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Second Fatal Mk II Crash

KUALA LUMPUR: Condolences to the family of the pilot. The first fatal crash happened last year, the accident report has not been released yet…. Further reading –Malaysian Defence If you like this post, buy me an espresso. Paypal Payment

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A400M Just Gets Costlier

KUALA LUMPUR: Based on the story below, it appears that we may end up paying up to RM700 million for each of our 4 A400M despite assurances to the contrary previously. Not a very good start to the upcoming RMK10, which according to most observers will only give around RM5 […]

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Fulcrums To Fly On….

KUALA LUMPUR: The story below is self-explainatory. Why did they have a change of heart? I will try to find out… For further reading… –Malaysian Defence If you like this post, buy me an espresso. Paypal Payment

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Who will buy our Migs?

KUALA LUMPUR: The story below is self-explainatory but the sale left us wondering how in the world are we going to sell our Migs? With a reported price tag of RM300 million for all 16 planes, lock, stock and barrel, it will be much cheaper for anyone else to buy […]

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Lima Part III

KUALA LUMPUR: This will be the last post on Lima as the event had ended almost two weeks ago. Listed below are some nuggets from the show. 1) MRSS: I have no idea when the project will start, again the lack of money is a big factor, but when it […]

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Lima 2009 Part II

Kuala Lumpur: One week after returning home from Langkawi, I finally sat down to post this story. I apologised for the delay, perhaps Malaysian Defence is already way behind the rest but I hope you bear with me. My excuse for my tardiness in updating the Lima story is the […]

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A400M First Flight

KUALA LUMPUR: The story below is self-explainatory. While the Defence Minister is optimistic that the first Malaysian A400M will be delivered in 2015 and the price will remained around RM600 million plus, the Airbus rep at Lima was less specific. He said ever A400M completes first test flight Friday, December […]

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MAF RMK10 Wish List

KUALA LUMPUR: KUALA LUMPUR: As mentioned previously listed below are the Malaysian Armed Forces Tenth Malaysian Plan wish-list. The list was the procurement plans mentioned by the PAT for the Armed Forces Day interview in September. Since I was not asked to prepare the questions (last minute rush, as usual) […]

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RM500 Million for 1MF1 Team

KUALA LUMPUR: They are going to spend close to RM500 million to start the 1MF1 team. How wonderful if those precious money is spend on our national security. Yeah, I know we wont be getting free publicity all over the world but we could get at least five medium size […]