KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian Defence was checking out the new Army website tonight for the latest developments. The website has been under construction the last few months and even now, after it went live, the site remained under development. As usual I checked the Buletin TDM, now operating from another IP […]
KUALA LUMPUR: The two Scorpene submarines for RMN are to be named KD Tunku Abdul Rahman and KD Tun Abdul Razak, after the first two premiers of the country.The names of the submarines was announced by Navy chief Tan Sri Ramlan Mohamad Ali in Cartagena, Spain at the joining ceremony […]
KUALA LUMPUR: An update on the Flanker story. It is not coming to Kuantan air base, which shared the runway with the local airport. The Flanker squadrons would instead be based at the newly constructed Gong Kedak air base, located about 150 nm north from Kuantan. The airbase, previously equipped […]
Air Force F-22 Raptors train with Navy F/A-18 HornetsF-22 Raptors deployed to Kadena Air Base, Japan, trained with U.S. Navy F/A-18 Super Hornets April 26, 2007, near the waters of Okinawa. The Super Hornets, from VFA-27 “The Royal Maces,” are stationed at Naval Air Facility Atsugi, Japan, and are the […]
If you read this news on May Day by the Malaysian National News Agency (Bernama), you might have missed the biggest Malaysian Defence news in 2007, the arrival of the Sukhoi Su-30MKM Super Flanker 581 FIRMS HAVE CONFIRMED PARTICIPATION IN LIMA ’07 — MALAYSIAN DEPUTY PM KUALA LUMPUR, May 1 […]
TV3 news on May 2 reported that the cadet who was ragged by his seniors at the Air Force Training College has resigned. His father claimed that his son made dthe decision after a trainer mocked him for making a report against his tormenors. Malaysian Defence had written about the […]
Captions. 1) FN Mag (GPMG)2) Pakistan-made RMPG-73) McMillan 50 calibre rifle (compnay has close-shop)4) FN SAW (the only new gun on display)5) Condor APC (the same vehicle used in Somalia 1991) Three weeks back I attended the 2007 Army Media Day in conjunction of Army Day. There was a shooting […]
March 1 is the 74th anniversary of the Malaysian Army. Happy Anniversary to all soldiers. Many Happy Returns. If you like this post, buy me an espresso. Paypal Payment
SHAH ALAM:It is now confirmed, RMN is getting two more frigates to supplement the KD Jebat and KD Lekiu. The new frigates is will be a derivative of Jebat and Lekiu, but with a different sort of missiles and combat systems. Probably a new gun too, most likely the Oto […]
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