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Malaysia - RMAF

Bersama Lima 2011 Part 2

SHAH ALAM: Thanks to the RAAF we now have pictures of the Eurofighter Typhoons operating out of RMAF Butterworth. Four RAF Typhoons are taking part in Exercise Bersama Lima 2011 including a single twin seater. However, I have not seen the pictures of the twin seater yet. Another interesting visitor […]

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1Malaysia

2010 Auditor General’s Report

PETALING JAYA: The Auditor General released his 2010 annual report yesterday and in my opinion, the Ministry of Defence got away lightly. Since the report is in the PDF format, I am unable to post them directly here although readers can download the whole report here. In the synopsis of […]

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Malaysian Defence

Exercise Bersama Lima 2011 Is On.

Edited to add pictures courtesy of Australian Defence Force and to state that RAAF Super Hornets are not involved PETALING JAYA: The latest installment of the FPDA Exercise Bersama Lima 2011 starts yesterday in Singapore. It will go until Nov 4. It is the 40th anniversary of the exercise which […]

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1Malaysia

Not Really A Good Idea

SHAH ALAM: Just saw the headline “Police, Army in Neighbourhood Patrol” in the Star online. Sounds like a good idea isnt it? Of course it sounds good. But I sincerely hope some one in the Army had the tenacity to ensure that soldiers involved in this type of patrol have […]

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budget

2012 Budget: Defence Gets RM13.7 Billion

PETALING JAYA: With a budget of RM232.2 billion for 2012, the Government has allocated RM13.714 billion for defence, a reduction of some RM100 million compared to the RM13.823 billion which was spent in 2011. To read the full planned 2012 expenditure, go Here Although exact procurement plans were not mentioned, […]