KUALA LUMPUR: Happy Merdeka to everyone! As promised Malaysian Defence went to Dataran Merdeka today not to be part of the Giant Parade but the chance to get close to Malaysian Army first MBT, the Polish made PT-91. Six PT-91s made its debut at the parade, four on their own […]
KUALA LUMPUR: The Bernama story below is self-explainatory. Malaysian Defence, however, maintains its earlier story. I stand to be corrected though. As Malaysian Defence remains in Shah Alam instead of Dataran, it is difficult to say who is wrong or right in this instance. Bernama could be correct as the […]
KUALA LUMPUR: Bernama story on the Kitty Hawk states that the ship is here until Merdeka. Anyhow, somehow a mistake crept into the story. “He said it was also a meaningful event for all the crew before they brought the carrier home for decommissioning, due next year. It will be […]
One of the Hornets landing at Subang on Tuesday.KUALA LUMPUR: Long time readers will realise that Malaysian Defence lives in Shah Alam next to the Subang Airport. So the last four days, we have experienced an impromptu air show by RMAF fighters landing at Subang after conducting flybys over Dataran […]
KUALA LUMPUR: For those puzzled by the large number of Americans in town, please note that the USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63) , the last conventional aircraft carrier in US Navy active service, is in town. She arrived at Port Klang over the weekend. As usual there was a news blackout, […]
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian Defence was checking out the new Army website tonight for the latest developments. The website has been under construction the last few months and even now, after it went live, the site remained under development. As usual I checked the Buletin TDM, now operating from another IP […]
KUALA LUMPUR: As we wait for the arrival of the first batch of PT91 main battle tanks from Poland, another Discovery channel programme, The Greatest Ever, also arrived on the local satellite channel, Astro. In one of the episodes last week, it proclaimed Germany’s MBT, the Leopard, as the Greatest […]
KUALA LUMPUR: As I write this, Discovery Channel Megastructures programme is highlighting Super Copters, most notably the AgustaWestland EH101. The EH101 is Malaysian Defence readers favourite helicopter for the RMAF Nuri replacement programme. It is one of the most capable helicopters around apart from the NH90 and the Sikorsky S92 […]
KUALA LUMPUR: Bernama reported today that the Nuri (pictured above, pics by RMAF) copter crash was not ready. Bernama.comMalaysian National News Agency Inquiry Into Nuri Crash Not Ready, Says RMAF ChiefGeneralAugust 14, 2007 19:52 PMKUALA LUMPUR, Aug 14 (Bernama) — The inquiry into the Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) Nuri […]
KUALA LUMPUR: The Bernama story below answered Malaysian Defence questions in my earlier post. Anway after the ceremony, one of the six Sukhois took off and performed a short fly past over the RMAF airbase With its wing facing the ground, it looped down to fly past the Subang air […]
KUALA LUMPUR: A Sukhoi Su-30MKM was seen flying over Subang this afternoon. It was flying away from me as it was making a break and turn to land at the airport around 1pm. Even though it was flying away, I could easily identify it as a Flanker due to the […]
KUALA LUMPUR: The story below by Bernama left me wondering why we are so slow when it comes to Darfur. I remembered, last year, when the peacekeeping mission to Lebanon was announced, Malaysia was tripping its heels to get its troops there. This time around, it is strangely in a […]
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