iianm the mica vl launcher can also fire the aster 15.

Sylver launcher A43 is able to support both Miica Vl and Aster 15 ..from what little open source info available  ...but not not the Sylver A35 launcher. Mica VL can use the Seawolf launcher.

the job of most shipborne SAM is more to shoot down incoming missile then to engage enemy aircraft. With the profileration of the stand off weapons in the market, the launching aircraft can stay well outside the envelope of most of the long and medium range SAM operational today.

Apparently the land based Mica uses the Seawolf launchers as well.

you dont say.
My mind blew when i saw the displacement gonna be more that 14k tonnes.
Almost like ballictic missile subs already.

The vertical launching system got so awesome that i dont even cannot imagine how it works.
Peripheral VLS? Dafuq is that.

China also claim Natuna as theirs?

we dun have to worry about China, coz we have SGPVs, Songlap-Generating Patrol  Vessels..

wow us navy allowed others country navy ship to close up and mild in the carrier group   

are we escorting the carrier through the straits of malacca?

does it mean that the polish were selling sub-par tanks to malaysia, and then bought superior tanks for themselves?

Kornet-E or Ingwe not in same class ka?

so which one is more suited to counter Leos?

No objections whatsoever ... only depends on the specs in totality ...and the main question till when will they will support the A/C...since legacy FA 18 parts only constitute less than 25 % of FA 18 E/F and look at  at the the numbers of FA 18 E/F sold, it does not look quite assuring or cost effective ...500 a/c sold, as to 2011 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_F/A-18E/F_Super_Hornet )

And yet we all buy something the other people trying to phase out.
And the region around us are buying the same type of MBT

Yup, beside look at thailand, probably the most experienced user of tanks in the asean region operating up to six types of tanks to date
Their latest procurement is also a modernized russian t-series like us, surely they know what's best for them

There is a reason why Leopard is the most popular export tank in the world.

If one or two country choose maybe got their requirement, but when there are so many.... sure got reason in terms of (cost, ability and maintanence n etc)

We may beat them military equipment wise but their girls always beat ours... anytime

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