US planes i am not worried about support. And i still think the full spec FA 18 E/F is the best choice for us. Just looking at timelines....by the time we get the planes..that is if we get them.... will be 2018/2019 thus support till 2030 ...(and beyond) makes it look like a 
"sunset" plane.
But I think that it will still be around for a long time as looking at the JSF specs (as the JSF is replacing the FA 18 in the US Navy), their only saving grace seems to be " stealth " .......( other than stealth not much to show for given the price and the unsettled "kinks" in the plane thus far ...it has short legs, low payload, super maneuverability which can still be countered by present generation missiles let alone any future upgraded or new missile).
All it takes is for someone to build an effective radar to detect the JSF to render them pedestrian.

is it me, or it there just too much brown and dark color on the ATM camo?
they kinda stick out too much.

rainforest? you could wear pink pony suit and people still can't see you unless they're like, 5 yards in front of you

Even though their first carrier is not fully operational a second larger carrier is being built now and they are projected to add a new carrier every 5 years !

Malaysian Defence Minister Hishammuddin Tun Hussein said on 19 November that a decision
will be made by the end of 2013 on whether to continue Operation 'Fajar', the Royal Malaysian
Navy's (RMN's) anti-piracy escort mission in the Gulf of Aden for ships belonging to the Malaysian
International Shipping Corporation (MISC).

"It has been decided that within the next two months ... that the government, RMN, and MISC
will assess the mission and decide upon the mission's future," he said at a press conference in
Kuala Lumpur.

RMN Chief Admiral Aziz Jaafar told IHS Jane's that an alternative being considered was for MISC
to station private security teams on its ships, a course of action being considered because MISC
ships faced the threat of pirate attacks beyond the range that they are under escort.

The MISC security teams would comprise ex-RMN navy commandos "so we have no reservations
about the security teams' capabilities as they were formerly our men," Adm Aziz said.

Should the option to field private security contractors be undertaken, the RMN auxiliary ships carrying
out the mission on a rotational basis, Bunga Mas 5 and Bunga Mas 6, both of which are loaned by MISC,
would be de-flagged and revert back to their merchant status under MISC.

Operation 'Fajar' began on 30 August 2008 when an RMN task group carrying a tri-service commando
force with helicopters was dispatched to rescue the crew of two MISC tankers hijacked by Somali pirates
(although the force did not go into action as the hostages were freed after a ransom was paid).

A series of RMN warships then carried out the escort mission until it was taken over by the Bunga Mas 5 in
June 2009. The vessel was supplemented by a second auxiliary, the Bunga Mas 6, in August 2011.

China says it will be “safeguarding state sovereignty, territorial land and air security,
and maintaining flight order” in its newly appropriated airspace, and that its armed forces
will “take emergency measures including using force” against any planes which refuse to obey its commands.

Japan has condemned the zone as a “unilateral escalation” of the situation.

Leopard2 not enter evaluation.
twardy meet our requirement.

The T-84 Oplot-M was chosen by mandate not from the wish list of the Thai Army.  The RTA prefered the Korean K1A1.

maybe future we can go buy more tank, we should check  on leopard in future

but now it seems the threat are mostly come from sea, frigate and mrca is a priority

cougar already fully operational ???

it like big guy with small gun, abit lack of firepower.

musti sudah tengok itu cerita The Pentagon Wars..