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Malaysian Defence

Street Demos and Malaysian Security

KUALA LUMPUR: Another large demonstration was held in the city centre today with the police firing tear gas and water cannons to disperse the crowd. Malaysian Defence will not got into over the merit of having street demonstrations, its up to the individual to decide on this but we must […]

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The Nuri Replacement Should Be….

From top: Blackhawk, UH-1Y Super Huey and the AW149 KUALA LUMPUR: After a couple of days of research and evaluation, Malaysian Defence would like to offer these helicopters pictured above as the most cost-effective solution for the Nuri Replacement Tender. With a budget of around RM1 billion (US$340 million) we […]

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Malaysian Defence

M16/M4 Coming

KUALA LUMPUR: After almost two years of waiting, the first batch of the last generation M16/M4s from Colt Defense, some 20,000 rifles are finally being shipped to Malaysia before year end. For those asking what contract?, MINDEF signed the deal with SME Ordnance in DSA 2006. With DSA 2008 coming […]

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KD Perak Launched

KUALA LUMPUR: The third Kedah-class PV, KD Perak was launched at the Lumut Naval base today. It was launched by Tuanku Bainun (see the story below). It is the third vessel of the problematic PV project. Interestingly, Malaysian Defence poll last month, readers overwhelmingly voted for the continuance of the […]

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The Nuri Tender Replacement is OPEN

KUALA LUMPUR: Kementerian Pertahanan today opened the tender for the Nuri replacement programme. It is an INTERNATIONAL TENDER. Since it is an International Tender, we hope when they signed the tender it is with an international company, not some unknown SDN BHD company, which actually signed the deal. No. Tawaran […]

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Ballistic Helmets for Malaysian Police

KUALA LUMPUR: Barely two weeks after Malaysian Defence lamented on the lack of personal safety equipment for General Operations Force personnel patrolling our borders, PDRM announced a tender for ballistic helmets. See below. Without the tender documents in my hand, I have no idea how many ballistic helmets they are […]