Malaysia Army And ISIS: 70 Soldiers Have Joined Islamic State, Officials Say



Dozens of Malaysian military personnel were found to have joined the Islamic State militant group, authorities in the country announced Monday. At least 70 members of Malaysia's armed forces were identified by police as having such ties, Defense Minister Datuk Abdul Rahim Bakri said during a session in the Dewan Negara, Malaysia's Parliament.

"The army is monitoring the situation via its investigation and intelligence division, together with its human resources section," Abdul Rahim said, the Malaysian Insider reported. "If army personnel are found to embrace elements of ISIS, the army and police will cooperate in our efforts to counsel them and restore their faith in accordance with proper teachings."

Just last week Abdul Rahim denied that any soldiers or army veterans had joined the Islamic State group -- which is also known as ISIS or ISIL -- despite the Royal Malaysia Police releasing information to the contrary, including the reported deaths of 10 Malaysian servicemen who were killed from participating in suicide bombing attacks, the New Straits Times reported.

In order to combat what local officials hope will not become a trend, army recruits are now expected to be subjected to an enhanced security process before being admitted. That process will include a criminal background check, which will be conducted in concert with the police and the country's National Registration Department.

The report comes two months after a growing number of Malaysians were found to have joined ISIS, including two citizens who were involved with producing one of the militant group's beheading videos showing a Syrian being executed. It is unclear if the Malaysians in the video were previously affiliated with the country's military.

The age of those found to be involved with ISIS was not disclosed, but Abdul Rahim in February advised parents on how to prevent younger Malaysians from attempting to join the militant group. “[The Islamic State's] ability to recruit young people with their false struggles is worrying," he said, the Borneo Post reported. "To date, there have been several of our young people who not only joined them in the IS territories as supporters but also became directly involved in military activities such as suicide bombers."

http://www.ibtimes.com/malaysia-army-isis-...als-say-1879299

I got a friend in the army. He currently a platoon leader station in Tawau. I want him to escort me for a trip to Sipadan. Will he be allowed to carry a pistol outside his uniform.

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1) 90×300 meter  for helicopter
2) 120×600 meter
3) 120×900 meter

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Navy eyes 'better than Chinese' subs

9 Apr 2015 at 08:16
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WRITER: WASSANA NANUAM

Some navy sources, however, were not opposed to Chinese submarines, saying they could be on a par with European ones if they are properly developed and built.

Elements within the navy are expressing doubts over a proposal to purchase Chinese submarines.

The concerns come as Defence Minister Prawit Wongsuwon is set to discuss the possibility of a purchase deal with his Chinese counterpart during his three-day visit to China that began yesterday. 

Speaking at an event to mark the 128th anniversary of the Defence Ministry prior to leaving for China on Wednesday, Gen Prawit said he would discuss a plan to buy two submarines for 36 billion baht with his Chinese counterpart during his visit.

However, several navy sources said they do not want the Chinese submarines after raising concerns over their reliability and the fact that China has little or no track record in building submarines.

They said 36 billion baht may have to be spent on vessels which could be too risky to use under water. Long-term maintenance costs of the submarines are another concern, they said.

For whatever reasons the navy wants to buy submarines, the key concern is that submarines, like aircraft, require maintenance and confidence in their reliability, a navy source said.

If maintenance is not comprehensive or there is no confidence in the craft, submariners will not venture with their vessels under water, the source said.

The sources said the navy may use the submarines for the first four or five years and after that they will not go under water again.

They said European vessels would be more worthwhile, adding the price tags on European and Chinese vessels are not that different. 

Some navy sources, however, were not opposed to Chinese submarines, saying they could be on a par with European ones if they are properly developed and built. 

The sources said the navy has yet to make decision on where it should buy submarines from. 

The navy is looking at Chinese submarines, German U-boats and subs from South Korea, they said.

Gen Prawit says the purchase of submarines would require money from five fiscal budgets, adding the Defence Ministry has agreed in principle to the purchase. 

Speaking about the visit to China, Gen Prawit said talks will also touch upon joint military training between the two countries. 

Joining him on the trip to China were defence permanent secretary Gen Sirichai Distakul, Supreme Commander Gen Worapong Sanganetra, the armed forces chiefs, and Deputy Foreign Minister Don Pramudwinai.

RSG, PT Dirgantara Indonesia Team Up to Deliver Advanced Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) Platform for the Indonesian Armed Forces

Rotorcraft Services Group, Inc. (RSG), announced its teaming agreement with PT Dirgantara Indonesia (PTDI) for the development and integration of an advanced Anti-Submarine Warfare suite for the Airbus AS565 MBe Panther helicopter.

FORT WORTH, TX, April 14, 2015 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Rotorcraft Services Group, Inc. (RSG), an industry leader in aircraft technical services, announced its teaming agreement with PT Dirgantara Indonesia (PTDI) for the development and integration of an advanced Anti-Submarine Warfare suite for the Airbus AS565 MBe Panther helicopter. The integrated mission equipment suite will include L-3 Ocean Systems DS-100 Helicopter Long-Range Active Sonar (HELRAS) and Raytheon Mk46 or Whitehead A244/S lightweight torpedo launching system. The systems modular design will allow the multirole ASW helicopter to be quickly reconfigured for non-combat roles, including Maritime Surveillance, Search and Rescue, MEDEVAC, Utility and External Cargo Lift operations.

"We look forward to leveraging our company's unique blend of expertise, customer commitment and drive for innovation to deliver the most advanced and cost effective ASW platform for the Indonesian Armed Forces in partnership with PTDI, L-3 Oceans systems and Airbus Helicopters " said Fida Waishek, President of RSG AeroDesign "The HELRAS has been demonstrated through numerous NATO naval exercises to be the highest performance helicopter dipping sonar in the world for both shallow and deep water operations. The low frequency system uses high resolution Doppler processing and long shaped pulses to detect submarines at very long range and near-zero Doppler target signal." In addition to its long-range surveillance and search capabilities, the DS-100 is well-suited to redetection, target localization and weapon delivery against deep and shallow water targets.

RSG is an approved supplier for leading Aerospace OEMs worldwide including Agusta Aerospace Corporation, Airbus Helicopters, Changhe Aircraft Industries Group Co., Enstrom Helicopter Corporation, Hafei Aviation Industry Co., Helicopter Support Inc., Korean Aerospace Industries, L-3 Communications Ocean Systems, L-3 Communications Wescam, MD Helicopters, PT Dirgantara Indonesia, Safran USA, Inc., Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation and Sikorsky Global Helicopters.

WASHINGTON: The seas are shrinking. As missiles grow longer-ranged and more precise, as sensors grow ever sharper, there are ever fewer places for a ship to hide. “A ship’s a fool to fight a fort,” goes an old naval adage, because a land base can carry more ammunition and armor than anything that floats. Admirals have always been uneasy about bringing their fleets in range of shore-based weapons. But what does the US Navy do when those weapons can find you hundreds or thousands of miles out to sea?

It’s a world in which naval warfare is very different — indeed, in which land-based forces can do so much damage to fleets that the conflict isn’t purely “naval” anymore. (That’s why the study uses “maritime” instead). The World War II parallel is not Midway, where US and Japanese carriers struggled to find each other in the vast Pacific: It’s the Mediterranean, where both Axis and Allied ships were easily found and ravaged by land-based bombers. The difference is that modern technology effectively shrinks the Pacific to the size of the Mediterranean.

“In the Med [in World War II], you have these no man’s lands where it becomes very difficult to operate on the surface of the water,” Krepinevich told me. “In a mature [precision strike] regime, the oceans may shrink to Mediterranean size.”

One way of depleting the enemy arsenal is to make them shoot at nothing: decoys, electronic warfare, and even hacking the enemy’s network can all create illusory targets. When the enemy does fire at something real, however, it would be great to be able to shoot the incoming missile down. That’s a problem with current missile defenses, which rely on high-priced interceptors ships can only carry in small numbers. Laser weapons or electromagnetic rail guns, however, could keep taking cheap shots until the enemy is out of expensive missiles.

In a vitriolic response, Wang, a former commander of the Nanjing Military Region, resorted to personal insults, calling Cole "mentally retarded" and trying to start World War III. Only 300 kilometers away from the Chinese mainland, Taiwan with its area of 36,000,000 square kilometers does not have enough strategic depth to withstand a full-scale PLA invasion, Wang said. The general said he had the confidence to predict that neither the United States nor Japan would come to Taiwan's aid in a war against China because both nations know well what price they would pay.

Wang said Taiwan's Central Mountain Range is no longer an effective barrier to shield Taiwan's fighter fleet in underground hangars at the Jiashan Airbase on the island's east coast, claiming that the PLA has bunker-busting missiles that can take out the hangars with the fighters inside. In the air, Taiwan's fighters would be vulnerable to HQ-9 missiles while the PLA's WZ-10 helicopters would defeat Taiwan's AH-64E Apache helicopters, the general claimed.

In a follow-up piece in the Diplomat on April 11, Cole pointed out the irony that while Beijing threatens Taiwan with destruction if it rejects ultimate unification, it is those who advocate the defense of Taiwan in the face of Chinese aggression who are most commonly painted as warmongers and troublemakers, thus demonstrating the success of Beijing's propaganda efforts.

The technology, developed by BAE Systems, the large defense contractor, uses an explosive that is far more chemically stable and able to withstand extreme heat and outside interference, including getting hit by bullets or shrapnel.

TNT and Composition B “are generally stable,” said Mike Ervin, director of innovation and customer relations for BAE ordnance systems, and aren’t going to spontaneously explode. “But the issue with TNT and Comp B is shock sensitivity. Both are sensitive to external stimuli. If they get hit by a fragment or bullet, they could cause a chain reaction. And instead of losing one round, you could lose your whole store of ammunition.”

The Army is now using what’s called IMX-101 in some of their artillery, a far safer substance, officials say. And the service hopes to one day make all of its munitions “insensitive.” But that’s not going to happen quickly.

“It’ll definitely take a decade or two to turn over the entire inventory,” said Raymond Colon, project manager of the Army’s Combat Ammunition Systems.

The Army already claims at least one success involving the new technology. When a convoy carrying 60mm mortar rounds was hit by a bomb in Afghanistan a few years ago and caught fire, the shells didn’t explode. And that, officials said, saved lives.

The Navy’s USS America, the first of her class, was controversially optimized to handle the F-35, leaving out the multi-purpose well deck traditionally found on ‘Gator Navy’ flattops. Now, just months after her commissioning, she already needs 40 weeks of upgrades just to handle the very aircraft she was designed for.







The F-35's data-link, known as Multi-function Advanced Data Link, is stealthy in nature as it uses low power, has low probability of intercept functions (jumping frequencies, quickly bursting data etc) and utilizes a series of antennas mounted all around the jet under the aircraft's skin to send data directly to other F-35s within line of sight.

These F-35s create an invisible 'daisy chain' of information flow, drastically increasing their situational awareness and tactical options. In contrast, Link 16/MIDS, an other forms of popular data links and waveforms are omni-directional, use more power and not necessarily low-probability of intercept (stealthy).



For aircraft carriers or large land forces that include F-35 operations, fusing MADL's information with Link 16 information will be done via connectivity node, such as a E-11 BACN, E-2D Hawkeye, E-3 Sentry or even an unmanned aircraft such as a EQ-4 Global Hawk. The problem with expeditionary warfare as part of a Gator Navy Expeditionary Strike Group is that they do not have an E-3D Hawkeye to fuse and relay beyond line-of-sight information like the Navy's super carriers do. That is unless they want to be tied to USAF or Naval Aviation assets, which would hamper their flexibility and independence.

As a result, either the USMC has to come up with some new unmanned aircraft that can pack a relay system and that can be launched off the deck of an LHD or LHA, or they need to outfit the Osprey with such a system. On the high-end this could be a Airborne Early Warning & Control variant of the V-22 itself, or at the very least, a modular roll-on, roll-off relay system that can be installed in any Osprey's hold.

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