PETALING JAYA: I don’t think he will answer, not very soon, I believe. I was informed via email from a reputable source that the current Panglima Angkatan Tentera Malaysia (Malaysian Armed Forces Chief) preferred to be called (in English) as the Defence Forces Chief, to better reflect the three services. […]
The last few months have been great, but I know I have to raise the stake and the Defence White Paper I think is the best way for future of the blog and the country. Unlike the official one, it will be done in installments, which I hope to finish […]
Its confirmed, the Malaysian contingent for the Lebanon will leave for the Middle East country on Nov 5. And it appears that the Malaysian contingent will fly there via Hercules transport planes. As I mentioned in my earlier posts, it is probably wiser if we flew on chartered 747s but […]
SHAH ALAM: The Malaysian battalion set to go to Lebanon under the UN banner will comprise 160 special forces operators and 200 soldiers for administrative and logistics purposes. I can understand the need for SF to be in midst things but Unifil mission profile does not actually support the need […]
If only someone was smart enough to issue out notices on the paper or tv that no one should be worried about low flying planes… news story from Bernama is self-explanatory… FOREIGN AIRCRAFT INVOLVED IN FPDA EXERCISE — NAJIB PEKAN, Sept 23 (Bernama) — Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib […]
Malaysia seems to host a lot of foreign forces lately. Currently, UK and Aussie air forces are in country for the Starfish exercise under the Five Power Defence Arrangement as I mentioned in my earlier posts (Sentru in Subang)Unfortunately, as other joint training exercise like with the US (Carat), we […]
We finally got the green light to go to Lebanon. Pak Lah in New York for UN General Assembly said the world body have agreed for the deployment of 360 troops, short of 700 that we had earlier proposed.Any number is good enough I believe. I just hope MINDEF will […]
Its ExStarfish. Part of the Five Power Defence Agreement. Malaysia, Singapore, Australia, New Zealand and Uk. The Sentry, believed to be from UK, is part of the exercise. Have anyone heard of PR? Thanks to Sager for the update! If you like this post, buy me an espresso. Paypal Payment
As I was driving yesterday about noon, guess what I saw banking right out off Subang.An E-3 Sentry Awacs. I cannot make out whether it was US, NATO or the Saudi version. Since Nato and Saudi AWACS seldom fly out of their regions (NATO planes do deploy to Afgan) I […]
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