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Malaysian Defence

An Asean Global Hawk Fleet ?

KUALA LUMPUR: I refer to the story below by DefenseNews. Its sounds interesting, although it is still in the concept stage (the joint usage) do you think we should go for it especially for the Eyes In the Sky programme? Or is it too American for us? Certainly a much […]

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Asean and Malaysia

Thai Gripen and RMAF Flankers

KUALA LUMPUR: The Thais (see the story below) has announced its attention to buy 12 Saab Gripens for US$1 billion earlier this week. If the deal goes through (depending on Thai politics with an election coming in December and whether or not the US would allow the deal to go […]

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Malaysian Army

Softies and the Army’s Responsibilities

KUALA LUMPUR: The country’s top soldier and one of his generals seemed to have a different opinion on the toughness of the current batch of recruits joining the force (see bernama story below). But in the next breath, Tan Sri Muhammad Ismail quickly corrected himself, stating it could be that […]

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Malaysian Defence

Border Security

KUALA LUMPUR: I was relaxing at dusk on the first day of Raya in Padang Tengku when my nephew turned on the TV and clicked on RTM1. On show was a documentary I believed was titled Pengorbanan Syawal (Syawal Sacrifice). The documentary was on the General Operations Force operations along […]

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Malaysian Defence

Brahmos Next?

A Brahmos missile being test fired KUALA LUMPUR: The story bellow from Bernama is self-explanatory. Malaysian Defence had speculated some months back on the impending purchase of the Indo-Russia cruise missile. And I believe it will not be limited to the air-launched version either. India Ready To Sell Supersonic Brahmos […]

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Malaysia -Defence Ministry

The Tender Is On

KUALA LUMPUR: The story from Bernama is self-explainatory. Najib did not specify how much is the budget although he did mentioned that they were looking for 12 helicopters. Malaysian Defence hopes this contract will be managed competently unlike the NGPV project. Malaysian Defence will be looking at the project in […]

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Malaysia - RMAF

AgustaWestland AW101 The Winner

KUALA LUMPUR: As expected AgustaWestland AW101 is the clear winner for Malaysian Defence poll for the favourite helicopter to replace the Nuri. The AW101 (formerly EH101) led the hustings from the start when Malaysian Defence was hosted at blogspot and when it went Dot Com,  the chosen helicopter for the […]