chances is that the sulu sultan will go icj under philippine flag, never under his ownself

I think we need a good systems to cover a wide areas.
We serious need coastal radar which capable of detect smaller ship.
Other need would be MPA, UAV and Patrol boat for MMEA.
locating MMEA base in several strategic level is important too to ensure easy and deployment of force if needed.

given our limited manpower we need technology to cover it for efficient use of our manpower.

An effective assets is much prefer.
how many speedboat's you need to buy to cover a huge areas.
can they effectively spots invaders from far?

agree! coastal radar is the best solution..
else no matter how much we spend in acquiring vessels..it wouldnt be sufficient...and on top of that, every vessels need sufficient manpower to handle and maintain...which by itself is another long-term costs....

BEBERAPA anggota keselamatan meninjau keadaan Kampung Tandou dari jarak 1 kilometer kampung itu, di Lahad Datu, hari ini.

Selasa lalu, pasukan keselamatan menemui sekumpulan warga asing
bersenjata yang berpakaian tentera mendarat di pesisir Lahad Datu dan
polis sudah mengenalpasti kumpulan warga Filipina yang mendarat di
Kampung Tandou itu sebagai pewaris berketurunan 'Raja Sulu' dari Selatan
Filipina. - Foto Zunnur Al Shafiq

now that..is one bigg S bino!

yep, naise spotter scope that!

Indonesia-Malaysia Patroli Gabungan di Nunukan

Metrotvnews.com, Nunukan: Ratusan TNI Satgas Pamtas Yonif 407 Padmakusuma Diponegoro melakukan patroli gabungan, dengan tentara Diraja Malaysia yang bertugas di pos pengamanan perbatasan Simanggaris, Kabupaten Nunukan, Kalimantan Timur.

Patroli gabungan ini dilakukan terkait adanya isu ratusan tentara Kerajaan Kesultanan Sulu Filipina yang mendarat di daerah Lahad Datu, Sabah, Malaysia. Sebanyak 29 pos pengamanan diseluruh perbatasan Nunukan dengan Malaysia diperintahkan untuk berjaga 1x24 jam.

Komandan Satgas Pamtas Yonif 407 Padmakusuma Diponegoro Mayor Infantri Ari Aprianto mengatakan telah mendapat perintah untuk siap siaga 1x24 jam, di setiap pos pengamanan perbatasan tersebut.(Dni)

VIDEO inside :

http://www.metrotvnews.com/metronews/video...ngan-di-Nunukan

hope everything will be fine..

is that ghillie suit?? that guy is sniper??

Yep!

yes, VAT69 sniper!

It's all about the RM RM RM RM~~ got RM, everything run..beg some more budget from the kementerian Kewangan..

Singapore orders two additional S-70B helicopters
By Greg Waldron | 20 February 2013 Wednesday

Singapore has signed a contract for two additional Sikorsky S-70B seaborne helicopters, with the rotocraft due for delivery in 2016.

The new aircraft will have a "different weapons kit" to the Republic of Singapore Navy's existing fleet of six S-70Bs, says an industry source, who declines to provide exact details about how they will be equipped.

Singapore's existing S-70Bs, which were inaugurated into service in January 2011, are optimised for anti-submarine warfare duties, with an L-3 long-range active sonar and torpedoes.

According to Sikorsky's website, the S-70B can be configured for several other missions, including anti-surface warfare (ASuW), search and rescue, medical evacuation and vertical replenishment.

In the ASuW role, the type can be armed with up to eight Lockheed Martin AGM-114 Hellfire air-to-surface missiles, as well as machine guns and cannons.

Although Singapore's S-70Bs operate from the nation's six Formidable-class frigates, they are flown and maintained by air force personnel.

http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/...copters-382523/

Abe Hek mesti suka.... DEFTECH + PROTON + CTRM = MALAYSIA MENUJU KUASA BESAR DUNIA

singapore bought anti-sub helos eh..? they are clearly targeting our subs..

China intends to buy Russia's Sukhoi Su-35
20 February 2013 Wednesday | 11:37

ABU DHABI (UAE). Feb 20 (Interfax) - China has signed an intergovernmental agreement with Russia to purchase Sukhoi Su-35 multirole fighters.

"Consistent with our understanding with China, we actually signed an intergovernmental agreement this January to supply Su-35 jets to China," Federal Military-Technical Cooperation Service Deputy Director Vyacheslav Dzirkaln told Interfax-AVBN at the IDEX 2013 arms show in Abu Dhabi. He heads the Russian delegation to the show.

Consultations will start shortly to draft the Su-35 contract, he said. "This is only natural; we keep to the plan," Dzirkaln added.

He did not say when the contract might be signed and how many Su-35 jets would be delivered to China. Yet he said there would be no license and China would acquire finished products.

Asked whether there was a chance to reanimate the Su-27 licensed assembly contract suspended by China, Dzirkaln said the contract was signed in the 1990s. "More than 20 years have passed and the jet has changed, probably, the Chinese partners are no longer interested in the Su-27 jet the way it was described in the contract. I do not think the contract will be restored," Dzirkaln said.

China is the biggest foreign user of Su-27/30 aircraft. A total of 281 jets of the kind were supplied to China in different years. Besides, China started production of J-11B fighters - actual clones of Su-27.


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(Our editorial staff can be reached at eng.editors@interfax.ru)

http://www.interfax.com/newsinf.asp?pg=5&id=397152

DRB-Hicom accepts Govt’s RM298mil offer for CTRM



PETALING JAYA : Automotive giant DRB-Hicom Bhd has accepted an offer from the Finance Ministry to acquire the latter’s entire equity interest in composites manufacturing and engineering group Composites Technology Research Malaysia Sdn Bhd (CTRM) for a cash consideration of about RM298.3mil.

The group will acquire the 466.78 million shares of RM1 each, representing a 96.87% stake in CTRM, via wholly owned subsidiary DRB-Hicom Defence Technologies Sdn Bhd (Deftech),

In a filing with Bursa Malaysia, DRB-Hicom stated that it would pay the ministry based on the satisfactory outcome of the due diligence on CTRM group as well as the negotiated terms and conditions in the sale and purchase agreement (SPA) between the ministry and Deftech.

It said : “ Upon satisfaction of the above conditions, Deftech will enter into a definitive SPA with the ministry. ”

CTRM is mainly involved in the development and production of aircraft composites components while its subsidiaries are involved in the designing, developing and manufacturing of composite components for aerospace and non-aerospace applications, which are also used in the defence and automotive industries.

The company was reported to be targeting Asean countries to market its unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) last June.

Group chief marketing officer Datuk Wan Abd Halim Abd Majid was quoted as saying that the prospects for the regional UAV segment were good due to player figures numbering a few.



- The Star -

Russian Military to Develop Anti-Meteorite Defenses




20:02 20/02/2013


MOSCOW, February 20 (RIA Novosti) – The Russian Aerospace Defense Forces will develop a series of measures aimed at protecting the Russian soil from falling meteorites and other dangerous space objects, commander of the western military district’s aviation Maj. Gen. Igor Makushev said on Wednesday.

“ The Aerospace Defense Forces have been ordered to handle this issue and come up with a plan to protect Russia from these ‘space travelers, ’” Makushev said.

The announcement comes days after a meteorite entered the Earth’s atmosphere undetected by existing space-monitoring means and slammed into Russia’s Urals on Friday with a massive boom that blew out windows and damaged thousands of buildings around the city of Chelyabinsk, injuring 1,200 people in the area. According to the Health Ministry, 52 were hospitalized.

NASA estimates the meteorite was roughly 50 feet (15 meters) in diameter when it entered Earth's atmosphere, travelling faster than the speed of sound, and exploded into a fireball brighter than the sun.

“ None of the existing systems, either Russian or American, detected this space object until it entered the atmosphere,” Director of the Astronomy Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences Boris Shustov said on Wednesday.

The scientist said it was impossible to spot the meteorite, as it was coming from the direction of the Sun, while radars were set to detect objects flying within a predetermined speed range.

Shustov said the Russian scientists estimate the energy released at the time of the explosion at less than 500 kiloton equivalent.

He also said astronomers have discovered and catalogued only two percent of potentially dangerous space objects about 50 meters in size, which are capable of causing a catastrophe worse than the Tunguska Event.

“ It is a sign of our ignorance, as we should be able to monitor about at least 90 percent if not all of these objects, ” Shustov said.



Sources : http://en.rian.ru/

the fk is anti meteorite defense xD

we're not the only country having subs in this region. Is it so clear to you that they are targeting only us

for everything we bought, they buy something else to counter it..and they counter it with more modern and deadly assets..PT-91M with Apache and leopard, Mig-29 and Sukhoi Vs F-16 and F-15SG, etc..this is not something new actually..besides, of all the subs in this region, we have the most stealthy and modern subs..although we only have two..

we are considering getting bigger helis for anti-subs missions..

Normal la, if got no justification, how to request budget for buy?