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 […]
KUALA LUMPUR: Thanks to reader N. Mohamed, we now know that in 2005, MINDEF purchased 20 Amraams from the US. The matter was reported to the UN Conventional Arms Register. What is the UN Conventional Arms Register? According to its website: On 6 December 1991, the General Assembly adopted resolution […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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