KUALA LUMPUR: Just when Malaysian Defence thought that he had ran out of materials from the New Arms for the Malaysian Armed Forces’, he stumbled across this news item entitled “Soldier Wants A Bigger Bang“. Initially Malaysian Defence thought the story was just to justify the issuance of the M4 […]
KUALA LUMPUR: With the tender for the new arms for the Malaysian Armed Forces, Malaysian Defence would like to clarify a few matters on the price of military equipment. In this case the firearms mentioned in the two earlier postings. For the record, it is not an exact science, nor […]
Kuala Lumpur: Without the tender document on hand, Malaysian Defence could only speculate on the accessories that the Armed Forces is specifying for its weapons. Since the arms to be selected are not top-secret laser pulse weapons,. Malaysian Defence can be forgiven for speculating the accessories. In the future, however, […]
KUALA LUMPUR: IF you go here www.mod.gov.my and scroll down to the tender section, you will find that the latest the procurement tender 35/2007; dated May 29. There are 11 items on the tender and interestingly five of them are related to firearms. First item is For The Supply And […]
1) Airbus MRTT2) KC-767 Transport3) A RMAF Hercules. A globe-trotting taxi. KUALA LUMPUR: The local media went ga-ga over the flight of a RMAF C-130 Hercules to Irkusk in Russia for the official hand-over of the Sukhoi Su-30MKM. RMAF chief claimed that it was the first time that a Hercules […]
KUALA LUMPUR: An update on the Flanker story. It is not coming to Kuantan air base, which shared the runway with the local airport. The Flanker squadrons would instead be based at the newly constructed Gong Kedak air base, located about 150 nm north from Kuantan. The airbase, previously equipped […]
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian Defence refers to the news story from Bernama. I hope the Antonov An-124 flies to Subang! Way back in 1995 however, the transport planes flew straight to Kuantan airbase. Bah humbug! Fighter Jets Demonstrated To Malaysian Air Force GeneralMay 24, 2007 16:38 PM MOSCOW, May 24 (Bernama) […]
KUALA LUMPUR: The news story below sounds interesting. Coconut husks as a replacement for kevlar. I will get more update on this. Bernama.comMalaysian National News Agency UTeM Prof Wins Gold Award For Coconut Fibres Hybrid Composite Armour GeneralMay 22, 2007 17:31 PM MELAKA, May 22 (Bernama) — A deputy dean […]
The Brahmos missile Kuala Lumpur: Malaysian Defence noticed the news story which was published by the Associated Press of Pakistan on Saturday BrahMos cruise missiles to be exported to a “friendly” country NEW DELHI, May 19 (APP): The first contract for the commercial export of jointly developed Indo-Russian BrahMos cruise […]
KUALA LUMPUR: Critics may claim that I lack a sense of patriotism for dismissing Malaysian-made weapons. To which I may shot back “What Weapon?” I believe I am patriot but when it comes to the Malaysian defence scene, National Security seemed to cloud everything including common sense. That is exactly […]
Malaysian Defence
