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8.7b รท 28 =311m .hmmmmm
Bad news is that we gained nothing major.
Good news is, we loss nothing from our previous projects.
The 2 billion plus RM donation from the Saudis could have got us 8 Super Hornets to complement the Hornets we have!
During this time maybe Malaysian government should concentrate replacing the small stuffs such as a new anti tank missiles replacing the 20 years old Eryx, new manpads replacing the Anza…things that would not cost more than rm50 mil per buy.
Btw saw a picture of kd perkasa..still got its missile launcher..so is it still operational (the missile?)
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It will be much cheaper if we just buy direct from the OEMs but that is unlikely. Unlikely on the question.
Eryx has long been taken out of service. I don’t know how many batches (if any at all) were bought to keep it in service after the first batch expired.
Anyway Eryx is an MBDA product. There’s also Mini Spike and Spike MR, equally unavailable to us.
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I prefer the Javelin as the replacement though I realised it’s the most expensive ATGM out there
What ever it is…make sure to be prepared to save guard your teritories in scs…the chinese are coming with their air craft carrier to guard scs which claim theirs alone….and who said china got no ambitions?they will wait until the dragon grow fangs n breath flame then they will do wat they want…war of territories is not going to happen some says….watch n learn the chinese way…
Nak tanya…adakah misil exocet mm38 di fac-m masih digunakan?sebab gambar terbaru menunjukkan misil tu maaih ada.
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Ada gambar misil tu?
With current and foreseeable future scenarios, why on earth do we need to maintained such a huge army relative to the strength of our air force and navy?
The government is adamant about not approving any new billets, no matter what (except for JUSA and Turus levels mostly for PTDs – which by the way, in most cases only the PTDs managed to find its “necessity”, create it, approve it and then used it for themselves).
To mitigate this challenges and in order to create a more balance force, I say the army should released 20,000 of its billets in stages, 10,000 each to the air force and navy. As drastic as it may sound, I don’t think it will hurt the army as much. On the other hand it will improve our air force and navy capacity to functions as it should be.
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What the air force and navy going to do with the extra 10,000 personnel each ? They are not getting scores of planes and ships to justify having these extra personnel.
the lack of news/progress regarding sgpv concern me, like there was something wrong with the project already
@ marhalim
You are looking for the 2016 mm38 pictures right?
You posted them in your article above. The picture of kd gempita is armed with 4x mm38 missiles (those ribbed rectangular boxes on the ship). If the missile is not there, the boxes should’nt be there too.
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AFAIK all of the MM38s have been retired. If the Handalan class still carry missiles it is most likely the MM40s.
so the rumour in wiki that the handalan ships are armed with then MM40 are true?
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I am not sure Kamal as I had not been able to visit the Handalan class ships to ask about it. The last MM38s were bought for the Kasturi class in 1984 and newer MM40s were bought shortly before the Kasturi undergone the SLEP. The last reported firing of the MM38s was in 2009. I counted at least six MM38s serving as gate guards at Lumut naval base during my visit late last year.
@ marhalim.
Tips for spotting exocets on its launchers.
The missile and container is considered and handled as a single unit. If it is not on the ship, then just its lattice frame of the footwork without the missile container will be visible. Mm38 has squarish and ribbed container. Mm40 has a cylindrical container.
If the mm38 container is on the handalans, probably a few of the mm38 ‘s has been life-extended. If its expired, there is no reason to carry the deadweight on the ship.
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Wow must be a world record, 32 year-old missiles on board a 38 year old boat .
The MM-40s on the Kasturis were fitted in the early 2000’s, the same period the Kasturis and the FACs were fitted with the DRS-300 ESM.
I really doubt if there are MM-40s on the FACs. Anyhow, before we ask about MM-40s, first ask if the radar and fire director on the Handalans are still operable….. (hint, the Bofors MK1 can be fired manually from inside with fire direction provided from the bridge. No A/C inside but there is a blower).