SHAH ALAM: The procurement division of the Defence Ministry has issued a tender for the supply, delivery, and commissioning for eight Very Short-Range Air Defence (VSHORAD) ground-based air defence system for the Army. The VSHORAD system is listed as the Army’s main asset and equipment for 2024
The 23-day tender published on November 20 closes on December 19. As usual the public specifications for the tender are limited.
MEMBEKAL, MENGHANTAR, MENGUJI DAN MENTAULIAH VERY SHORT RANGE AIR DEFENCE (VSHORAD) GROUND-BASED AIR DEFENCE (GBAD) UNTUK TENTERA DARAT – PERALATAN DAN ASET UTAMA TD 2024
The indicative cost for the eight VSHORAD system is RM150 million. It is therefore unclear whether the VSHORAD system is meant for the four Starstreak carrier vehicles or Kenderaan Pembawa Misil Starstreak (KPMS) which tender was published last August. The public specifications for the Starstreak carrier vehicles.
There is a requirement of mobile platform for Lightweight Multiple Launcher Next Generation (LML-NG) of Starstreak Missile from Ground Based Air Defence (GBAD) unit. The Mobile platform shall be used for VSHORAD GBAR units to operate LML-NG.
It may well be VSHORAD SAM being sought is to equip the KPMS. And if it’s meant to be for the KPMS it may well be the setting up of a GBAD unit for 1 Division which is based in Kuching, Sarawak. The Fifth Division based in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah has a single GBAD unit, 35 RAD (Ad-hoc) which got its Starstreak KPMS, missiles, and launchers from the disbanded RMN GBAD unit.
Five bidders qualified for the KPMS tender, the lowest is RM2.660 million; second RM2.680 million; third RM2.730 million; fourth RM2.744 million and highest is RM2.799 million. There is no indicative cost of the vehicles.
The other Starstreak unit is 33 RAD which is based at the Terendak camp in Malacca. It is also interesting to note that the 361 Battery of RAD – the GBAD unit- with 10th Para Brigade are still equipped with the Chinese-made FN-5 VSHORAD system procured some 20 years ago. The Thales Starstreak missiles, launchers, vehicles, and a single radar system were procured in 2015. What about the leasing deal for the VSHORAD system then? I was told it will not be taken up.
— Malaysian Defence
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this must be where the rumor where the army is looking at Anza Mk 3 came from
Personally I’m inclined towards Starstreak. Sure it’s a line of sight weapon and required the operators to guide it but at the speed it flies the operator only has to guide it for a few seconds. The down side is that beam rider operators require a higher level of training.