KUALA LUMPUR: It appears that the plan to use Sukuk (The Islamic equivalent for bonds) to raise money for the purchase of arms and defence-related infrastructure projects had been torpedoed by the Treasury. The main reason for this I am told is that it was a bad idea in the […]
KUALA LUMPUR: No to the AV8. The story below from Bernama is self-explainatory. If you read through you will noticed that none of the Army requirements was important enough to justify the procurement of the AV8. Our polls respondent of course disagreed with us funding DRB-Hicom financial well-being. Purchase Of […]
KUALA LUMPUR: Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak unveiled the 10th Malaysian Plan this morning. The allocated ceiling budget for the plan is RM230 billion of which 10 per cent is allocated to the Security sector. No details of the allocation was released and no one is saying officially how much […]
KUALA LUMPUR: Defence Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi is set to launch Mindef Transformation Programme on Thursday. No details have been released on the exact transformation of Jalan Padang Tembak yet so we will have to wait until that day to find out what is really happening. Will […]
KUALA LUMPUR: The cyberspace is buzzing that the Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak will soon reshuffled his Cabinet. I know many people have a lot of things to say about this but I will not go into that discussion. However, tongues are wagging that Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi […]
KUALA LUMPUR: It is plain obvious isnt it? I am against the AV8, the national 8X8 Armoured Combat Vehicle project. Why? Its not that there are cheaper solutions, which there are of course. The main reason? Its the money of course, or the lack of it. There are other valid […]
KUALA LUMPUR: Since the show ended on Thursday, lets finish our discussions on the contracts that were actually signed during the show. Since the matter of the AV8 and the Cougar will come up again in the near future, I will reserve my comments for now. Further Reading What were […]
KUALA LUMPUR: Further reading. The Malay Mail. Pictures taken on First Day —Malaysian Defence If you like this post, buy me an espresso. Paypal Payment
As you all might know already, the Joint Force Headquarters hosted the Malindo Latgabma Darsasa in Malacca from Mar 25 to Apr 10.
The exercise was focused on Counter-Terrorism hence the name of the exercise of Malaysian-Indonesia Combined Joint Exercise Sea, Air and Land. Our Unit Lawan Keganasan/CT operators from 11GGK, Paskal and the Paskau were put through their paces with the Kopassus, Denjaka and DenBravo, their Indonesian counterparts. […]
KUALA LUMPUR: Pictured below are some of the guns that were paraded or displayed at the Police Day celebrations on March 25, 2010. The SLRs were to me the highlight of the show even with the new Bushmaster Carbines. I hope I will have the chance to shoot the SLRs […]
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