wut? mirage 2000 with F5? i thought mirage is newer than F-5E? why? 

japan is beefing up their forces with

17 MV-22 Osprey
52 AAV-7A1 amphibious vehicle
44 Type 10 tank
99 Maneuver Combat Vehicles

3 KC-767 or KC-46 tanker
3 Global Hawk Block 40
4 E-737 or E-2D AEW&C aircraft
10 Kawasaki C-2 transport aircraft
28 F-35A
* more F-35A to replace RF-4 reconnaissance aircraft

2 BMD Aegis Destroyer
8 Littoral Combat Ship
5 Submarine
23 Kawasaki P-1 ASW aircraft

got this from other forums. will try to look for an english link soon.

dayummm~ these are totally not 'self-defense force' anymore 

well supposedly the HUErca HUErea Brasileira (Brazillian HUEr force) already have extensive mainainence infrastructure and munition for F-5Es since they've been using it since forever. similar with F-4s in turkish,japanese and south korean air force or Mig-21 in indian air force. these used F-5Es will be extensively upgraded by Embraer

besides F-5Es have lower maintainence and flight per hour cost than Mirage 2000s. the reason why taiwan and UAE are also going to ditch their Mirages

Malaysia to send second batch of astronauts to ISS by 2016

MALACCA: Malaysia is expected to send its second batch of astronauts to carry out research work aboard the International Space Station (ISS) by 2016.

Science, Technology and Innovation Deputy Minister Datuk Dr Abu Bakar Mohamad Diah said the agencies under the Ministry were working with numerous parties on the mission and direction of the programme.

"We are now studying various matters including sending two astronauts to carry out experiments that will benefit the nation on the ISS.

"All these have to be carefully looked into as the programme involves a hefty allocation and is not a space tour.

“We will submit a proposal to the Cabinet when everything is completed," he said at a press conference after opening the Science4u Carnival in Air Keroh, Wednesday.

Malaysia for the first time sent an astronaut Datuk Dr Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor to the ISS on the Soyuz TMA-11 rocket on Oct 10, 2007 in cooperation with Russia.

He carried out numerous experiments including on cancer cells and leukaemia on the space station. - Bernama

SOS

well supposedly the HUErca HUErea Brasileira (Brazillian HUEr force) already have extensive mainainence infrastructure and munition for F-5Es since they've been using it since forever. similar with F-4s in turkish,japanese and south korean air force or Mig-21 in indian air force. these used F-5Es will be extensively upgraded by Embraer

besides F-5Es have lower maintainence and flight per hour cost than Mirage 2000s. the reason why taiwan and UAE are also going to ditch their Mirages

well supposedly the HUErca HUErea Brasileira (Brazillian HUEr force) already have extensive mainainence infrastructure and munition for F-5Es since they've been using it since forever. similar with F-4s in turkish,japanese and south korean air force or Mig-21 in indian air force. these used F-5Es will be extensively upgraded by Embraer

besides F-5Es have lower maintainence and flight per hour cost than Mirage 2000s. the reason why taiwan and UAE are also going to ditch their Mirages

hi guys

just wanna ask ur opinion about this news..i dun know why, but by reading this news, my sense saying that there will be an announcement on MMRCA program winner around 2015..is it still Ruskies? will we get another batch of MKMs?

Anyway about the astronaut the government is looking into nasa as well.

hi guys

just wanna ask ur opinion about this news..i dun know why, but by reading this news, my sense saying that there will be an announcement on MMRCA program winner around 2015..is it still Ruskies? will we get another batch of MKMs?

didn't nasa shut down all its shuttles and now the americans need to piggyback on the russian's rockets

2nd batch mkm is very likely.
tradein migs with discounted price for mkm still on the table.
the mmrca earliest announcement should be around june next years.

Anyway about the astronaut the government is looking into nasa as well.

Maybe NASA. 

NASA eh?

so i guess SH will have its way here around after 2015

owh...so that means MKMs 2nd batch on one tender & mmrca program for other tender..so by that we shud have another mkms + other mmrca plane, am i right? that will be a big sum of money but needed nonetheless
NASA eh?

so i guess SH will have its way here around after 2015

Yup.
usd3bil for every department mah.
av8 usd3bil
Sgpv usd3bil
no surprise if airforce get usd3bil.

what RMAF can get with usd3bil?

18 mkm @ discounted price after trade in mig -usd700mil -800mil.
18 sh + 4 aew usd2bil.
or lease gripen 18-36 gripen for 5 years + 6aew less than usd2bil.

hold it

so tis means rafale & typhoon not on the table anymore?

btw, kinda sceptical with 18 sh but lets wait till 2016

hold it

so tis means rafale & typhoon not on the table anymore?

btw, kinda sceptical with 18 sh but lets wait till 2016

didn't nasa shut down all its shuttles and now the americans need to piggyback on the russian's rockets