dunno, maybe up to 2 years,
I believe maybe deftech want to deliver all variant in one go

oh very good indeed
whole variant atau first variant?

Just a question, can a bae hawk carry a 30mm gun pod? Malaysia should buy some to brrrttttt brtttt sulu boats.

Nice, should put the 30mm and 20mm gun pod on all the hardpoint, minus the wingtip one of course, i dont think it can support the weight.

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia will deploy another Royal Malaysian Navy vessel, the KD Mutiara, on Aug 4,
to join the search efforts of the missing MH370 flight, said Defence Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein.

Hishammuddin who was the acting Transport Minister during the incident said the KD Mutiara which has the capabilities
of the multi beam echo sounder will join the search efforts to assist in bathymetric survey process.

He added apart from KD Mutiara, Petronas together with DEFTECH and Phoenix International will deploy
a Prosas Side Scan Sonar (Towed Synthetic Aperture Sonar) which will be mounted on a mother vessel.

Meanwhile Boustead Heavy Industries together with iXBlue Australia will be deploying a deep towed side scan sonar with
a Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) mounted on the John Lethbridge vessel.

"The Prosas Side Scan Sonar and the deep towed side scan sonar with a Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV)
is expected to join the search efforts by mid Aug.

"The Bunga Mas 6 vessel which was deployed on Apr 20, will remain in the search area to assist in the search ,"
he said in a press conference after launching the MH370 Photo Exhibition organised by the Foreign Correspondents Club of Malaysia (FCC)
at the Publika Mall here today.

HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — A Vietnamese official on Tuesday raised the death toll to 18 from a military helicopter crash
that happened close to the capital on a parachute training mission, adding three others were being treated for serious injuries.

The Russian-made MI-171 helicopter came down Monday morning about 15 minutes after takeoff in a small village
about 24 miles (40 kilometers) west of Hanoi.

Officials said after the crash that 16 people were killed and five were seriously injured, but an official at the National Burns Hospital
said Tuesday that two of the survivors had died and that the three remaining survivors were in critical condition.

The official did not give his name because he wasn't authorized to speak to the media.

Reports in the state-controlled media said 16 of those on board were parachute recruits from the air force's helicopter regiment.
There were also two trainers and three crew members on board.

The MI-171 helicopter is primarily a transport aircraft, but there is also a gunship version.

Vietnam buys most of its military hardware from Russia, the country's cold war ally. Some of it dates back more than 20 years.

Well the proposal of having 50:50 ratio between peninsular wont be cheap for operation cost.
probably it will eat up few hundred million of dollars.
More base or bigger base will be require to build in borneo
the military probably will ask to increase the military personnel to 150k as well.
though it pretty welcome to have such ratio.
so now come the question will the government and opposition agree on more budget for the military to support such ratio distribution?
Between pakatan suggestions wont be enough to improve the security conditions at sabah.

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A Philippine military investigation concluded Thursday that friendly fire and not Muslim extremists as reported earlier killed six elite army soldiers during a clash in the restive southern region last month.

Armed Forces of the Philippines chief Gen. Emmanuel Bautista was saddened by the finding and will decide whether charges should be filed against the marines responsible for firing the artillery round that killed six soldiers and wounded 13 others. The firing occurred during a June 19 clash with the Abu Sayyaf militants in Sulu province's hinterlands, military spokesman Lt. Col. Ramon Zagala said.

The Philippines has struggled to modernize its military, one of Asia's most ill-equipped. U.S. counterterrorism forces have been providing advice, combat training and intelligence, including drone surveillance, to Filipino troops battling the Abu Sayyaf and other al-Qaida-linked militants in the south since 2002.

The June 19 fighting is believed to have killed about 10 militants near mountainous Patikul town, according to Zagala.

He said that although the soldiers died from friendly fire, "they're still a part of the operations against terrorists and we consider them as heroes."

In the clash, the marines fired 105 mm howitzer rounds to back up troops battling the Abu Sayyaf but one struck an army detachment instead, he said.

The mistake may have been committed because of combat stress, Zagala said.

dah lama kita propose Idea ni kan

ok sifu sifu sekalian,i got a real serious question to ask here ( i dont know shit about military )
is malaysia's army really that bad like some people say? or is it pretty decent ?

Never heard of Rapier missiles....hmmm. So let's say if the Sulu terrorists gain the capability to launch missiles into Sabah, what are we going to do about it?

I am getting increasingly sick and fighting the urge not to reply to idiots who keep harping on our assets being for merdeka display only and not sent to gaza. I realize my iq will reduce if i reply to them but gosh is it painful to read and see it being shared virally.

ya true but why didnt the army proceed with buying more MIFVs when they were looking for tracked vehicle.

they could have fitted turrets on
PT-91Ms and MKMs have elements from different countries.they could have gone with the sharpshooter,CM30 or Dragar turrets if they really wanted to

whats really the big difference between adnans and MIFV? they're both using the same M113 chassis

At coordinate N1d44m E105d7m, Riau islands province
Normal people can check at ICC website

Yes we did get notified of this attack, those riau pirates only wait those ships to come in the indon border then attack, it's their modus operandi. They know it's well out of mmea and rmn jurisdiction, and also because tni-al had zero presence there

Why on earth do they need 40,000 bolt action rifles for?

Remington M4 maybe?

doesn't make sense though, to buy a future korean plane that has performance level of advanced f16.