A guest post by Ferret. SHAH ALAM: THERE have been several good discussions here about amphibious forces. But to start this article, I would like to remind ourselves of what they’re good for. Most of the literature say they are good for establishing a landing site for larger friendly forces, […]
SHAH ALAM: IN my post What’s In Store For MAF in 2015 I mentioned about the talk of the Army getting new Light Strike Vehicles (LSV). I also mentioned that apart from foreign candidates, Weststar GK-M1 Weapon Platform as one of the candidates of the LSV. It appears now that […]
SHAH ALAM: It was announced in Parliament on Dec 17 that the Government is buying 10 7.62mm M134D mini-guns or Gatling guns and mounts for the Army Air Corps’ AgustaWestland AW109 fleet. The procurement according to Deputy Defence Minister Datuk Abdul Rahim Bakri was an interim measure while the government […]
SHAH ALAM: RMAF has decided that a new unit – 22nd Squadron – will be raised for the four Airbus A400M transport planes it will be getting starting this year. The motto of the new squadron is “Gagah Berani or The Strong and The Bold. The number and motto of […]
SHAH ALAM: SHAH ALAM: Missile corvettes and ASW helicopters are among the projects that had been registered by the Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN) for the 11th Malaysian Plan (RMK11). The 36 projects are worth some RM10.8 billion. Among the projects registered are the procurement of six ASW helicopters, 8 surface […]
SHAH ALAM: THIS is the first of many posts (hopefully) on the RMK11 wish list. As helicopters are almost common user item among the services including other government agencies and a safe bet for procurement we might as well start with them. This post and others are not the official […]
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