was wondering... can a civilian legally buy and drive a de-militarized, de-armed such armored vehicle in malaysia? would be a nice option in cases of flash flood i think, especially if it got the amphibious capability...

CV90120

my fav. light tank

kinda wonder... if there any official documentation or official statement or press release from mindef that indicates the acquisition of the submarines are meant to strengthen our claim over spratly issue/dispute? how about official statements on the rmn's activity regarding the territorial dispute over the ambalat block?

having a hard time googling sources in bm for my energy securitization (hydrocarbon-rich territories in this case) academic writing and somehow didnt find any in english either. so any help in guiding me to the right direction is very much appreciated

thanks, especially for reminding me about Shansa. only got a single sentence mentioning about it in my writings, but not much details. hope to get more through the link you provided

just that the general idea has it that our acquisition of submarines are related to territorial dispute in spratly's but cant find official statement/press release on that one. need it for citation...

and whether if our military is considering of new assets acquisitions for ambalat dispute or the patrols in the area is rather routine with occasional skirmishes.

official statments are hard to come by, somehow... when talking about energy security, things are always directed to america, china and the 1970's oil crisis...

yea. not really looking for the details of the mission or their deployment. just the proof or evidence that the acquisition is related. else, supervisors will yell at me asking for citation and references

well, maybe will think of some grammatical and word arrangement to circumvent the citation requirement. suggesting the relation between the two, but not quite claiming it to be a hard fact (due to absence of evidence)

your help is very much appreciated indeed. previously, my thesis draft was a bit too technical for my supervisor. so he want more IR theory materials, less technical and wants me to write based on securitization theory (waever, buzan & copenhagen school thingy). now, trying to re-gather materials, restructure thesis and link em to the theory. gonna write a chapter on the implications of malaysia energy securitization now... thanks for the help, suggestion and input anyway