Defence Shows
Pakistan Trip
Just got back from Pakistan for IDEAS 2006. I hope to write what happened there soon. If you like this post, buy me an espresso. Paypal Payment
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 […]
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 […]
Malaysian Defence
Assault Rilfle, Again
HK416 G36C I was reading the Small Arms Review magazine earlier in the day. One of the articles in the issue was about the Colt SCAR rifle. It was Colt losing candidate for the US Special Operations Command new rifle, the Spec Ops Combat Assault Rifle (SCAR). So there was […]
Malaysian Armed Forces
Will the real Malaysian Armed Forces Chief stand up, Please
PETALING JAYA: I don’t think he will answer, not very soon, I believe. I was informed via email from a reputable source that the current Panglima Angkatan Tentera Malaysia (Malaysian Armed Forces Chief) preferred to be called (in English) as the Defence Forces Chief, to better reflect the three services. […]
Malaysian Defence
The UnOfficial Malaysian Defence White Paper
The last few months have been great, but I know I have to raise the stake and the Defence White Paper I think is the best way for future of the blog and the country. Unlike the official one, it will be done in installments, which I hope to finish […]
Malaysian Defence
Waiting for UNIFIL, again
Its confirmed, the Malaysian contingent for the Lebanon will leave for the Middle East country on Nov 5. And it appears that the Malaysian contingent will fly there via Hercules transport planes. As I mentioned in my earlier posts, it is probably wiser if we flew on chartered 747s but […]
Malaysian Armed Forces
Operators Or Good Old Fashioned Infantry
SHAH ALAM: The Malaysian battalion set to go to Lebanon under the UN banner will comprise 160 special forces operators and 200 soldiers for administrative and logistics purposes. I can understand the need for SF to be in midst things but Unifil mission profile does not actually support the need […]
Malaysian Armed Forces
Told You So…
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 […]
Asean and Malaysia