KUALA LUMPUR: Brazil on Tuesday (Dec 23) signed a defence pact with France which analyst estimates to be around 6 to 8 billion Euros which include the purchase and local manufacture of the EC-725 Cougar […]
KUALA LUMPUR: After years of resisting the move towards the more cost-effective ab-initio and basic flight training on single engine civilian airplanes, TUDM finally has called an open tender for such a programme this week. […]
Barety with Mindef Sec-Gen Dato’ Abu Bakar Bin Hj Abdullah KUALA LUMPUR: The French are buying five more EC725 Caracals as part of its 2009-2014 defence procurement programme. Too bad that it did not released […]
KUALA LUMPUR: While we are still talking about making local defence products, our southern neighbour made an important breakthrough in the international defence market. And its the UK Armed Forces this time around, not a […]
KUALA LUMPUR: The story from Bernama below is again self-explanatory. The PAC seemed to say that the decision by the government to defer the procurement of the Cougar was not a wise decision as voted […]
The Jernas on Show during the Merdeka Parade KUALA LUMPUR: In conversations with some people over the last week, it appears that most of arms procurement in the last five years have done nothing to […]
KUALA LUMPUR: The defence money is short; everything has to be pared down, even essential training programmes but the gravy train goes on The story below on the launching of LIMA 09 is a perfect […]
An inert training R27 missile displayed during RMAF open day last June. An inert Sparrow missile displayed during the same event as above A Kh-59M (top) and a Kh-31 inert missiles on display during the […]
KUALA LUMPUR: Based on the story below, within three years, the police will have more personnel than the Armed Forces including the reserves. Though Malaysian Defence feels that the recruitment may well fell below the […]
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