
these gurkhas aren't part of KINS units i think!
Which brings up an interesting completely unrelated side point: His street is not covered by Google Street View, and it was very obviously intentional. The closest you can get is down the block where you can see an interesting gate blocking the rest of the road.Sambivalent wrote: @zzm9980: I actually walked past MM Lee Kuan Yew's house one night without knowing it was his house. Was puzzled by the substantial police presence at the house gates and had to go look it up later that night.
Have also seen the security presence at the airport.BedokAmerican wrote:SMS, That would make perfect sense if Singapore was under threat, but it's not.
The American Club petitioned to have all the street parking opposite and next to the club removed.maneo wrote:Gurkhas were posted at the American Club for a few years after 9/11.
Have also seen the security presence at the airport.BedokAmerican wrote:SMS, That would make perfect sense if Singapore was under threat, but it's not.
Also noticed that they weren't so obvious before, but am actually glad to see them.
There is always a threat.
More so when we are complacent and unprepared.
Former british colonies usually have a respect for the gurkhas and their pride and valour.movingtospore wrote:I had no idea about the ghurkas until I read this thread and went and lookedit up. Learn something new every day! A foreign police force...
Just a guess, but they may consider it low risk since there will be additional inspections on checked and carry-on baggage later. And they may also want to drive some traffic in the pre immigration areas of the airport for business purposes.Steve1960 wrote:A related question which has puzzled me. If since 9/11 there have been more armed patrols in the airport why is it still possible to enter the airport and have no security check until arriving at the departure gate?
Security checks are bottle necks. Bottle-necks with lots of people milling about are obvious attack targets. The closer it is to the front of the airport/entry, the easier it is for a suicide bomber to walk right up and kill hundreds queued up at this bottle neck. Singapore's design of moving the gates farther back is a mitigation to this threat.Steve1960 wrote:A related question which has puzzled me. If since 9/11 there have been more armed patrols in the airport why is it still possible to enter the airport and have no security check until arriving at the departure gate?
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