KUALA LUMPUR: The press release from Aermacchi is self explanatory. Looks like we are getting another batch of trainers next year. It appears that we decided to pay for a new avionics suite for these planes like the rest of the planes, ships and tanks we purchased over years. No […]
Kuala Lumpur: Pak Lah in his speech (read by his deputy) at the launch of the fourth PV announced that the government will fund the construction of the second batch of the Kedah class. He did hedge his bet on the project however by stating the project will only start […]
KUALA LUMPUR: At first reading of the story below, Malaysian Defence was simply aghast by the idea of spending RM100 million for another staff college during these lean times. Ah, another National Interest project, one that even trump current and future capabilities for the military. But then after a second […]
KUALA LUMPUR: No wonder the defence sector got a bad rap. They could not even manage to ensure that they dont trip over each other in holding important and beneficial events for the sector and its stakeholders. What happened today is a clear example of the lack of communications. Ironically […]
KUALA LUMPUR: Since we are talking about planning for the future, Malaysian Defence would like to list a few items that perhaps could be included in the armed forces procurement plans once the economic crisis is over. We understand that no one knows when the economy will be back on […]
KUALA LUMPUR: At the risk of being accused of being an Umno fanatic, Malaysian Defence would like to offer an alternative view on the deferment of defence procurement blamed mostly on the current global economic crisis. The pause in the defence procurement comes at a time during the transition of […]
KUALA LUMPUR: The economic crisis has again found another victim. Although it was the reason given, every one in the industry had for months knew that the wheeled armoured vehicle programme had floundered when it was announced that the Ninth Malaysian Plan budget was under review. The announcement today only […]
A National Asset KUALA LUMPUR: The PAC (according to the Bernama story below) have cleared the deferred Cougar procurement. It said that MINDEF had mostly followed proper procedures during the tender exercise. With one hurdle cleared, the Nuri Replacement Circus now moves to the ACA for further scrutiny, of which […]
KUALA LUMPUR: I guess that the PM cum Defence Minister or his bevy of advisors do not read Malaysian Defence. Otherwise he and his advisors would not come up with the answers which became the story below. If they did, they would have known that Malaysian Defence readers voted overwhelmingly […]
KUALA LUMPUR: Based on the story below (the decision to defer the Cougar purchase), Malaysian Defence wonders whether those in power feels that the Armed Forces are a burden, a money “black hole”. Saying that the Nuri Replacement Programme, an important revitalisation of a national asset could be deferred as […]
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