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Adnan IFV armed with 25mm Bushmaster one-man turret

Things for ESSCOM

SHAH ALAM: Armed Forces chief Tan Sri Mohd Zulkifeli Mohd Zin announced yesterday (March 13, 2013) that 12 APCs and two helicopters …

Malaysian Defence Budget 2013

PETALING JAYA: Despite the pessimism expressed ahead of the budget by Jalan Padang Tembak, the 2012 Malaysian budget offered a small temporary …

New Media, Old Mindset….

PETALING JAYA: Some 60 media people including 30 bloggers – the New Media – spent a day at the RMAF airbase in …

Juche or Self-Reliance

PETALING JAYA: Copied below is a write up from a serving Australian Lieutenant Colonel Ben Pronk from the Interpreter blog of the …

New 4X4 for the Armed Forces?

PETALING JAYA: The story below from Bernama is self-explainatory. In short, the Defence Minister is saying that the Weststar Group had been …

MRCA Tender Is On? Part II

I admit any increase in the Malaysian defence budget must first be accompanied with wholesale reforms in Jalan Padang Tembak if we want to see real changes in the Armed Forces and country.

Myths and Defence

KUALA LUMPUR: Everyone who has Astro and subscribed to the Learning Channel will have seen the Mythbusters. These fellas get paid to …