Malaysian Defence
Happy New Year
More blogs to come. Sorry for waiting for so long for a new post. If you like this post, buy me an espresso. Paypal Payment
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 […]
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 […]
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
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 […]
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. […]