SHAH ALAM: IF someone were to check out the Star website yesterday, it would have been reasonable for him or her to think that the Government was on the verge of deciding on the Multi-Role Combat Aircraft (MRCA) for the Royal Malaysian Air Force. Alas the report failed to mention […]
SHAH ALAM: One can huff and puff but the air force – with two Hawks and two Sukhois each – stole the show at the Army Firepower Demo held at Kem Sirajuddin, Gemas on Tuesday (July 9, 2013). The air force contingent was supposed to be a bit player in […]
SHAH ALAM: The Army hold a major exercise – Eks Stallion – in the areas from Tapah, Perak to Rawang, Selangor between June 23 and July 4, 2013. Some 5000 soldiers and 300 vehicles from the Second and Fourth Division took part in the exercise which concentrated on Delaying Defence […]
SHAH ALAM: Former Armed Forces headquarters chief of staff, Jen Datuk Raja Mohamed Affandi Raja Mohamed Noor, 56, is to assume the post of Army Chief replacing Jen Tan Sri Zulkifli Zainal Abidin, 55, tomorrow. (June 14, 2013). Following the promotion, Raja Mohamed Affandi, who was a Lt Gen, is […]
SHAH ALAM: Umno VPs, Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein and Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi switched portfolios in the new Cabinet as announced by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak this afternoon. Hishammuddin followed his cousin footsteps to head the Defence Ministry while Ahmad Zahid takes over the reign at Home […]
KUALA LUMPUR: IT appears with the LCS/Laksamana class programme underway (sort of), the RMN is pushing for the upgrades to the Kedah class ships for the second part of RMK10. RMN chief Tan Sri Aziz Jaafar made clear the priority during an interview ahead of the 79th anniversary of the […]
LANGKAWI: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak formally launched Lima 2013 today. He did not make any announcements on the GE or the contracts to be signed at the show. Despite the commitments in Sabah, the Armed Forces namely the Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) tried its best to […]
PETALING JAYA: Apart from a squadron of brand new MRCA, the Armed Forces is hopeful that it will have an X-band communications satellite up and running in 2015. Armed Forces chief Jen Tan Sri Zulkifeli Mohd Zin told a briefing session organised by the Retired Armed Forces Officers Club last […]
SHAH ALAM: RMN’s first 75 metre training ship, pre-commissioning unit Gagah Samudera (loosely translated Sea Power?) was launched and named at the NGV Tech shipyard in Sinjangkang, Selangor, today (Dec 14, 2012). The first of two ship class, pennant number 271, is definitely way much bigger than most of the […]
PETALING JAYA: In conjunction with RMN’s 78th anniversary, its chief Tan Sri Aziz Jaafar hold a press conference to announce various events organised for the celebrations. There will be open days at all RMN bases, on April 27 and 28, 2012. During the press conference, the CN also gave some […]
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