looking at how China able to even introduce their weapons and sell it to international buyers. We may laugh at China for their weapons, some called it copy, but in fact reverse engineering is so much harder.
Even North Korea and Taiwan and South Korea is so much more capable of producing their own weapons.
Compare to these countries, Malaysia looks like some pariah country. We have the funds, and capability to build an industry, but then it looks like even Indonesia can even do so much better