Year: 2006

Who Won? Hezbollah or Israel? Like the war, the opinion is divided on both sides of the fence and most are done without proper thinking and logic.Both sides apparently cannot win the same war even in the minds of their own supporters. I can understand the parties themselves making such […]

Adnan APCs during Merdeka Parade. Pix courtesy of Mindef As I have foreseen, the Israelis are baulking over plans to have Islamic countries sent peacekeepers to back up the United Nations Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL).The Israelis have always prevented Islamic \countries from joining any UN mission in Lebanon or the […]

The bombs are still falling in Lebanon and Palestine as I write this, about 30 days since it all started.Our govt, as other Islamic countries, is keen to sent a peace keeping force to Lebanon once the UN Security Council finally decides to do the right thing.Personally, I do not […]

It seemed puzzling to me that the navy is getting more frigates even though its two FAC squadrons are among the oldest in the fleet.Some of the boats have been in service since early 70s.The last remaining boats of the old Kedah class (Vosper-built boats which were introduced in the […]

The Curse of Local Content With apologies to the POC.The two new frigates according to the DPM will be built at a shipyard in Labuan after the contract is signed with BAE Systems.My first reaction, huh? Have they forgotten the NGPV fiasco so soon?For those unfamiliar with the fiasco, the […]

PETALING JAYA There was a video shot of Malaysian peacekeepers in action in Timor Leste recently and shown by the local TV. What was interesting about the video was when the Malaysians who were riding in a Condor which stopped in between several wooden houses (I believed it was a […]

For almost two decades now, the Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) have identified the need for the AEW&C (Airborne Early Warning and Control) aircraft( or AWACs if you like the older American term) to bolster the country’s air defence.The lack of funds has always been the reason for the Govt […]

I was wondering when Airod will pop-up on these pages after the amount of ink spilled on the matter over the years.As usual Airod came into the picture with another round of talk that it will change hands (as in previous times) as speculated in the local paper today.Will it […]

The news article from Press Trust of India is self explanatory. Even the French do not want to kill the Golden Goose. Over here in the land of Malaysia Boleh, agents remained the order of the day. An clear example was the purchase of the Sukhoi Su-30MKM planes from Russia. […]