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 […]
KUALA LUMPUR: Since the Nuri replacement programme is open, Malaysian Defence wonders whether Govt-to-Govt negotiations will be used this time around. The G-to-G negotiations is the latest programme initiated by the Europeans in the aftermath of arms for bribes scandals in the 80s. The US has a similar programme, the […]
KUALA LUMPUR: Kementerian Pertahanan today opened the tender for the Nuri replacement programme. It is an INTERNATIONAL TENDER. Since it is an International Tender, we hope when they signed the tender it is with an international company, not some unknown SDN BHD company, which actually signed the deal. No. Tawaran […]
KUALA LUMPUR: Barely two weeks after Malaysian Defence lamented on the lack of personal safety equipment for General Operations Force personnel patrolling our borders, PDRM announced a tender for ballistic helmets. See below. Without the tender documents in my hand, I have no idea how many ballistic helmets they are […]
KUALA LUMPUR: If you read my earlier posts, you would have known that I had proposed that the National Service should be consolidated with Rela, Civil Defence, Wataniah and the police Reserve. The consolidation would give a full time/part time volunteer force numbering around 1 million (if all NS trainees […]
KUALA LUMPUR: The Navy webmaster has replied that there was an error in the page and he will fixed Armada Laut page soon. I am sort relieved. But I will continue to call people to confirm what is going on with Kedah, Pahang and the rest of the four ships. […]
KUALA LUMPUR: Datin Seri Rosmah Mansur, DPM Najib Tun Razak officially launched KD Tunku Abdul Rahman in Cherbourg France, yesterday. Pix courtesy of RMN The boat will now undergo a commissioning period of at least two years before returning home. It is hope that this time around, TAR would beat […]
KUALA LUMPUR: The first Malaysian submarine, KD Tunku Abdul Rahman will be launched in Cherboug, France, tomorrow. DPM Najib Tun Razak is in France to witness the ceremony. Malaysian Defence prays for a good launch. — Malaysian Defence If you like this post, buy me an espresso. Paypal Payment
KUALA LUMPUR: I refer to the story below by DefenseNews. Its sounds interesting, although it is still in the concept stage (the joint usage) do you think we should go for it especially for the Eyes In the Sky programme? Or is it too American for us? Certainly a much […]
KUALA LUMPUR: The Thais (see the story below) has announced its attention to buy 12 Saab Gripens for US$1 billion earlier this week. If the deal goes through (depending on Thai politics with an election coming in December and whether or not the US would allow the deal to go […]
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