afaik bahrain is rich. i dont understand why their people should revolt

Actually its the Syiah who caused all the trouble. Syiah is ajaran sesat

should give em a lil taste of their own medicine perhaps? some "people-prescribed" dosage of 5.56 and 7.62?   

Prays for the safety of the people in Christchurch & godspeed to the SAF & SCDF rescuers..

http://www.mindef.gov.sg/imindef/news_and_...2feb11_nr2.html

The rest of the world cannot into the 2nd amendment.

yea... too bad... but to have the army firing upon the supposedly unarmed (as far as the vid can show) protesters are uncalled for. not to mention the lethal aggression is from the military, a state apparatus. this will just fuel the rage of many, or totally extinguish the opposition. we'll see...

DPM Teo Offers Assistance in Response to the Earthquake in Christchurch, New Zealand
Posted: 22 Feb 2011, 2048 hours (Time is GMT +8 hours)
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence Teo Chee Hean has conveyed Singapore's condolences and offer of assistance to the New Zealand government and people as they grapple with the devastation of the earthquake in Christchurch.

In a telephone conversation with the New Zealand Minister of Defence Dr Wayne Mapp this afternoon, Mr Teo offered the assistance of 116 Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) regulars and full-time national servicemen to help with rescue operations and to provide humanitarian aid to victims of the earthquake. The servicemen, from Headquarters Guards, were participating in the annual bilateral exercise in Christchurch, codenamed Exercise Lion Walk, when the earthquake happened. The exercise has since stopped, and all SAF personnel are safe and accounted for.

The New Zealand authorities have accepted Singapore's offers of assistance. Besides the SAF team in New Zealand, the Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) will be flying a 55-member Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) urban search and rescue team and a command team led by Colonel Melvyn Ong, Commander 7 Singapore Infantry Brigade, to assist in the disaster relief efforts. The Singapore contingent will depart from Paya Lebar Airbase in two RSAF C-130s and one KC-135 military aircraft early tomorrow morning.
Last updated on 22 Feb 2011

Called for or uncalled for isn't the question to be pondered as bullets already fly. Wondering how to shoot back should be.

just like PT DI in their glory days manufacturing licensed eurocopter helis..now is crumbling & cannot afford to pay many of their senior engineers....same as their shipyard builders whch some of their top engineers running away(i mean for guaranteed & higher salary)....are now working at malaysia-boustead

will this top engineers become spy to steal the blue print of the top secret design

Prays for the safety of the people in Christchurch & godspeed to the SAF & SCDF rescuers..

http://www.mindef.gov.sg/imindef/news_and_...2feb11_nr2.html

maybe can..maybe cannot..depends if they can bring outside the CATIA design of the ship....thats why u see lots of confidential premis doesnt alloow to bring USB

Malaysia to Produce APCs for Asia-Pacific Market


257 APC 8x8 for Malaysia based on FNSS 8x8 PARS (photo : DefenseIndustryDaily)

ANKARA: Malaysia is set to produce armoured personnel carriers (APC) for the Asia-Pacific region.

The country plans to buy 257 units of armoured carrier frames from the FNSS Defence System plant here and assemble components sourced from various countries.

Deftech Malaysia and FNSS Turkey signed a letter of agreement for the purchase of the main body frame of the armoured carrier here yesterday.

An APC is an armoured fighting vehicle designed to transport infantry to the battlefield.

APCs are usually armed with only a machine gun although variants carry recoilless rifles, anti-tank guided missiles or mortars. They are usually not designed to take part in a direct-fire battle.

FNSS chief executive officer K. Nail Kurt briefed Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak and his entourage on the facilities at the company’s high security plant. Also present were Defence Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi and army chief Jen Datuk Sri Zulkifeli Zin.

Speaking to reporters after the signing, Zahid said the carriers would be assembled at the Deftech plant in Pekan, Pahang.

FNSS is willing to accord Deftech its intellectual property rights that also allows it to export the assembled products to the Asia-Pacific region.

“We have an understanding that we can source the defence fittings from elsewhere,” said Zahid, adding that Malaysia plans to mix-and-match various technologies.

Najib later laid a wreath at the Anitkabir mausoleum as a mark of respect for Turkey’s founder and first president Mustafa Kemal Ataturk.

Najib also had a closed-door meeting with his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyib Erdogan.

The two leaders later witnessed the signing of a memorandum of understanding between Small and Medium Enterprises Corpo­ration Malaysia (SME Corp) and Turkey’s Small and Medium Industry Organisation (KOSGEB). SME Corp CEO Datuk Hafsah Hashim and KOSGEB president Mustafa Kaplan signed the MoU.

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Russia Mengirim 3 Helikopter Mi-17V5 Pesanan Thailand


Mi-17V5 untuk Angkatan Darat Thailand (all photos : Komchadluek)

Kemarin jam 14.30 di bandar udara Divisi Penerbangan Angkatan Laut T., A. Chang, Rayong Phala atau bandara Utapao pesawat transport udara besar An-124 milik Rusia mengangkut 3 helikopter Mi-17V5 untuk Angkatan Darat Thailand. 3 pesawat dilengkapi dengan komponen untuk dirakit. Pejabat senior Angkatan Darat dan Penerbangan Angkatan Laut turut menerima dan memfasilitasi untuk dapat dipindahkan ke hanggar helikopter. Menurut pejabat dari Rusia perakitan keseluruhan akan selesai dalam waktu 10 hari.

Tiga helikopter Angkatan Darat ini karena merupakan helicopter besar memerlukan perakitan sehingga untuk kesempatan pertama ditempatkan ke hanggar di bandara untuk Utapao. Perakitan akan dilaksanakan oleh teknisi Rusia sebelum tiga pesawat diserahkan ke Pusat Penerbangan Angkatan Darat.



Wartawan melaporkan bahwa anngaran yang digunakan untuk proyek pengadaan 3 helikopter sebesar 990 juta, termasuk biaya ground maintenance dan pelatihan pilot sebesar 50 juta. Pembelian helikopter Mi-17V5 memiliki dana yang berasal dari pembatalan biaya perbaikan 15 helikopter Huey UH-1 dengan anggaran 999 juta baht. Helikopter MI-17V5 dapat digunakan untuk beberapa misi utamanya untuk transportasi pasukan atau barang. Heli memiliki kapasitas untuk menahan tembakan dari bawah, dan dapat menampung tempat duduk untuk penumpang dengan bagasi untuk 24 hingga atau 36 penumpang plus barang.

Walaupun Angkatan Darat Kerajaan Thailand membeli helikopter dalam versi transport tetapi dapat dilengkapi dengan senapan mesin Mag-58 atau senapan M-60 yang dapat ditambahkan sehingga dapat memberikan misi dukungan tempur udara selain mengirim pasukan. Angkatan Darat membutuhan tambahan helikopter angkut hingga 6 unit, pesanan 3 heli lagi akan dipertimbangkan untuk memenuhi kebutuhan misi tranportasi udara bagi Angkatan Darat.
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