Operation Spyshoot

smallaperture · 30th May 2006

In full camouflage uniform, even my long telezoom is gaffered in temasek green color, and get ready for target acquisition. Intelligence gave us the info the birds will fly past at about 1600 hrs, somewhere in the Mandai forest, flight path given in GPS.

Got my gear set to AF-C, centre weighted metering, ISO200, WB cloudy and test focusing a little to make sure I dun miss the target. Sharp shooter on the ready, index finger on the trigger, prepare in position, adopt correct holding, aiming and firing technique.

Birds arrived just a few minutes later, I triggered off like a GPMG. This is what I got. I haven't attended the Birdie Recognition Course yet leh. Please help me to identify.

Note: As this is a classified reconnaissance photo, no downloading allowed (refer to the OSA)

jdredd · 30th May 2006

theres this story, dun know whether urban legend or not, that this scottish policeman once tracked a panavia tornado as it was taking off with his laser at an airbase in scotland... as it was a high alert period, the pilot thought he was being tracked by a SAM and asked for permission to go weapons free... only realised at the last minute that it was a policeman.

be funny (or not as the case may be) if you were picked up by the longbow and the pilot mistook ur big lens for some kinda laser rangefinding device...

smallaperture · 30th May 2006

Originally Posted by jdredd

be funny (or not as the case may be) if you were picked up by the longbow and the pilot mistook ur big lens for some kinda laser rangefinding device...

Dun worry for me la, my camouflage is good for normal visible spectrum as well as IR.

And somemore, all my glass are supermulti-coated, so can hardly see the glass at all - only can see the aperture blades, all 9 of them if you peer into my big barrel "phallic-symbol" Fatma lens.

jdredd · 30th May 2006

heh, think their fatma lens beats urs...

"The Apache has state of the art optics that provide the capability to select from three different target acquisition sensors. These sensors are

* Day TV. Views images during day and low light levels, black and white.
* TADS FLIR. Views thermal images, real world and magnified, during day, night and adverse weather.
* DVO. Views real world, full color, and magnified images during daylight and dusk conditions. >

The AN/APG-78 FCR is a multi-mode Millimeter Wave (MMW) sensor integrated on the Apache Longbow with the antenna and transmitter located above the aircraft main rotor head. It enhances Longbow system capabilities by providing rapid automatic detection, classification, and prioritization of multiple ground and air targets. The radar provides this capability in adverse weather and under battlefield obscurants. The FCR has four modes: (1) the Air Targeting Mode (ATM) which detects, classifies, and prioritizes fixed and rotary wing threats; (2) the Ground Targeting Mode (GTM) which detects, classifies, and prioritizes ground and air targets; (3) the Terrain Profiling Mode (TPM) which provides obstacle detection and adverse weather pilotage aids to the Longbow crew; (4) and the Built in Test (BIT) Mode which monitors radar performance in flight and isolates electronic failures before and during maintenance.

The addition of the Longbow FCR provides a second and completely independent target acquisition sensor which may be operated by either crew member or combined to provide a degree of multi-sensor synergy. When operated independently, the pilot could use the FCR to search for air targets in the ATM mode while the copilot/gunner (CPG) searches for ground targets using the Target Acquisition Designation Sight (TADS).

Using both TADS and the FCR together combines the unique advantage of each sight. The rapid search, detection, classification, and prioritization of targets by the Longbow FCR can then be quickly and positively identified by using the electro-optics of TADS. The center of view can be focused on the location of the highest priority target and the CPG, at the touch of a switch, can view either display. Alternately, the FCR centerline can be cued to the TADS so that a rapid and narrow search could be made of a suspected target area.

The tests clearly demonstrated that Longbow Apaches:

# Easily can hit moving and stationary tanks on an obscured, dirty battlefield from a range of more than 7 kilometers, when optical systems are rendered ineffective.

# Can use either its Target Acquisition Designation Sight or fire control radar as a targeting sight, offering increased battlefield flexibility.

# Have the ability to initiate the radar scan, detect and classify more than 128 targets, prioritize the 16 most dangerous targets, transmit the information to other aircraft, and initiate a precision attack -- all in 30 seconds or less."

smallaperture · 30th May 2006

My classified info is just pure fiction, just like the Da Vinci Code, just play-play for fun la. If you are able to decode the GPS from the EXIF, you know my op location was at one of the Southern islands, accessible only by authorised personnel.

Well, your info belongs to a different class of highly classified info. You should have coded it so that only authorised personnel with the relevant clearance could read it.

Do not forget the OSA. Just a friendly reminder.

jdredd · 30th May 2006

my classified info found on internet... so OSA can kiss my $*%

for reference..
http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ac/ah-64.htm

http://www.janes.com/defence/air_for...1013_1_n.shtml

smallaperture · 30th May 2006

Originally Posted by jdredd

my classified info found on internet... so OSA can kiss my $*%

for reference..
http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ac/ah-64.htm

http://www.janes.com/defence/air_for...1013_1_n.shtml

I confirm that OSA stands for Operation Sierra Alpha also known as SmallAperture.

.. so dun worry. Some more decoding coming your way.....

King Tiger · 3rd June 2006

Originally Posted by smallaperture

Birds arrived just a few minutes later, I triggered off like a GPMG. This is what I got. I haven't attended the Birdie Recognition Course yet leh. Please help me to identify.

It's a bird.
No, it's plane.
No. it's ......................

smallaperture, nice ambush shot.

smallaperture · 3rd June 2006

Originally Posted by King Tiger

It's a bird.
No, it's plane.
No. it's ......................

smallaperture, nice ambush shot.

Thanks KT. Any idea if this bird is gonna to join the fly-pass on this years NDP. And any other birds as well. I am now keen to target metal birds.

NDP Metal birds shooting party - anyone out there keen in joining me?

King Tiger · 4th June 2006

Originally Posted by smallaperture

Thanks KT. Any idea if this bird is gonna to join the fly-pass on this years NDP.

Not too sure. Usually SAF are low profile in showing off military asernal.
Mobile Armour column and great participation of impressive airpower are usually shown 5 years once.
E.g. 2000, 2005, 2010, 2015 and goes on.

smallaperture · 4th June 2006

Originally Posted by King Tiger

Not too sure. Usually SAF are low profile in showing off military asernal.
Mobile Armour column and great participation of impressive airpower are usually shown 5 years once.
E.g. 2000, 2005, 2010, 2015 and goes on.

If yes, I can get myself and gear ready for a big shoot.
If no, then, my ambush shoot is precious becos hardly anyone could have got it then.
Haha, this is positive thinking to the tee, winning both ways.

smallaperture · 6th June 2006

Just in case anyone believe that this is genuine espionage

, I think I better come clean and tell how I got that pix.

I was having a relaxing afternoon by the beach with my GF. It was a Tuesday afternoon at the Siloso beach at Sentosa. We were frolicking under some coconut palms when I heard the chopping noise coming near.

Instinctively, I pulled out my camera from my crumpler bag, switch on and turned the dial to P and got ready to shoot. That is what I got here. And I got quite a few good pictures of my GF too after the chopper shoot.

So, this Apache shot is entirely fortuitious. I had an enjoyable afternoon by the beach and this chopper shot is just a bonus...

smallaperture · 27th June 2006

Now, confirm this NDP got an Apache flypass. So, I will get my gear ready for the shoot. Shoot the rehearsal. If not good inuf, still got the actual day to shoot.

AReality · 27th June 2006

So where r the pics of your GF?

.

smallaperture · 28th June 2006

Originally Posted by AReality

So where r the pics of your GF?

.

Aha, you're waiting for me to post the pix of my GF? In bikini? Did I promise to do that? Or am I obliged to do that to proof that the Sentosa scenario is the genuine one?

"Mdm, can I have your permission to post your pix in CS?"

OK, I will send her an SMS and wait for the outcome la.

AReality · 28th June 2006

Originally Posted by smallaperture

Aha, you're waiting for me to post the pix of my GF? In bikini? Did I promise to do that? Or am I obliged to do that to proof that the Sentosa scenario is the genuine one?:

"Mdm, can I have your permission to post your pix in CS?" ::

OK, I will send her an SMS and wait for the outcome la. ::

If u dun post a pic of her and the sentosa beach, how we know if your story is real rite?

Wat if u really spying on the metal birds?

.

smallaperture · 28th June 2006

Welcome to the world of espionage.

If you got someone who tells you he's a spy, 99% sure he is a faux spy.

A genuine spy is very, very discrete about it, and not even his wife might know what he is doing. There are more spys in the movies than in real life. I happen to like such movies and read such books.

trlnlty · 29th June 2006

Originally Posted by AReality

If u dun post a pic of her and the sentosa beach, how we know if your story is real rite?

.

seconded.

need pics of gf to verify story

cowism · 1st July 2006

Yes, Apaches will be used. And they might be on for every Combined Rehearsals every Saturday (This wk Sunday).

smallaperture · 2nd July 2006

Originally Posted by trlnlty

seconded.

need pics of gf to verify story

Wah, jialat liao, if me cannot produce GF pix, MIB come after me liao. How?

30th May 2006	#1
smallaperture Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Catchment Area Posts: 2,423	Operation Spyshoot In full camouflage uniform, even my long telezoom is gaffered in temasek green color, and get ready for target acquisition. Intelligence gave us the info the birds will fly past at about 1600 hrs, somewhere in the Mandai forest, flight path given in GPS. Got my gear set to AF-C, centre weighted metering, ISO200, WB cloudy and test focusing a little to make sure I dun miss the target. Sharp shooter on the ready, index finger on the trigger, prepare in position, adopt correct holding, aiming and firing technique. Birds arrived just a few minutes later, I triggered off like a GPMG. This is what I got. I haven't attended the Birdie Recognition Course yet leh. Please help me to identify. Note: As this is a classified reconnaissance photo, no downloading allowed (refer to the OSA) __________________ I love big car, big house, big lenses, but small apertures. Last edited by smallaperture; 30th May 2006 at 09:50 PM.

30th May 2006	#2
jdredd Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 1,273	Re: Operation Spyshoot theres this story, dun know whether urban legend or not, that this scottish policeman once tracked a panavia tornado as it was taking off with his laser at an airbase in scotland... as it was a high alert period, the pilot thought he was being tracked by a SAM and asked for permission to go weapons free... only realised at the last minute that it was a policeman. be funny (or not as the case may be) if you were picked up by the longbow and the pilot mistook ur big lens for some kinda laser rangefinding device...

30th May 2006	#4
jdredd Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 1,273	Re: Operation Spyshoot heh, think their fatma lens beats urs... "The Apache has state of the art optics that provide the capability to select from three different target acquisition sensors. These sensors are * Day TV. Views images during day and low light levels, black and white. * TADS FLIR. Views thermal images, real world and magnified, during day, night and adverse weather. * DVO. Views real world, full color, and magnified images during daylight and dusk conditions. > The AN/APG-78 FCR is a multi-mode Millimeter Wave (MMW) sensor integrated on the Apache Longbow with the antenna and transmitter located above the aircraft main rotor head. It enhances Longbow system capabilities by providing rapid automatic detection, classification, and prioritization of multiple ground and air targets. The radar provides this capability in adverse weather and under battlefield obscurants. The FCR has four modes: (1) the Air Targeting Mode (ATM) which detects, classifies, and prioritizes fixed and rotary wing threats; (2) the Ground Targeting Mode (GTM) which detects, classifies, and prioritizes ground and air targets; (3) the Terrain Profiling Mode (TPM) which provides obstacle detection and adverse weather pilotage aids to the Longbow crew; (4) and the Built in Test (BIT) Mode which monitors radar performance in flight and isolates electronic failures before and during maintenance. The addition of the Longbow FCR provides a second and completely independent target acquisition sensor which may be operated by either crew member or combined to provide a degree of multi-sensor synergy. When operated independently, the pilot could use the FCR to search for air targets in the ATM mode while the copilot/gunner (CPG) searches for ground targets using the Target Acquisition Designation Sight (TADS). Using both TADS and the FCR together combines the unique advantage of each sight. The rapid search, detection, classification, and prioritization of targets by the Longbow FCR can then be quickly and positively identified by using the electro-optics of TADS. The center of view can be focused on the location of the highest priority target and the CPG, at the touch of a switch, can view either display. Alternately, the FCR centerline can be cued to the TADS so that a rapid and narrow search could be made of a suspected target area. The tests clearly demonstrated that Longbow Apaches: # Easily can hit moving and stationary tanks on an obscured, dirty battlefield from a range of more than 7 kilometers, when optical systems are rendered ineffective. # Can use either its Target Acquisition Designation Sight or fire control radar as a targeting sight, offering increased battlefield flexibility. # Have the ability to initiate the radar scan, detect and classify more than 128 targets, prioritize the 16 most dangerous targets, transmit the information to other aircraft, and initiate a precision attack -- all in 30 seconds or less."

30th May 2006	#5
smallaperture Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Catchment Area Posts: 2,423	Re: Operation Spyshoot My classified info is just pure fiction, just like the Da Vinci Code, just play-play for fun la. If you are able to decode the GPS from the EXIF, you know my op location was at one of the Southern islands, accessible only by authorised personnel. Well, your info belongs to a different class of highly classified info. You should have coded it so that only authorised personnel with the relevant clearance could read it. Do not forget the OSA. Just a friendly reminder. __________________ I love big car, big house, big lenses, but small apertures.

30th May 2006	#6
jdredd Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 1,273	Re: Operation Spyshoot my classified info found on internet... so OSA can kiss my $% for reference.. http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ac/ah-64.htm http://www.janes.com/defence/air_for...1013_1_n.shtml Last edited by jdredd; 30th May 2006 at 10:38 PM.*

6th June 2006	#12
smallaperture Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Catchment Area Posts: 2,423	Re: Operation Spyshoot Just in case anyone believe that this is genuine espionage , I think I better come clean and tell how I got that pix. I was having a relaxing afternoon by the beach with my GF. It was a Tuesday afternoon at the Siloso beach at Sentosa. We were frolicking under some coconut palms when I heard the chopping noise coming near. Instinctively, I pulled out my camera from my crumpler bag, switch on and turned the dial to P and got ready to shoot. That is what I got here. And I got quite a few good pictures of my GF too after the chopper shoot. So, this Apache shot is entirely fortuitious. I had an enjoyable afternoon by the beach and this chopper shot is just a bonus... __________________ I love big car, big house, big lenses, but small apertures.

27th June 2006	#13
smallaperture Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Catchment Area Posts: 2,423	Re: Operation Spyshoot Now, confirm this NDP got an Apache flypass. So, I will get my gear ready for the shoot. Shoot the rehearsal. If not good inuf, still got the actual day to shoot. __________________ I love big car, big house, big lenses, but small apertures.

27th June 2006	#14
AReality Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 4,396	Re: Operation Spyshoot So where r the pics of your GF? . __________________ . The Visual Journalist

28th June 2006	#17
smallaperture Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Catchment Area Posts: 2,423	Re: Operation Spyshoot Welcome to the world of espionage. If you got someone who tells you he's a spy, 99% sure he is a faux spy. A genuine spy is very, very discrete about it, and not even his wife might know what he is doing. There are more spys in the movies than in real life. I happen to like such movies and read such books. __________________ I love big car, big house, big lenses, but small apertures.

1st July 2006	#19
cowism Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Singapore Posts: 179	Re: Operation Spyshoot Yes, Apaches will be used. And they might be on for every Combined Rehearsals every Saturday (This wk Sunday).