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Malaysian Army

Border Regiment

KUALA LUMPUR: The old 300 series Askar Wataniah Regiment is to be renamed Border Regiment this Saturday in Jeli by the Defence Minister. I wonder the change in colours, name and role would do wonder to this very important but usually under-regarded force. Would the new roles meant that they […]

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Malaysian Defence

Gone, Going and…

KUALA LUMPUR: As I had mentioned before getting fat defence contracts doesnt make the man, the story from Bernama is self-explainatory. Wonder when that guy that make the …. … will get his? (LIBEL ALERT) I hope soon…but apparently not soon enough… Selangor Revokes Amin Shah’s ‘Datuk’ Title SHAH ALAM, […]

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Malaysian Defence

Nuri Replacement Saga Part II

KUALA LUMPUR: As we wait for the Utility Helicopter Tender to close on Feb 8, one interesting news came out from New Delhi. The Indian Air Force last week conducted trials on the AW101 and the S92. The tender came out in 2006 for a fleet of medium lift and […]

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Malaysian Army

They Died, So Its Their Fault?

KUALA LUMPUR: If the story from Bernama (below) is correct (quoted and translated correctly) it appears that the three soldiers who drowned during the demo-cum-training exercise ahead of Lima have been blamed for their own deaths. The story seem to invoke to me the famous lines “Their was not too […]