We finally got the green light to go to Lebanon. Pak Lah in New York for UN General Assembly said the world body have agreed for the deployment of 360 troops, short of 700 that we had earlier proposed.Any number is good enough I believe. I just hope MINDEF will […]
Its ExStarfish. Part of the Five Power Defence Agreement. Malaysia, Singapore, Australia, New Zealand and Uk. The Sentry, believed to be from UK, is part of the exercise. Have anyone heard of PR? Thanks to Sager for the update! If you like this post, buy me an espresso. Paypal Payment
As I was driving yesterday about noon, guess what I saw banking right out off Subang.An E-3 Sentry Awacs. I cannot make out whether it was US, NATO or the Saudi version. Since Nato and Saudi AWACS seldom fly out of their regions (NATO planes do deploy to Afgan) I […]
Kofi Annan mentioned Malaysia joining UNIFIL in Jordan several days ago. Was it a slip of the tongue or they have decided to allow Malaysian troops in Unifil? We are waiting with bated breath If you like this post, buy me an espresso. Paypal Payment
I have been thinking that it is really not important for us to decide who won the recent war in Lebanon.What is more important that we find out what went wrong over there so we avoid the mistakes that had been done. This is not the final list. As more […]
Adnan APCs during Merdeka Parade. Pix courtesy of Mindef As I have foreseen, the Israelis are baulking over plans to have Islamic countries sent peacekeepers to back up the United Nations Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL).The Israelis have always prevented Islamic \countries from joining any UN mission in Lebanon or the […]
The bombs are still falling in Lebanon and Palestine as I write this, about 30 days since it all started.Our govt, as other Islamic countries, is keen to sent a peace keeping force to Lebanon once the UN Security Council finally decides to do the right thing.Personally, I do not […]
It seemed puzzling to me that the navy is getting more frigates even though its two FAC squadrons are among the oldest in the fleet.Some of the boats have been in service since early 70s.The last remaining boats of the old Kedah class (Vosper-built boats which were introduced in the […]
The Curse of Local Content With apologies to the POC.The two new frigates according to the DPM will be built at a shipyard in Labuan after the contract is signed with BAE Systems.My first reaction, huh? Have they forgotten the NGPV fiasco so soon?For those unfamiliar with the fiasco, the […]
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