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Malaysian Defence

Nuri Crash Report Not Ready

KUALA LUMPUR: Bernama reported today that the Nuri (pictured above, pics by RMAF) copter crash was not ready. Bernama.comMalaysian National News Agency Inquiry Into Nuri Crash Not Ready, Says RMAF ChiefGeneralAugust 14, 2007 19:52 PMKUALA LUMPUR, Aug 14 (Bernama) — The inquiry into the Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) Nuri […]

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Its Sukhois over Subang

KUALA LUMPUR: The Bernama story below answered Malaysian Defence questions in my earlier post. Anway after the ceremony, one of the six Sukhois took off and performed a short fly past over the RMAF airbase With its wing facing the ground, it looped down to fly past the Subang air […]

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Malaysian Defence

Sukhoi over Subang

KUALA LUMPUR: A Sukhoi Su-30MKM was seen flying over Subang this afternoon. It was flying away from me as it was making a break and turn to land at the airport around 1pm. Even though it was flying away, I could easily identify it as a Flanker due to the […]

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Malaysian Defence

Darfur, Oh, Darfur

KUALA LUMPUR: The story below by Bernama left me wondering why we are so slow when it comes to Darfur. I remembered, last year, when the peacekeeping mission to Lebanon was announced, Malaysia was tripping its heels to get its troops there. This time around, it is strangely in a […]

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Malaysian Defence

Why Three Rifles?

KUALA LUMPUR: A tender which appeared (see below) call for the supply of three (3) 7.62 mm sniper rifles complete with accessories for the Malaysian Government appeared in the Mindef website on July 24. Why is MINDEF looking to purchase three sniper rifles? Only about two months ago, a tender […]

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Malaysian Defence

Nuri Down V and Federal SAR

KUALA LUMPUR: A failed football adminstrator and Member of Parliament recently suggested that a Federal Search and Rescue team be set-up following the tardiness of locating the crash Nuri. He said that the special team would be able to find the helicopter quickly, which is of course, hogwash. Without an […]

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Malaysian Defence

Nuri Down IV

KUALA LUMPUR: Of course, the title of the Bernama story below explains everything. But why would they wait so long? Infact, they have been talking about it since almost two decades now. So what turned the screw? The fact that the money has already been allocated in the Ninth Malaysian […]

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Malaysian Defence

Nuri Down III and Quacks

KUALA LUMPUR: Its confirmed that all six RMAF personnel perished in the Nuri crash. The wreckage was finally found about 1.24pm on Jan 17, five days after it went missing. Malaysian Defence offers condolences to their families and love ones The remains have yet to be recovered as the wreckage […]

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Malaysian Defence

Nuri Down II

KUALA LUMPUR: From the headlines below from Bernama, it is obvious that the search and rescue team have yet to locate the Nuri (Sikorsky Sea King S-61) which crashed into the jungles around Genting Highlands around 9.35am yesterday (July 13).July 14, 2007 21:46 PMNo Sign Of Copter As Aerial Search […]

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Malaysian Defence

Nuri Down

KUALA LUMPUR: As Malaysian Defence published these report, there is no word on whether the Nuri (picture above, Sikorsky Sea King) helicopter and its crew have been found. It crashed about 9.35am (almost 15 hours ago) and still they have yet to track it. Lets hope everybody on board survives […]