Commentary: Meet the Republic of Singapore Navy’s new poison shrimp. They even call it 'Invincible'

Channel NewsAsia ^ | 25 Feb 2019 | Koh Swee Lean Collin

[bravo whiskey]

Interesting. Oh and Belgrano was a light cruiser (CL), not a battlecruiser (BC).

[null and void]

Poison shrimp? That sounds like a literal translation of a local idiom. Can any old Singapore hand provide context? (You don't need to be old or just a hand, it's just an idiom...)

[bert]

Why?

Does Singapore have enemies that can be harmed by a submarine?

[Moonman62]

I suppose they are doing this because of China.

[Moonman62]

Singapore’s Type-218SG submarine is a U-boat.

[wally_bert]

Bummer about no deck guns.

[AppyPappy]

No but they can sell it.

[Calvin Locke]

Maybe it's a translation error, and it's supposed to be "Pissing Shrimp".

Nasty not-so-little buggers. PITA for aquarists that try to keep them. Fully capable of pulverizing coral to get at "food" that's seeking shelter, cracking the aquarium glass, not to mention inflicting painful injuries to human flesh.

[Redleg Duke]

I noticed that as well. I believe it was originially the USS Phoenix. I saw a model of it in the Phoenix airport, once back in the ‘80s.

[Drew68]

Does Singapore have enemies that can be harmed by a submarine?

Singapore's armed forces wish to maintain parity with Malaysia and Malaysia has submarines.

I spent some time with the Singapore Navy on one of their frigates. Nice ship. Great food!

[gaijin]

I think that the Belgrano was originally a USN ship.

Just checked:

Yes, she was CL-46, the USS Phoenix, originally.

[TangoLimaSierra]

...christened the Invincible

Well, that's just asking for it.

[SamuraiScot]

I suppose they are doing this because of China.

I don't think there's any question about that. China has been running around the Eastern Pacific, claiming every patch of water in sight--building islands in the middle of nowhere to stake their claims.

China only looks at things one way: Their Communist Party elite need to own the entire world and enslave everyone else. Sixty years ago, the countries mentioned in the article were bamboo charity cases featured in pitiful UN short films before the main feature at the movies. They were getting eaten by Soviet-spawned insurrections and pushed around by Red China. But as the Soviet Empire imploded, they used economic freedom to develop real economies and figured out that the only way to stay out of the Chinese lion's mouth is to amass cost-effective weapons to kill lions.

I agree, it seems obvious that the purpose of these submarine programs is to let the air out of the China balloon. Thank God.

[Red Badger]

In Singapore terms, submarines are quite literally the poison shrimp.

I'll have the Kung-Pao Chicken, instead, please.............

[allendale]

Its a pity that in this modern technological era of pervasive detection and a myriad of stealthy ordinance, that today’s “Battleship Admirals” do not realize that the time. of surface capital ships is over. They are floating coffins for their young crews.

[central_va]

I highly trained special forces soldier($100,000 per) can be killed with a $.50 bullet. You do not make sense.

[kanawa]

http://funofun-bizarrefood.blogspot.com/2012/02/m-n-t-i-s-s-h-r-i-m-p-in-china-and-some.html

[BenLurkin]

Is it halal?

[Towed_Jumper]

“Does Singapore have enemies that can be harmed by a submarine?”

The biggest risk to Singapore’s new sub is probably from one of our Destroyers accidentally running into it.