Hi everyone,
Am winding up a three-day visit to Muar - which isn't your usual touristy place.
Had a wonderful time poking around town and its surroundings on the road/estates leading to Melaka. :-)
To the people of Muar, thank you for the hospitality. Your town will feature heavily at the front and tail end of a report am working on.
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I'd say the bridge might have a hard time taking 20 tons.
It wasnt design to take 20 tons loads. Light vehicles only la bro.. Theres another bridge nearby 4 heavy usage la.. Its a plantation 4 god sake. Trucks carrying palmfruits cannot flykan??
I was considering the bridge with a view of military bridging. A plantation truck need not take the most direct route. A 23 tonne Bionix or 25 tonne Terrex may not always find an intact bridge within a reasonable distance. Officially there is a possibility but not an intention of war. Otherwise why did the author bring it up in the first place?
I think air strike first, the up goes our engineers. Then, a free territory for Singapore.
Free for your leader, perhaps. The cost in lives- hopefully you will help to pay.
Doesnt looks like a normal bridge i.e for people or vechicles to cross. More like some pipeline bridge.
Hi Anon 4:53 PM,
Have relooked all open source material about the SAF in a hot war scenario, such as the 1990s Precarious Balance article and the scenario in Defending the Lion City (DLS).
All are outdated.
You are right about the cost in lives (for SAF). Will elaborate in the report am working on.
re: Bridge. The girder bridge is for utility services. However, such wet gaps which are commonly found in plantations can be bridged by a 26m overlay. But doing so necessitates vehicles crossing one by one, which in turn calls for proper traffic control points (strange how the December 2013 Pioneer magazine story about SAF Military Police Command left out their conventional warfare role) as vehicles bunched up around a crossing point represent an area target of high value. The need to bridge can also rob a Manoeuvre Force of its tempo.
Oil palm plantations are interesting to tour. Your field of view differs markedly depending on the maturity of the estate. It can dip to well under 50m for less mature estates where the palms fronds dip low.
If you can, visit one at night to imagine how a meeting engagement could develop.
To the Malaysians who shared their point of view on the DLS scenario, thank you. Have considered each point and used every open source opportunity to view the ATM (such as parades) to think about what you said.
Best regards,
David
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