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Brazil Buys 50 Cougars

KUALA LUMPUR: Brazil on Tuesday (Dec 23) signed a defence pact with France which analyst estimates to be around 6 to 8 billion Euros which include the purchase and local manufacture of the EC-725 Cougar and four SSKs, most probably a more advance Scorpene. The cost of the Cougars was […]

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Dissapointing…

The Jernas on Show during the Merdeka Parade KUALA LUMPUR: In conversations with some people over the last week, it appears that most of arms procurement in the last five years have done nothing to increase our armed forces capabilities. Most of the systems purchased have serious deficiency issues mostly […]

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Mindef Explains EC725 Deal

KUALA LUMPUR: Posted below is the Mindef explaination whether it had followed procedures in choosing the Cougar for the Nuri Replacement Programme. Sorry, for putting it up late, I am a walking wounded… All Rules Were Observed In Acquiring Eurocopter EC725, Says Ministry KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 17 (Bernama) — The […]

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KD Perak Launched

KUALA LUMPUR: The third Kedah-class PV, KD Perak was launched at the Lumut Naval base today. It was launched by Tuanku Bainun (see the story below). It is the third vessel of the problematic PV project. Interestingly, Malaysian Defence poll last month, readers overwhelmingly voted for the continuance of the […]

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Defence Procurement Oversight Committee Part II

Two days after Malaysian Defence wrote about the need to set-up the Defence Procurement Oversight Committee for the sake of transparency, MINDEF came out with this press release (courtesy of Bernama). Subs And Fighters Procurement Above Board – Mindef GeneralApril 26, 2007 23:35 PMKUALA LUMPUR, April 26 (Bernama) — The […]

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Antaltuya: A Honey Trap?

The affidavit revealed by Abdul Razak Bagindas lawyer in court last week maybe unprecedented as reported by New Sunday Times but it also offer a new direction of the sordid affair. I do not want to engage in a discussion whether or not Abdul Razak ordered the killing of Antaltuya […]

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Divine Intervention?

Captions Amin Shah (top) Razak Baginda I have been thinking about this for the last two weeks. I am not sure whether it is appropriate but it seems that those who received defence contracts may have got richer but their lives have not been that blessed. Razak Baginda, who got […]