if it is useless israel won't use it

these balloon-thingy is used to recon west bank and gaza. thais used this to recon southern thailand.

used for internal surveillence. what's the idiots going to shoot the blimp with? aks?

it can loiter at one place for a long time. a VERY long time.(fuel? wtf is that?) only prob is when the weather is really bad. in israel dun think tropical monsoon will hit them anytime soon (despite occasional heavy rain and/or thunderstorm)

but thailand?

dalam perkara yang lain, angola ( who bant islam in the country) on verge to buy spanish aircraft carrier (with other countries are also interested, including brazil and indonesia)

i hope them african to go bankrupt. stupid country anyway

x pasal2 berbatang

nukilan seorang pujangga

afaik malaysian infantry have already adopted the BIS (battalion infantry standard) since mid 2000s... our section size now is reduced from 12 to 8 men. that means that the average battalion strength is reduced from like 1k to around 600 currently

dunno abt AW tho. afaik jungle warfare 12 is the best. so can divide at least 5 ppl per fireteam

RoKN is considering of arming it's patrol boat with anti sub missile

well makes more sense than an anti sub mortar

why the pilots dun wear them "Halo" helmet?

terima kasih Tony Pua!!! Terima Kasih Nurul Izzah!!!

there you go.
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any major military procurement need to wait until rancangan malaysia ke11

having said that, we will see many procurements for Esscom and our new Marine corps, to add to the pressing need to replace Migs and F-5s (and Hawk 208 ifuaskme)

like i said,wait till rmk-11

we've just bought 6 new frigates and possible new patrol vessels for MMEA and priority now is to strengthen Esscom. there are currently many things that were being bought just to beef up Esscom. but they are mostly low-profile procurement...armored vehicles, patrol boats, radar installation...

but your typical forummers won't gonna notice such procurement...everyone wanted shiny,brand new figher aircraft or shiny, brand new MBT

dalam perkara yang (kurang) berkaitan

http://en.ria.ru/military_news/20131211/18...ighter-Jet.html

Defense
Russia to Develop Light-Class Fighter Jet

MOSCOW, December 11 (RIA Novosti) – Russia will soon start developing a prototype of an advanced lightweight fighter jet to supplement fifth-generation T-50 aircraft, a top government official said Wednesday.

The new aircraft is expected to be cheaper to produce and easier to maintain, but should also possess combat capabilities and performance characteristics comparable with those of heavy-class aircraft.

“The development of a light-class fighter has been included in the current arms procurement program. It will be created,” said Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin, addressing the lower house of parliament.

Rogozin, who oversees the defense and space industries, said light-class fighters were in greater demand abroad, compared to more advanced heavy-class aircraft, such as Su-30 or the planned T-50 fighter jets.

Russia is currently developing the heavy-class T-50 multirole fighter aircraft, also known as PAK-FA, which will be the core of the country’s future fighter fleet.

The T-50 is expected to enter service with the Russian air force in 2016.

The T-50 fifth-generation fighter

Rogozin, who first voiced the idea of developing a second type of a fifth-generation fighter in February 2012, said Wednesday that Russia has always had at least two types of tactical fighters that in general supplemented one another.

The latest example is a MiG-29/Su-27 pair.

Rogozin did not specify which of Russia’s two main designers of combat jets – MiG or Sukhoi – will be assigned the development of the future light-class fighter.


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hidup lagi ria novosti ne

i tot mr putin already closed it down

french gave Tan Sri tony a medal too recently

and salma hayek too


thus why Dr M cringe at it. what's the prestige of ferrari if everyone can own them?

baru join ke?

having said all that, i do hope the army to get new 105mm howitzers though

the oto melara 105 really shows its age

sakti... made (more like, licence-produced) by PSC-ND methink

well i think we should look for our 105mm howitzer replacement. oto melara have been used since....what, emergency? i know that oto melara is a great gun, being lightweight and easily disassembled into several pieces (as expected of a mountain gun). but other 105 gun have better accuracy and longer range, not to mention C4I capability

some countries ditched the 105mm guns entirely, but for me 105mm still useful especially as company-level support weapon. the army have bought several 120mm mortar carrier i think

oh and the brazillian are replacing their mirage 2000s with used F-5Es....

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

Mirage F1 yes

mirage 2000 no

Mig...

ofc made in us aew (most possibly E-2. them bloody yanks are too cheapskate to sell us E-3.... and then singapore bising lg.....)