Malaysia -RMN

Museum Ship of the Navy

SHAH ALAM: Museum Ship of the navy. KD Hang Tuah has been formally declared as the museum ship of the navy in a ceremony at the Lumut naval base on Nov. 21. The ceremony is part of the RMN 15 to 5 transformation plan. Under the plan the navy will […]

Malaysian Army

Restructuring of the Signals Regiment

SHAH ALAM: Restructuring of the Signals Regiment. Rejimen Semboyan Diraja (RSD, or The Royal Signals Regiment) has been restructured. The restructuring effective from Nov 15, 20818 involved redesignation of 29 units, the creation of five new units and the abolishment of three others. Berita Tentera Darat Malaysia reported that the […]

Malaysian Army

Army Takes Delivery Of Recovery Trucks

SHAH ALAM: Army takes delivery of recovery vehicles. The Army has taken delivery of two Volvo heavy vehicles recovery trucks. The delivery was confirmed by a post by the Australian Defence Force in Malaysia social media page. The post contained images of one of the Volvo heavy recovery vehicle and […]

Malaysia - RMAF

Selamat Jalan Fulcrum, Finally?

SHAH ALAM: Selamat Jalan Fulcrum, Finally? Even though RMAF has not officially said that its MIG-29 Fulcrum have been retired, we have not seen them flying since late 2016. And despite an attempt to put them back into service, it appears that the end is finally here. During the last […]

Asean and Malaysia

Carry On, Carry On

JAKARTA: Carry On. Carry On. Although funding for the new MPA and MRSS has yet to be found, likely in RMK12, the technical work on them is continuing. This is of course normal as specifications and technical requirements must be ready when funding is available. RMN chief Adm Kamarulzaman Badaruddin […]

Malaysia -police

More Stuff for PDRM

SHAH ALAM: More Stuff for PDRM. As mentioned in the earlier 2019 budget post, almost no details are revealed about the procurement plans for the the military, MMEA and other agencies. The budget document for the police however reveal somewhat more of its procurement plans though it remain sparse compared […]

Malaysia -RMN

Run To The Hills

LUMUT: Run to the hills. Its now official, the RMN’s first of class LCS, the Maharaja Lela will not be able to make it to LIMA 19 next year as the ship is missing one vital piece of equipment. Infact Boustead Naval Shipyard (BNS) cannot confirm the delivery date for […]

Malaysian Army

Have Gun Will Travel

SHAH ALAM: Have Gun Will Travel. Whenever Malaysian Defence posted anything on the Deftech Gempita AV8 variants somehow or rather the conversation in the comments will touch on the lack of a dedicated anti-aircraft variant in the lineup. Recently I also wrote that the lack of the AA variant could […]

Malaysian Defence

More Starstreak Firings

SHAH ALAM: More Starstreak Firings. It appears that Grup Artileri Pertahanan Udara or GAPU has undertaken more firings of the Starstreak short range air defence missiles. Of interest is that it appears that GAPU had fired the missiles using the New Generation Lightweight Multiple Launcher (NG-LML) and Rapid Ranger turrets. […]