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Condemned To Repeat It

SHAH ALAM: Condemned to repeat it. A check on Malaysian Defence’s archives revealed that there are 116 posts regarding the RMN Littoral Combat Ship. It is more than that actually as around 50-odd posts on the LCS had gone missing after the server failure, some three years ago. Long time […]

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Armed Forces Pension Fund to Fund Armed Forces Procurement

Furthermore, which interest will LTAT protect the most? Its investment or contributors or both? How will this effect its independence when reviewing procurement projects? Does this mean it will use this dual function to maneuver the ministry to fund projects even though it does not make sense strategically or financially ie the M4 and the NGPV project? Who will be in charge of monitoring all the deals? […]

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Malaysia -Defence Ministry

An Open Letter to the Defence Minister

Kuala Lumpur: YB Datuk, congratulations on your appointment as the Defence Minister, one of the most senior positions in the government. While I understand that some and even you might feel your appointment to the post during this hard times as National Service, I feel that you must understand you […]

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Malaysia -Defence Ministry

Who Will Be the New Defence Minister? Part II

KUALA LUMPUR: Back in January Malaysian Defence asked the same question and even posted a poll on this site. A total of 81 people responded and the majority believed that none of the three names listed on the poll, Hishammudin Hussein, Shafie Afdal and Muhyiddin Yassin, will head Jalan Padang […]

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Malaysia -Defence Ministry

The Tender Is On

KUALA LUMPUR: The story from Bernama is self-explainatory. Najib did not specify how much is the budget although he did mentioned that they were looking for 12 helicopters. Malaysian Defence hopes this contract will be managed competently unlike the NGPV project. Malaysian Defence will be looking at the project in […]