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Malaysian Defence

Still Missing Part II

The search continues for the missing pilot and the Hawk 208 aircraft which crashed off Kuala Rompin two week ago. Apart from an oil slick and a part of the rudder nothing has been recovered from the sea. The search for the pilot and plane continues at sea. Ironically there […]

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Malaysian Defence

KD Kedah, finally

* Picture of Pahang taken in a visit to NDSB in 2004. KD Kedah was at sea during the visit SHAH ALAM: KD Kedah, the lead ship in the New Generation Patrol Vessel project, was finally commissioned into the Royal Malaysian Navy on Monday (June, 2006).The commissioning was delayed for […]

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Malaysian Defence

Still Missing

Its been almost a week since a Hawk 208 crashed in the waters off Kuala Rompin. Despite a massive search operations, the plane and its pilot, have yet to be found. So far only the rudder have been found. Every body is still hoping that the pilot Maj Muhammad is […]

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Malaysian Defence

Malaysian Peacekeepers in Timur Leste

Some 250 Malaysian peacekeepers are now deployed in Timur Leste folowing a revolt in the newly independent country. Our soldiers facing machete wielding Timurese and some rebel soldiers armed with SteyrsApparently the ROE meant that unless they imminent danger, they cannot open fire with their Steyr AUG, M4, Minimi, GPMG […]

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Malaysian Defence

Sopmod rifles for Malaysia?

Somebody is placing ads in a local magazine Perajurit on the M4 Sopmod rifles. Sopmod is the acronym for the Special Operations Peculiar Modification rifles meant specifically for US Special Forces Command.Coming fast after the decision to replace the Steyr with the M4/M16A4 combo the ads is particularly annoying as […]

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Malaysian Defence

Kudos to the Royal Malaysian Air Force

A nice schematic of the Pilatus PC-7 Mk II.Only on a few occasions, one can actually celebrate a contract signing. The occasion was the signing for six Mk IIs at the recent DSA 2006. For once I was smiling. Late last year, I was quite apprehensive that the air force […]

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Malaysian Defence

Indian made flight helmets?

This is the L100 MSA bone dome which the RMAF hope to procure for its Sukhoi Su-30MKM fighter squadron. I am a great admirer of India. The country is already a certified nuclear power. Not a country one want to mess with. It also produced cruise missiles and assembled jet […]

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Malaysian Army

Assault Rifle Musical Chair

SHAH ALAM: As others debate on terminal ballistics and penetration, and assault rifles as just a component of a soldier system, we are back again on a musical chair, the assault rifle version. 15 years ago they said they had the answer. Choose an assault rifle whose manufacturer was willing […]

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Malaysian Defence

A new beginning

It is an expensive business, defence that is. We hope through this pages we can at least place a little influence on the powers that be so every ringgit spent is worth every cent. If you like this post, buy me an espresso. Paypal Payment