KUALA LUMPUR: The New Straits Times ran a story on Saturday on the Mi-17 based on the Auditor-General’s annual report. Excerpts from the story: KUALA LUMPUR: Two helicopters worth RM117.75 million purchased for the police air wing could not be used as they did not meet Department of Civil Aviation […]
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian Defence looked hard and long for news on the defence allocation in the 2008 budget in various news outlets but to no avail. Only after reading through the whole budget speech that Malaysian Defence found it. You can also find it in line 126 of Pak Lah […]
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian Defence refers to the Bernama story below. I will comment later but the title of the blog clearly describes my feelings about it. BTW it looks like a Pioneer. Bernama.comMalaysian National News AgencyMalaysia Produces Tactical Unmanned Aerial Vehicle GeneralMay 15, 2007 17:51 PM MELAKA, May 15 (Bernama) […]
Story from Bernama follows. KD Pahang is a brand new ship. I wonder if the Singaporeans will allow the RSS Formidable to Langkawi for Lima 07. Bernama.com Malaysian National News AgencyMalaysia Warships For IMDEX Asia 2007 GeneralMay 07, 2007 10:45 AMSINGAPORE, May 7 (Bernama) — Two Royal Malaysian Navy warships […]
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 […]
Captions. 1) FN Mag (GPMG)2) Pakistan-made RMPG-73) McMillan 50 calibre rifle (compnay has close-shop)4) FN SAW (the only new gun on display)5) Condor APC (the same vehicle used in Somalia 1991) Three weeks back I attended the 2007 Army Media Day in conjunction of Army Day. There was a shooting […]
On Sunday, March 25, is the 25th anniversary of the Royal Malaysian Police or Polis DiRaja Malaysia (PDRM) As the premier law enforcement agency in Malaysia it is also part of the Malaysian defence equation. Its Special Branch is the FBI/CIA or MI5/MI6 equivalent in Malaysia. In its 200th year, […]
March 1 is the 74th anniversary of the Malaysian Army. Happy Anniversary to all soldiers. Many Happy Returns. If you like this post, buy me an espresso. Paypal Payment
Everyone knows that soldiers sometimes inflict their own kind of punishment for their own kind. Who are we to judge them? But the lines are drawn when third parties usually civilians are involved or the punishment is just part of a macho culture of a training camp. Chicken shit is […]
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