SHAH ALAM: MRSS as well, Plan B Shorts. In Malaysian Defence polls, the most favored MRSS design was the Damen Enforcer beating the Makassar class and the China made LPD. And it seemed that the MRSS was the next ship to be build under the RMN’s 15 to 5 plan …
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SHAH ALAM: APMM Plans, a guest post by… While RMN has its widely publicized 15 to 5 plan, Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (APMM, Agensi Penguatkuasaan Maritim Malaysia) also came out with its own plan, the Pelan Perancangan Strategik Maritim Malaysia 2040 (PPSMM 2040). It was launched by Tan Sri Muhyiddin …
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SHAH ALAM: New Chief, Plan B, Sort Off. Former National Defence University (UPNM) vice chancellor and Army Chief Gen Zulkifli Zainal Abidin officially took over as the 20th Armed Forces Chief or Chief of Defence Force today (June 20, 2018). Zulkifli took over from Gen Raja Mohamed Affandi Raja Mohamed …
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SHAH ALAM: Typhoons, F-35 or Super Hornets. Actually one could add legacy Hornets as well but that’s a mouthful for a headline. As you are aware the French Air Force (FAF) is sending three Dassault Rafales for a tour of Southeast Asia in mid August or early September. Apart from …
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BUTTERWORTH: 60th Anniversary RMAF-RAAF Relations. RMAF and RAAF joinlty held a parade at the Butterworth airbase here today to mark the 60th anniversary of the latter’s operation in Malaysia. Personnel from both RMAF (146) and RAAF (21) took part in the parade which were inspected by Gen Affendi Buang and …
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SHAH ALAM: Light At The End Of…Despite the doom and gloom it appears that the government is willing to fund the military’s wish list though it remains unclear what will actually be green lighted. Defence Minister Mohamad Sabu says the government will not cut budget allocation to the military. The …
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SHAH ALAM: Another Look on RMN 15 to 5. A guest post by … .With the new political dawn in Malaysia, there is some skeptism of the continuity of the current Malaysian defence plans. For TLDM, arguably its 15 to 5 plan is to date one of the most visible …
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SHAH ALAM: A400M spotted with AAR pods. Since I wrote about the AAR pods with RMAF Airbus A400Ms I have been trying to get pictures of them in flight. I even went out waiting around Subang airport in late February hoping to catch the A400Ms flying with them. After spending …
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SHAH ALAM: RMAF will hold open days at its airbases in Kuching and Butterworth in August and September, respectively. To be updated. —Malaysian Defence If you like this post, buy me an espresso. Paypal Payment
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SHAH ALAM: Generic RWS, Plan B. As you are aware the Army and RMN (as well as the MMEA) are probably/likely on the look out for a remote weapon station (RWS) for their future vehicles or ships. That said the need for a new RWS is likely higher for the …
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SHAH ALAM: LKT 2018. The Army conducted its annual Latihan Kuasa Tembakan this year at the Gemas range over the last one week. The exercise ended on July 12 with the attendance of the Army chief Gen Zulkipfle Kassim. The Army fired two Ingwe missiles from two Gempita AFV30 ATGW …
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SHAH ALAM: All the way LCA. Plan C. It appears that the LCA has become the biggest priority for the RMAF as it seek to recapitalise its fast jet fleet in an austere environment. So much so that any deal for the used aircraft will probably be left behind in …
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SHAH ALAM: Keel laying for MMEA OPVs. Work on the MMEA OPV is apparently going well with the keel laying ceremony for the second and third vessel expected at the Tabung Haji Heavy Engineering shipyard at Pulau Indah, Port Klang, next month. As you aware THHE JV with Destini Bhd, …
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LUMUT: Mutiara Decommissioned. KD Mutiara, one of two hydrographic of the navy was decommissioned today, 41 years after she was put into service with the RMN. She is the first KD ship to be decommissioned under the service 15 to 5 transformation plan. The first ship was the tug boat, …
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SHAH ALAM: LMS keel laying this week. After several false starts the keel laying ceremony for the first of class LMS is to be held this week. RMN chief Adm. Kamarulzaman Badaruddin confirmed this to Malaysian Defence when met at Lumut for the decommissioning ceremony for KD Mutiara on Friday …
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BUTTERWORTH: Riding into the danger zone. Five RMAF F/A-18D Hornets and a single A400M flew off from the Butterworth airbase here, on their way to Darwin for Exercise Pitch Black 2018. They will fly to Australia via Kuching and Bali, Indonesia. The 118 strong RMAF contingent is headed by Col. …
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SHAH ALAM: IT appears that the Army had ordered a batch of Next Generation Light Anti-tank Weapon (NLAW) developed by Sweden and United Kingdom. This was revealed as the Defence Ministry issued a request for tender to multi-modal transport operator (MTO) to ship the missiles back to Malaysia. Saab NLAW …
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SHAH ALAM: LMS Steel Cutting. The steel cutting ceremony for the first LMS was conducted at Sichuan, China today. RMN chief Admiral Ahmad Kamarulzaman Badaruddin and BHIC managing director Tan Sri Ramli Mohd Nor were present at the ceremony at the Wuchang Shipbuilding Industrial Group (WSIG), Shuangliu, China. Kamarulzaman officiated …
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SHAH ALAM: Down To The Bone. In response to the participation of 18 Sqdn in Exercise Pitch Black in Australia, reader Tom Tom asked why RMAF Su-30MKM Flankers were not involved in the exercise. I responded that the 11th Sqdn aircraft are still mostly undergoing maintenance. No numbers were mentioned. …
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SHAH ALAM: Water Under The Bridge. Several days after Defence Minister Mohamad Sabu revealed in Parliament that only four out of 18 Sukhoi Su-30MKM Flanker of the RMAF is serviceable, the service finally responded with a statement on the issue. It stated that the lack of funding and provisions for …
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