KUALA LUMPUR: No to the AV8. The story below from Bernama is self-explainatory. If you read through you will noticed that none of the Army requirements was important enough to justify the procurement of the AV8. Our polls respondent of course disagreed with us funding DRB-Hicom financial well-being. Purchase Of […]
KUALA LUMPUR: Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak unveiled the 10th Malaysian Plan this morning. The allocated ceiling budget for the plan is RM230 billion of which 10 per cent is allocated to the Security sector. No details of the allocation was released and no one is saying officially how much […]
KUALA LUMPUR: I know I could be in trouble here but I need to run this ASAP. At first glance it looks funny and weird. One wonders whether MINDEF had conducted background checks on this company before allowing the Defence Minister to witness the signing. I am wondering which airlines […]
KUALA LUMPUR: TUDM celebrated its 52nd anniversary at the Kuala Lumpur Airbase on June 1, probably the last time the celebrations will be held at the historical airport. The celebrations muted somewhat mostly probably due to budget constraints. Some aircraft took part in flypasts even in a diamond nine Su-30MKM […]
KUALA LUMPUR: Defence Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi is set to launch Mindef Transformation Programme on Thursday. No details have been released on the exact transformation of Jalan Padang Tembak yet so we will have to wait until that day to find out what is really happening. Will […]
KUALA LUMPUR: At noon today, Deputy Army Chief Datuk Zulkifeli Mohd Zin officially obtained his fourth star, making him the 23rd Army chief. His ascension as the top soldier is a welcome relief to all at Jalan Padang Tembak and the army in general. His successor, Tan Sri Muhammad Ismail […]
KUALA LUMPUR: The cyberspace is buzzing that the Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak will soon reshuffled his Cabinet. I know many people have a lot of things to say about this but I will not go into that discussion. However, tongues are wagging that Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi […]
KUALA LUMPUR: It is plain obvious isnt it? I am against the AV8, the national 8X8 Armoured Combat Vehicle project. Why? Its not that there are cheaper solutions, which there are of course. The main reason? Its the money of course, or the lack of it. There are other valid […]
KUALA LUMPUR: Since the show ended on Thursday, lets finish our discussions on the contracts that were actually signed during the show. Since the matter of the AV8 and the Cougar will come up again in the near future, I will reserve my comments for now. Further Reading What were […]
KUALA LUMPUR: Since I am too tired to write the next few days just read the link below. Yes, I was also taken by surprise by the contracts especially the Cougar and the 8X8. Its was on the ……No pictures also today as I had loaned out my camera to […]
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