KUALA LUMPUR: As Pak Lah had taken over the Defence portfolio, Malaysian Defence would like to re-issue the open letter posted to the PM shortly after the general elections. No changes were made to the open letter as the issues and facts stated remained valid. Reader Simon, in his comments, […]
KUALA LUMPUR: On Aug 29, Pak Lah announced the nation’s biggest budget in history, RM207.9 billion, which was mostly panned by critics. It was also a bad budget for people like me, those in the middle class. Anyway, how much did he allocated for defence? Not much really, there was […]
KUALA LUMPUR: The story below from Bernama is self-explanatory. As I had mentioned before, we lacked a lot of things to affect a rescue attempt this far away from home. Only a few nations does have the capability and we cannot spend billions just to prepare for this type of […]
KUALA LUMPUR: The RMN will soon have three ships in Gulf of Aden, frigate KD Lekiu, PV KD Pahang and KD Inderapura, a support ship, to protect our shipping in the area following the hijacking of two MISC vessels recently. (see NST story below) There is also the question of […]
KUALA LUMPUR: We are back! After a week of technical difficulties Malaysian Defence is finally back on line. Its great to be back… –Malaysian Defence If you like this post, buy me an espresso. Paypal Payment
KUALA LUMPUR: The story from Defencenews (below) is self explanatory. The budget is US$300 million although the final price is being negotiated. Malaysian Defence wonders whether this deal will affect our Nuri Replacement Programme. Yes, it would, some people are already scrambling through the woodwork to get their deal, on […]
KUALA LUMPUR: After all the confusion in the last two weeks concerning the Sabah radars, the Bernama story below finally answered the questions, one which was not even answered after a media tour of the Armed Forces operations of Ops Pasir cum visit by the Defence Minister and the services […]
KUALA LUMPUR: In view of the Merdeka Day celebrations this weeken, those living in the Klang Valley should be aware that RMAF fast jet fleet will be in town. If you want a closer look come to the Subang Airport, near Kampung Melayu Subang where the planes fly low as […]
KUALA LUMPUR: Happy Merdeka to All. My wishes for Merdeka, a prosperous and peaceful country with a defence budget that is more than one sentence. –Malaysian Defence If you like this post, buy me an espresso. Paypal Payment
KUALA LUMPUR: Its appears that radars and surveillance equipment are the “coolest” piece of kit for the armed forces at the moment. The tender below was advertised at Mindef website on Tuesday. P(PERO 1)D/T 293/2008 09.09.08 50.00 Membekal, Memasang, Menguji dan Mentauliah Tiga (3) Unit Ground Surveillance Radar Manpack (GSR) […]
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