If only someone was smart enough to issue out notices on the paper or tv that no one should be worried about low flying planes… news story from Bernama is self-explanatory… FOREIGN AIRCRAFT INVOLVED IN FPDA EXERCISE — NAJIB PEKAN, Sept 23 (Bernama) — Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib […]
Malaysia seems to host a lot of foreign forces lately. Currently, UK and Aussie air forces are in country for the Starfish exercise under the Five Power Defence Arrangement as I mentioned in my earlier posts (Sentru in Subang)Unfortunately, as other joint training exercise like with the US (Carat), we […]
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 […]
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