SHAH ALAM: After almost three days offline, www.malaysiandefence.com has finally return. Regular readers will noticed however that the last posts seemed to be from 2012. Yes, this is unfortunately true due to a server failure. Since I had not back-up the site since moving to a dedicated server in 2012, […]
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 […]
The picture above is the poster of the movie The Dictator. Note the huge ribbons bar! It is a homage to the countless dictators who shamelessly pinned ribbon bars on their uniform as proof of their bravery which we all know are fake of course. Nonetheless the ribbons on the […]
PETALING JAYA: Did you went to last year’s Lima and took pictures of the Eurofighter Typhoon? If you did and you are not a professional photographer, you may want to join the Typhoon Amateur photo contest. The contest is part of the Eurofighter promo and is being run together with […]
PETALING JAYA: IT appears Tuesday that India has selected Dassault Rafale for its MMRCA programme. Based on the news report it also appear that the Rafale was cheaper than Typhoon in this instance. It also appear that India were looking at the life cycle cost in choosing the French plane. […]
PETALING JAYA: Now that the action against National Feedlot Corporation is inching forward, I sincerely hope that a probe on the Patrol Vessel project and its former top officials would also begin immediately. This is not first time I had asked for an investigation on the PV project but since […]
PETALING JAYA: The Auditor General released his 2010 annual report yesterday and in my opinion, the Ministry of Defence got away lightly. Since the report is in the PDF format, I am unable to post them directly here although readers can download the whole report here. In the synopsis of […]
SHAH ALAM: Just saw the headline “Police, Army in Neighbourhood Patrol” in the Star online. Sounds like a good idea isnt it? Of course it sounds good. But I sincerely hope some one in the Army had the tenacity to ensure that soldiers involved in this type of patrol have […]
PETALING JAYA: It appears that despite our best interest, no one at Jalan Padang Tembak, Putrajaya or Bukit Damansara are really interested to talk about how our Armed Forces are standing up to the real world. See what Jalan Padang Tembak is doing. Here. For the latest on the PM […]
PETALING JAYA: I know this will be a contentious issue. I am always wary of dragging politics into military and defence discussions. However, as the Armed Forces, most probably the Army will be dragged into this, it is also inevitable that somehow we need to discuss the issue. The issue […]
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