instead of replacing the F-5s, how about if mindef spare some of them to modify them to UCAV..I have great confidence that the STRIDE and local universities capable of doing just that..

seems to me ATM is copying India in terms of buying Russian weapons..they always procure the assets with the best and modern equipments then modernize it further using western tech..but unlike India, ATM didn't bought them with sufficient quantity of coz..the PT-91 and Sukhoi is the clear examples..Russian hardware replaced with the best of Western hardwares..avionics replaced..powerpack..etc..ATM knows what they're doing..

they just fall into all these competitor's trap who didnt win contract from gomen

for me, its ok for them to whack gomen..but please choose the issue wisely & don't fall into traps

btw;

- RM500m from RM4.5b is what? like 11.11% of commission? some competitor looks like kempunan didn't get the share..& why can't perimekar get their share? why bother on the price so much, why not focus on perimekar if its a recognized company or not? falls into competitor's trap?

- did they know gomen didn't bought those T91M by cash, but by commodities barter trade? what so much bruhaha about the price? did they have all the list on the tank's specs? did ATM burst gomen's budget on military spending when buying this tanks? they think buying tanks are as same as buying commercial cars? can they buy proton inspira with rubber barter trade? whats the problem if PT-91M are inferior to any US & Europe tank? did they know TDM's battle doctrine? do they think our tanks will go head to head with singapore Leo2 if in battle? do they have all the details on criteria ATM needed to select our tank?

- the fuuu? since when TLDM build LCS? they seriously didn't do any homework, do they? thats only 6 units because the plan to get 27 already scrapped..& Beausted are not the previous company who get the contract in the 1st place, instead they are the one who completed the abandoned program..why they didn't focus on Amir Shah, the real culprit behind this fiasco? fall's into trap again? become someone's chess pawn?

- i dun understand about these jet fighter issues they trying to brought up..are they questioning the MiGs or the sukhoi?

- why dun they study what were Brazil's spec requirement on the helos compare to TUDM requirement? they didnt know anything about CSAR/SAR/utility?

cant they just be resourceful 1st before questioning on military spending?

1. Amin Shah bypassed the Navy

Whenever he got stuck, financial or on specifications, Amin Shah used his political connections to get what he wants. He also more or less, managed to get the approval to buy over the Lumut dockyard although reservations by the then CN (see the AG reportI. Since the matters had gotten the green light from the higher-ups, what does the Treasury and RMN officials can say anything about it? That’s we how end up with the MEKO A100 design and the rest of the stuff on the Kedah class.

BNS
They also bypassed the RMN. Negotiations for the ships design and sub-systems were mostly through the the Defence Ministry and Treasury. (The navy by this time 2010/2011 had already got their specifications in mind). BNS also appointed consultants to guide them to find a technology partner for the SGPV programme. Read Here. Since they had already tied up with DCNS – for the submarine programme – it remained a mystery why they went this route.

2. Amin Shah foisted a new design he hull, CMS, other sub-systems and engines to the navy (see above). We end up paying for the development costs for all these things. And the vendors later sold the upgraded designs to other navies for a profit.

BNS

They also foisted a new hull and CMS to the navy. The Gowind frigate remained a paper ship. Yes they built the Adroit, an OPV demo vessel now manned by French navy sailors but its not a frigate.
The ship is supposed to be the example of the Gowind philosophy but since the French already had their frigates, we end up as the Guinea pig. We will pay the development costs of the class together with its sub-systems especially the SETIS and if/when they managed to sell the design to other countries DCNS will be paid handsomely. We cannot ask for royalties as ours is the BNS Gowind frigate a highly specialised variant. Both the Saudi and Singaporean navies bought a variant of the La Fayette frigate, so their cost of development would be cheaper. The Saudis probably paid higher as they got the first variant while Singapore might also pay extra for their own customisation.

3. Amin Shah set up companies to procure materials and goods to PSC Naval Dockyard Sdn Bhd (the forerunner to BNS) for the NGPV programme. Since he controlled if not owned these shell companies he bilked the government twice. And these shell companies get their goods and services cheaply and then billed PSC Naval Dockyard a bomb. He also somehow got progress payments although the project had stalled. Some equipment, paid already by the government also went missing.

in future yes but not now. after 2020 mayb.
beside it not going to available for export anytime soon.

that my fren it come with 2nd batch MKM.
few thing to expect Mica missile, topsightI, possible some MBDA agm.

as far as I heard it quite peaceful there.
which kampung your fren in? LD is huge.

Among them is FLIR System Inc  http://www.flir.com/MY/

Of course Thales makes the FLIR pod for military helos

Exetech Instrument http://www.extech.com/
Their local distributor is KKI INSTRUMENTS (M) SDN BHD  http://www.extechmalaysia.com/index.php

Their  thermal imaging camera is like this

reading some article from marhalim abas regarding the project

they concerned of some difficulties in using current 3D radar as it have many, many mode where to change form one mode to a another was kinda problematic especially in quick response crisis..is most 3D radar like this?

& regarding choosing NSM for new LCS project, they said TLDM didn't want any stuff from MBDA anymore..they actually will consider anything as long as not MBDA, but they didn't tell why...any story u know about this?

waaa..SG soldiers can wear glasses? gua nk msok UPNM un kne rejek sbab pakai spek..

those bullet should be called anti matter
breaks anything