Malaysian Defence

The last few months have been great, but I know I have to raise the stake and the Defence White Paper I think is the best way for future of the blog and the country. Unlike the official one, it will be done in installments, which I hope to finish […]

Its confirmed, the Malaysian contingent for the Lebanon will leave for the Middle East country on Nov 5. And it appears that the Malaysian contingent will fly there via Hercules transport planes. As I mentioned in my earlier posts, it is probably wiser if we flew on chartered 747s but […]

We finally got the green light to go to Lebanon. Pak Lah in New York for UN General Assembly said the world body have agreed for the deployment of 360 troops, short of 700 that we had earlier proposed.Any number is good enough I believe. I just hope MINDEF will […]

Its ExStarfish. Part of the Five Power Defence Agreement. Malaysia, Singapore, Australia, New Zealand and Uk. The Sentry, believed to be from UK, is part of the exercise. Have anyone heard of PR? Thanks to Sager for the update! If you like this post, buy me an espresso. Paypal Payment

As I was driving yesterday about noon, guess what I saw banking right out off Subang.An E-3 Sentry Awacs. I cannot make out whether it was US, NATO or the Saudi version. Since Nato and Saudi AWACS seldom fly out of their regions (NATO planes do deploy to Afgan) I […]

Kofi Annan mentioned Malaysia joining UNIFIL in Jordan several days ago. Was it a slip of the tongue or they have decided to allow Malaysian troops in Unifil? We are waiting with bated breath If you like this post, buy me an espresso. Paypal Payment

Who Won? Hezbollah or Israel? Like the war, the opinion is divided on both sides of the fence and most are done without proper thinking and logic.Both sides apparently cannot win the same war even in the minds of their own supporters. I can understand the parties themselves making such […]

Adnan APCs during Merdeka Parade. Pix courtesy of Mindef As I have foreseen, the Israelis are baulking over plans to have Islamic countries sent peacekeepers to back up the United Nations Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL).The Israelis have always prevented Islamic \countries from joining any UN mission in Lebanon or the […]

The bombs are still falling in Lebanon and Palestine as I write this, about 30 days since it all started.Our govt, as other Islamic countries, is keen to sent a peace keeping force to Lebanon once the UN Security Council finally decides to do the right thing.Personally, I do not […]

It seemed puzzling to me that the navy is getting more frigates even though its two FAC squadrons are among the oldest in the fleet.Some of the boats have been in service since early 70s.The last remaining boats of the old Kedah class (Vosper-built boats which were introduced in the […]