* It had come to my attention that the figures cited below is incorrect in context to the theme of the discussion. The US$233 mentioned below is only for the initial contract. The whole contract for the 24 Electric Jets is actually US$2.4 billion. It is for that reason I […]
KUALA LUMPUR: RMN got a new chief today, Admiral Datuk Abdul Aziz Jaafar (pic) who took over from Tan Sri Ramlan Mohd Ali. If you took time to read Aziz biography below as listed by the RMN website, you’d notice that he is not one of the Lekiu admirals. In […]
KUALA LUMPUR: I know many high ranking cops, current and recently retired, carry their personal Walther PPK as their duty and off-duty hand gun. So it was no surprise to me when I was told that the police concluded a deal to purchase some 20,000 Walther P99 the current Bond […]
KUALA LUMPUR: The story below from AFP is self-explainatory but it seems to be something that we all thankful for. Around the same time, the Aussie was buying the Kaman SeaSprites, MINDEF, if I remembered correctly, was also on the verge of buying the same helicopters for the Navy. Actually, […]
KUALA LUMPUR: I heard the news as I was about to go to Singapore but due to the technical snafu was unable to update the site. Since it was not the biggest news in the world I defer to it until today. RMN sent out a long Press release on […]
KUALA LUMPUR: On Tuesday, the Nuri Replacement Tender expired officially, one month longer than the original deadline reportedly due to requests from helicopter manufacturers. When and who will win the tender for 12 utility helicopters with SAR capabilities is up to the gods now (how and why remains men’s decision, […]
KUALA LUMPUR: I have been trying to discuss this on a new post after comments from En Adrian but gremlins prevented me from posting the pix of the Kasturi SLEP as proposed by Boustead and as such I have delayed this post for some time now. So on with the […]
KUALA LUMPUR: As I had feared there is no new equipment heading to the new Border Regiment, just a matter of administration from a volunteer-based force (300 series) into a regular army unit. Its means a flag command, most probably a Colonel position at this moment in time, but a […]
KUALA LUMPUR: The old 300 series Askar Wataniah Regiment is to be renamed Border Regiment this Saturday in Jeli by the Defence Minister. I wonder the change in colours, name and role would do wonder to this very important but usually under-regarded force. Would the new roles meant that they […]
RMN and Jebat Batch 2. What ever the cost? […]
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