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Singapore Doubles F-15E Order
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October 28, 2007: Even before
it received the twelve F-15E fighter-bombers it ordered two years ago,
Singapore has doubled the order. The first dozen will start arriving next year,
and the second dozen will begin to arrive in three years. The Singapore
aircraft are actually improved version of the F-15E, to be called the F-15SG.
These are similar to the South Korean version (the F-15K.) The South Koreans
have ordered 40 of the F-15K, and are happy with the initial batch. These
aircraft can carry ten tons of munitions for several thousand kilometers, and
employ smart bombs as well as the latest air-to-air weapons. Singapore's
neighbors, Malaysia and Indonesia, are buying MiG-29s and Su-30s. The
F-15E/K/SG is a two seat version of the F-15, optimized for precision, long
range, bombing. The 36 ton F-15E was developed in the 1980s as a replacement
for the two decade old F-111, and entered service in 1988. Costing over $100 million each, the foreign
user version of the F-15E (including the Israeli F-15I) have been very
successful.
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