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Malaysian Armed Forces

Negligent Explosions

Like the Malaysian Army, I am embarrassed to update the previous “Border Incident”. The Bernama report below explained everything. It is fortunate that my former colleagues misidentified the four soldiers battalion. The Royal Malay Regiment has had a long and proud tradition. Its image is sullied by the actions of […]

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Malaysian Armed Forces

Border Incident

It is quite disheartening reading the news of the incident at Malaysian-Thai border where four soldiers were injured after two grenades were thrown/fired at them. Mercifully they were only slightly injured in the twin blasts. Most of the papers including Bernama, the national news agency, identified them as soldiers from […]

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Malaysian Defence

AIROD BAIL OUT

I was informed recently that Khazanah Nasional and several parties including LTAT, Satang Jaya and a few other companies are working to take over Airod and its subsidiary companies. No word yet on when and how much is the takeover. I hope it really work this time for the good […]

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Malaysian Defence

Pakistan Pictures

A Ghauri Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile displayed in the ready to fire mode on its towed launcher A Ghaznavi short range ballistic missile and Babur cruise missile (right)on display. Ghaznavi has a 250km range while the Babur’s range is 500km If you like this post, buy me an espresso. Paypal […]

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Malaysian Defence

More Pictures from Pakistan

As promised more pictures from Pakistan A Shaheen-II Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile on its 12 x 12 All Terrain Carrier/Launcher. A Shaheen-I Medium Range Ballistic Missile being displayed in a ready to fire mode from its towed launcher. If you like this post, buy me an espresso. Paypal Payment

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Defence Shows

Pictures from Pakistan

Some of the pictures I took while at IDEAS 2006 in Karachi late last month. Enjoy…more to come Pakistan Ordnance Factory G3 in 5.56mm Nato Close up of a POF made MP5 serial number visible A Pakistani soldier on duty with G3 Another Pakistani soldier on duty with G3 A […]

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Defence Contract

Divine Intervention?

Captions Amin Shah (top) Razak Baginda I have been thinking about this for the last two weeks. I am not sure whether it is appropriate but it seems that those who received defence contracts may have got richer but their lives have not been that blessed. Razak Baginda, who got […]

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Malaysian Defence

Pak Lah and the Old Man

The current stand-off between Pak Lah and Old Man is not doing any good to the country. I have been trying to distance myself from commenting on politics but as defence is part of politics, one cannot forever remain aloof of what is going on in the society. A country […]