KUALA LUMPUR: If you read my earlier posts, you would have known that I had proposed that the National Service should be consolidated with Rela, Civil Defence, Wataniah and the police Reserve. The consolidation would give a full time/part time volunteer force numbering around 1 million (if all NS trainees […]
KUALA LUMPUR: Two cops were killed in an ambush when they were about to raid a house this mornoing. (see story below). Two more cops are fighting for his life. Update: I have edited this story as the original story from Bernama was wrong I stand to be corrected, but […]
KUALA LUMPUR: The Navy webmaster has replied that there was an error in the page and he will fixed Armada Laut page soon. I am sort relieved. But I will continue to call people to confirm what is going on with Kedah, Pahang and the rest of the four ships. […]
KUALA LUMPUR: I was looking at the Tentera Laut Di Raja Malaysia website today and by chance clicked on the TLDM Armada link. I was surprised to find that the Kedah-class PVs. KD Kedah and KD Pahang, not listed in the armada’s list. Since the link was updated on Aug […]
KUALA LUMPUR: Datin Seri Rosmah Mansur, DPM Najib Tun Razak officially launched KD Tunku Abdul Rahman in Cherbourg France, yesterday. Pix courtesy of RMN The boat will now undergo a commissioning period of at least two years before returning home. It is hope that this time around, TAR would beat […]
KUALA LUMPUR: The ACA have charged the ikan bilis over the abuses highlighted by the Auditor-General Report. See the story below as reported by Berita Harian reporters and translanted into NST. They have not said a word publicly on Mindef abuses. With the Scorpene launch today, I believed no one […]
KUALA LUMPUR: The first Malaysian submarine, KD Tunku Abdul Rahman will be launched in Cherboug, France, tomorrow. DPM Najib Tun Razak is in France to witness the ceremony. Malaysian Defence prays for a good launch. — Malaysian Defence If you like this post, buy me an espresso. Paypal Payment
KUALA LUMPUR: I refer to the story below by DefenseNews. Its sounds interesting, although it is still in the concept stage (the joint usage) do you think we should go for it especially for the Eyes In the Sky programme? Or is it too American for us? Certainly a much […]
KUALA LUMPUR: The Thais (see the story below) has announced its attention to buy 12 Saab Gripens for US$1 billion earlier this week. If the deal goes through (depending on Thai politics with an election coming in December and whether or not the US would allow the deal to go […]
KUALA LUMPUR: TO be fair to the army and the armed forces, I must add that the lack of good leadership seemed to pervade the whole society. Malaysia is now ruled generally by a bunch of leaders who got to the top “by who they know and not what they […]
KUALA LUMPUR: The country’s top soldier and one of his generals seemed to have a different opinion on the toughness of the current batch of recruits joining the force (see bernama story below). But in the next breath, Tan Sri Muhammad Ismail quickly corrected himself, stating it could be that […]
KUALA LUMPUR: I was relaxing at dusk on the first day of Raya in Padang Tengku when my nephew turned on the TV and clicked on RTM1. On show was a documentary I believed was titled Pengorbanan Syawal (Syawal Sacrifice). The documentary was on the General Operations Force operations along […]
–Malaysian Defence If you like this post, buy me an espresso. Paypal Payment
Malaysian Defence