KUALA LUMPUR: Further reading.
Pictures taken on First Day
—Malaysian Defence
DSA 2010 Part I
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Say No to The AV8
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 […]
Malaysia - RMAF
If Only We Could Piggyback on This Deal…Part II
SHAH ALAM: Its an open secret that RMAF wants the Super Hornets to replace its Hornet and Fulcrum fleets. The story below is self-explainatory. If would be great if we can get the same savings from the US Navy multi-year purchase as the story indicates that it will save some […]
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A New Day or Not
KUALA LUMPUR: The death of the two RMAF pilots in last week crash in Langkawi highlighted the top to bottom mentality that continue to prevail over Jalan Padang Tembak. Instead of highlighting our soldiers, airmen and sailors, Kementah, especially its website continue to be a platform for its political masters. […]
Itu bukan PKM ler, UKW2000, modified for 7.62 NATO. PKM was sebelah.
You going back besok?
Marhalim: Again my mistake, yes, covering the whole week, did your company took over the Vamtac Uro?
No ler…nama similar aje. Don\’t do \’vehicles\’! I was planning to go back today (not exhibiting) but have to go invade a small red dot somewhere to the south.:)
Just saw your article on the Rosomak 8×8. I checked it out at DSA and their rep showed me how the V-bottomed hull sits on a separate ‘sub-chassis’ which itself is split in half. If there’s a huge blast they can clear off the remaining bits, and plug on an entire half sub-chassis module and get the thing on the road again.