SHAH ALAM: The Army – after a long pause – is conducting its rotation/transfer exercise involving units and personnel from and around Sabah, Sarawak, Labuan, and Semenanjung. A tender for the rotation/transfer exercise was published on March 20 and closes on April 18. The rotation/transfer exercise also involved in transferring […]
SHAH ALAM: Who will be the next Home and Defence ministers? As you are aware, no coalition or parties won enough seats in the general election, yesterday, to form the government. And as you are aware, most of the leaders are now scrambling to get enough support for them to […]
SHAH ALAM: Two Abu Sayaff terrorists were killed by police at Timbang island, some 6km from Sandakan town today. Sabah Police Commissioner Datuk Hazani Ghazali said the duo was part of an ASG cell believed to be planning to kidnap the owners of oil palm plantations on the island for […]
SHAH ALAM: Five Abu Sayaff terrorists from the Philippines were killed by police, in Beaufort, Sabah, yesterday morning. Sabah police commissioner CP Hazani Ghazali, announced today that one of those killed were a sub-leader who was wanted in the Philippines. The shooting occurred at 11.27am on May 17, near a […]
SHAH ALAM: Lipan Bara upgraded with navigation equipment. The Lipan Bara high mobility armoured vehicle with the 5 Kor Armor DiRaja (5 KAD) has been upgraded with a tactical navigation equipment manufactured by its OEM DRB-HICOM Defence Technologies Sdn Bhd (Deftech). The 5 KAD Facebook page posted on March 16 […]
SHAH ALAM: MPB contract award. Sandakan Jaya Teknik Sdn Bhd has been awarded the Letter of Award (LOA) for the three multi purpose boats (MPB) sought by the Eastern Fleet Command for Op Benteng operations. A check on the Eperolehan website today showed that the LOA for the tender was […]
SHAH ALAM: Army getting more units. The Army is getting more units in Sabah – one infantry brigade, three infantry battalions, three artillery regiments, one armor regiment and one Air Wing squadron. The announcement of the units was made by Defence Minister DS Ismail Sabri during a visit to Sandakan […]
KUALA LUMPUR: The story below updated our earlier discussion on the Sabah radars. It appears that the first radar transmitter andn its C2 unit is operational. Although the radar system was donated by the US government, the MINDEF is providing the funds for the extra equipment needed. The Bernama story […]
KUALA LUMPUR: After all the confusion in the last two weeks concerning the Sabah radars, the Bernama story below finally answered the questions, one which was not even answered after a media tour of the Armed Forces operations of Ops Pasir cum visit by the Defence Minister and the services […]
KUALA LUMPUR: Reader ShahF has been kind enough enough to forward this press release for us who are still puzzled by the radar stories by Bernama. The press release said that the contract was awarded by the US Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command worth US$30 million for both Indonesia […]
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