KUALA LUMPUR: As Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi had said the ministry will be conducting a review of its procurement process, I humbly submit this document, Review of Acquisition for the State of Defence, by the British government as a good starting point for our own effort. There is no […]
KUALA LUMPUR: As mentioned by Simon, I am posting this, so every one who wants to talk about the replacement for the Sri Inderapura and perhaps the two other LPD in RMN, KD Mahawangsa and KD Inderasakti, can have their say. I will open another one if the comments get […]
KUALA LUMPUR: They are going to spend close to RM500 million to start the 1MF1 team. How wonderful if those precious money is spend on our national security. Yeah, I know we wont be getting free publicity all over the world but we could get at least five medium size […]
[singlepic id=27 w=320 h=240 float=left]KUALA LUMPUR: Since we are already talking about APCs, let me share something which I found out recently. Its a rather unique Malaysian phenomenon that things that failed to make the grade years ago somehow managed to return to our procurement pipeline. Twenty-years ago, the M16A2 […]
[singlepic id=26 w=320 h=240 float=left]KUALA LUMPUR: Contrary to the statements by the Defence Minister recently that RMAF Fuclrums will be retired soon, these jets are expected to remain in service for at least another two years. In fact, the PAT in his Armed Forces Day interview told the press that […]
KUALA LUMPUR: The death of the two RMAF pilots in last week crash in Langkawi highlighted the top to bottom mentality that continue to prevail over Jalan Padang Tembak. Instead of highlighting our soldiers, airmen and sailors, Kementah, especially its website continue to be a platform for its political masters. […]
KUALA LUMPUR: Two RMAF officers were killed this afternoon in a PC-7 crash at Langkawi airport. Bernama story from NST online with pictures –Malaysian Defence If you like this post, buy me an espresso. Paypal Payment
[singlepic id=22 w=320 h=240 float=left] KUALA LUMPUR: Sorry for the late update but as mentioned above its Better Late Than Never! The SLEP for the Kasturi which was first announced publicly at Lima 2007 has finally been given the go ahead. It was supposed to start last year but as […]
[singlepic id=21 w=320 h=240 float=left] KUALA LUMPUR: Chinese made advanced jet trainer Falcon L-15 developed by China’s Jiangxi Hongdu Aviation Industry Group appeared in the Russian International Air Show, being held starting on August 18. The manufacturer claimed that the Falcon has a pneumatic platform with a three-axle and four-redundancy […]
KUALA LUMPUR: Based on the story below, it appears that we overpaid for our 18 Sukhoi Su-30MKM (US$900 million). The price for the 64 plane Russian deal (US$2.5 billion) was the same originally quoted for the Super Hornet, which include training and support of course. From Ria Novosti Russia’s Defense […]
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