KUALA LUMPUR: The Bernama story below explained the whole thing. You heard it here first. Simon, you owe me. Eurocopter Awarded Tender To Replace Nuri KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 26 (Bernama) — The Defence Ministry has agreed to acquire new helicopters from European helicopter manufacturers, Eurocopter, to replace the Nuri, Prime […]
KUALA LUMPUR: It looks like that our first A400M wont be around by 2012 then. By the looks of things and if we are lucky, we may end up with the first plane in 2015! By that time, Malaysian Defence hoped somebody would decided whether we still need the Airbuses […]
KUALA LUMPUR: Pictured above is a section of Aussie soldiers armed with the latest F88 Austeyr assault rifles during training exercise in Germany, last week. Both AR are equipped with a removable ACOG optic sight on a rail, with lights and laser designators. The soldier’s AR in the middle is […]
KUALA LUMPUR: With half of the country expecting Pak Lah to suspend the constitution and rule by decree, this weekend to stave off Anwar’s relentless quest for the premier post, Malaysian Defence would like this opportunity to offer his views on the issue. If indeed he does resort to emergency […]
KUALA LUMPUR: As Pak Lah had taken over the Defence portfolio, Malaysian Defence would like to re-issue the open letter posted to the PM shortly after the general elections. No changes were made to the open letter as the issues and facts stated remained valid. Reader Simon, in his comments, […]
KUALA LUMPUR: Its the 16th of September, the 45th Malaysia Day and the 75th Anniversary of the Armed Forces and the D-Day for the new Anwar Administration. As of 9.30am, it has not happen and it may well not happen within the next few hours or days but it appears […]
KUALA LUMPUR: I do not know who to blame, the people who asked the questions or the one answering the questions…..Anyway happy Armed Forces and Malaysia Day. Armed Forces Ready For Modernisation Of Military KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 15 (Bernama) — The Malaysian Armed Forces (ATM), which celebrates its 75th anniversary […]
KUALA LUMPUR: On Aug 29, Pak Lah announced the nation’s biggest budget in history, RM207.9 billion, which was mostly panned by critics. It was also a bad budget for people like me, those in the middle class. Anyway, how much did he allocated for defence? Not much really, there was […]
KUALA LUMPUR: The story below from Bernama is self-explanatory. As I had mentioned before, we lacked a lot of things to affect a rescue attempt this far away from home. Only a few nations does have the capability and we cannot spend billions just to prepare for this type of […]
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