class forgotten since the Second World War
aircraft carriers - escort. With a small wing.

[knn54]

The approval of the State Department is SELLING the transaction
The reason is clear - "the development of a regional security system." Containment of China.
Before the deal, the Singapore newspaper Straits Times published an article in which, citing officials, it was stated that not only American Fs, but also Chinese J-20s could be purchased for the Singapore Air Force - “confidence-building measures in the military-technical sphere” . Of course, when the export option appears.

[eagle owl]

They will approve the sale of at least a damn in the mortar. For half of Europe has already refused - the project all alone will not pay off, well, at least with less losses to get out.
PiSi: how, did the super fighters help in the attack of the Kyrgyz Republic on Aramko (and he is half American) and on bases in Iraq? Or litak - blind, does not see nichrome?

[Keyser soze]

For half of Europe has already refused ...

Not only did not refuse, but the Greeks said yesterday that they are buying 24 F35 for 3 billion. Plus they upgrade their F16 to the Block 70 standard, and Mirages too.

the project will not pay off all by itself,

It has long paid off - it’s the penguin turn to the moon. Print and do not steam.

You better put the SU57 into operation faster and start selling so that it pays off, and it’s also a plus.

[eagle owl]

To begin, tell WHEN the F-35 passed military tests and was accepted for service? And, only last November at the Edwards base, the tests ended, which the F-35 failed again? On average, 11% of the lithak could fly, the rest due to cross-dressing were unworkable during the tests?
You first complete the F-35, then talk about the Su-57.
And the program did NOT pay off even if everyone would have bought as much as they wanted. And now all of Europe harked at the F-35 except for slaves from the island. Already unprofitable WITHOUT options

[voyaka uh]

All of Europe bought, except Germany and France.

[eagle owl]

And military tests AGAIN failed. And the whole of Europe bought, I understand. that they were stabbed - and REFUSED.
PiSi: how does it fly in the S-400 zone? Invisible? Because how scary to cross the borders of Lebanon now? Invisible, yes ... Like Patriot - Air Defense

[Zaurbek]

Where will he be based? At UDC?

[pavelty]

They don’t have a damn place) Amerikosi have half the planes in Australia, like in Europe even ...

[Avior]

they don’t have a suitable UDC for this, although in general the fleet is quite good, submarines and frigates are even very good.
But they have no UDC

[Zaurbek]

Question to experts: Why version F35V?

[Gunxnumx]

It's just PR. Here - approved, allowed, they say. An ultra-expensive aircraft with dubious characteristics was sold, and after the sale they will "milk the grandmother" for maintenance and spare parts. By analogy with an iPhone I don’t understand why a lot of people are "turned" on these smartphones, when there are a bunch of other "androids" with decent characteristics and much cheaper, besides

[Nastia makarova]

so that's exactly what is cheaper)))) they buy for a show to show what an expensive phone is and not for its characteristics

[eagle owl]

An old joke about a tie, which is 200 bucks more expensive around the corner - not for suckers like)))

[Nastia makarova]

that's it, they save money for a year and they take an iPhone on credit, in panties but with an iPhone))))

[askort154]

US Department of State Approves Sale of 12 F-35B Fighters to Singapore

Found another sucker with a thick wallet.

[xGibSoNx]

Found another sucker with a thick wallet.

Hahahha !! 111! 1! Indeed, they’re stupid !!! 11 !!!! 1 Let them build Airbases on their own piece of land and buy normal airplanes, which even the manufacturer can’t consider normal, because they cannot literally produce them in a normal state in a normal amount!

[Lord of the Sith]

Heh, the jet will not even have time to really accelerate, op, and already outside the borders of the city-state))

[Ratmir_Ryazan]

China is very pleased to sell the F-35 to Singapore.

More than 70% of the population of Singapore are ethnic Chinese, I think it will not be difficult for China to get everything necessary for study and there may be a copy of the technology of this aircraft.

[Blackmokona]

In Taiwan, there are only Chinese people, but they don’t want to join and are actively friends with the United States and they don’t share technologies at all

[Ratmir_Ryazan]

[quote] In Taiwan, there are only Chinese people, but they don’t want to join and are actively friends with the United States and they don’t share technologies at all [/ quote

And why did you decide that they are not divided?

In any case, it is easier for China to carry out intelligence and intelligence work among the Chinese than in any other country.

This is how it is easier for Russia to recruit and work in Ukraine, since the Russian people actually live there than anywhere else in Europe or any other country.

[missuris]

they actually steal and buy technology, they even started to plant someone, and they started to deal with the sale of partly American technology to the Chinese

[Avior]

unexpected news
But why Singapore is the vertical take-off version of the F-35B?
they don’t need to fleet, they have docks, but this is not UDC, they have nowhere to plant

or are they building something on the example of the Australians?
if for coastal air forces, then version A is cheaper and better suited
misunderstanding ....

[g1washntwn]

By and large, the vertical was created to replace the Harriers. But they were used "not only by everyone" (having an aircraft carrier fleet and ambitions), but the Americans need sales because the "B" share is included in the entire F-35 project. It is necessary to proceed not from common sense, needs and opportunities, but from the fact that this is a purely commercial project.

[missuris]

Such transactions show a more complete export value of the F-35 in the amount of $ 220 million compared with a more complete export value of the Su-35 in the amount of $ 100 million.

[Blackmokona]

There is also related equipment, pilot training, etc. And not just airplanes.
Read carefully

[missuris]

well, so we sell non-naked aircraft and with training, if we take naked for the army then F-35A is $ 80 million, F-35B is $ 110 million, Su-35 is $ 40 million.

[TermNachTer]

Interesting - and these with whom are going to fight? What the fuck is a penguin? Money to spend is not where? Or have these mattress toppers spread on "three fingers"?