LANGKAWI: LIMA 2009, Preview. This is my first posting from Langkawi. No updates yet but I would like to offer to offer condolences to the families of the three paratroopers killed in today’s incident. It was an accident that could have been avoided. The wind around Langkawi has been gusting […]
KUALA LUMPUR: Another large demonstration was held in the city centre today with the police firing tear gas and water cannons to disperse the crowd. Malaysian Defence will not got into over the merit of having street demonstrations, its up to the individual to decide on this but we must […]
From top: Blackhawk, UH-1Y Super Huey and the AW149 KUALA LUMPUR: After a couple of days of research and evaluation, Malaysian Defence would like to offer these helicopters pictured above as the most cost-effective solution for the Nuri Replacement Tender. With a budget of around RM1 billion (US$340 million) we […]
KUALA LUMPUR: After almost two years of waiting, the first batch of the last generation M16/M4s from Colt Defense, some 20,000 rifles are finally being shipped to Malaysia before year end. For those asking what contract?, MINDEF signed the deal with SME Ordnance in DSA 2006. With DSA 2008 coming […]
KUALA LUMPUR: The third Kedah-class PV, KD Perak was launched at the Lumut Naval base today. It was launched by Tuanku Bainun (see the story below). It is the third vessel of the problematic PV project. Interestingly, Malaysian Defence poll last month, readers overwhelmingly voted for the continuance of the […]
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 […]
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