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u think the anwar petition might affect arms trade between usa and Malaysia

for example if we want to get F18

I dont think USA will change their policy though

just asking

we buy some F18, anwar petition can close shop already...
USA just talk about Interest $$$....

This post has been edited by waja2000: Mar 13 2015, 05:05 PM

buy 8 F18 ASH more, addition to curent F18D squadron than ok loh....

Lease gripen is still the best option here.
Mainly we can get the aircraft in less than 1 years.
We can familiarise ourselves with the gripen if future we were intended to replace hawk with gripen.
we dun have to worry if the tech if outdated once the lease term over we give back to the swiss. start looking for the latest gen fighter instead.

F16? If buy 1 free 3 I dun mind.
EF offer buy1 free 1.

F35 is rubish for now once it reach mature stage than it would be a scary fighter.
but US have to pray hard no world war in the period of time.

That depend on maintenance status of the aircraft.
yes I dun like 2nd aircraft as well.

nothing gonna change, all business like usual

China ships incoming?

Most Chinese Say Their Military Can Crush America in Battle




majority of Chinese citizens believe the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) could seize islands in the East and South China Seas, even if the U.S. military were to intervene in the conflicts.

No less than 87 percent of respondents said that the Chinese military already possessed the capability to take back the Diaoyu/Senkaku Islands from Japan, according to a recent public opinion poll. When asked whether they still believed the PLA could achieve this objective if the U.S. intervened in the conflict, 74 percent said yes.

The numbers were much the same for the South China Sea. When asked whether they believed the PLA could militarily take back disputed islands in the South China Sea, 85.6 percent of respondents said that China’s military could achieve this objective. Even if the U.S. military intervened on behalf of the Southeast Asian nations, about 73 percent of respondents said they still believed the Chinese military would prevail.

These were just some of the results of a recent survey published by Andrew Chubb and the Perth USAsia Centre (h/t ASPI’s The Strategist), entitled: “Exploring China’s ‘Maritime Consciousness’ Public Opinion on the South and East China Sea Disputes.” The poll, which was the first in what will be an annual poll on Chinese views of the island disputes, was based on phone interviews conducted with 1,413 adult residents of Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Changsha and Chengdu.

Despite the confidence in their country’s military’s capabilities, a slight majority of respondents said they did not want to go to war over disputed islands in either the South or East China Seas. When asked whether it was in China’s national interest to use military force to take back the Diaoyu/Senkaku Islands, which Japan administers but Beijing also claims, 55.5 percent of respondents said that it was not. Just over 33 percent disagreed while the rest were unsure or didn’t answer.

Fifty-four percent of respondents agreed that it was not in China’s interest to use military force to take back disputed islands in the South China Sea, compared to 33.5 percent who disagreed. The rest were unsure or did not answer.

The survey participants also didn’t rank the island disputes as particularly important compared with many domestic issues. When the pollsters presented participants with a list of nine issues and asked them to choose the five most important, around 51 percent of respondents selected “island issues with neighboring countries” as one of their choices. Corruption, rich-poor disparity, food and drug safety, moral issues and environmental pollution all ranked higher. Notably, however, the island disputes ranked considerably higher than reunification with Taiwan, which only 22 percent of respondents selected as among their top five issues.

The overwhelming belief that the PLA would prevail in a conflict with the United States in the East or South China Seas could make it easier for Chinese leaders to gain support for aggressive policies. At the same time, it could very well make Party leaders more weary of actually initiating a conflict, given the domestic repercussions for them if China is defeated.

Zachary Keck is managing editor of The National Interest.

http://nationalinterest.org/blog/the-buzz/...ca-battle-12414

Can, but make sure high end punya lar, like type 052d ke

Looks like that it was not the request from the RMN.

Russia's Eastern Military District to Get Advanced Battle Tanks



More than 70 sophisticated T-72B3 tanks will be supplied to the Russian Eastern Military District by the year-end, sources said.

The new tanks are due to replace the T-72B1 tanks that are still in service in a number of military units at the Russian Eastern Military District.

"More than 70 modernized T-72B3 tanks will be put into service by the Eastern Military District's motor-rifle units by the end of 2015. The delivery comes within the framework of the 2015 state defense order," the Russian Eastern Military District's press service said.

The T-72B3 tank is a modernized version of the T-72 model, upgraded to the level of the T-90 tank.

The T-72B3 is equipped with new fire control system and new ballistic computer.

Additionally, the tank is fitted with a new gunner sight, with a thermal imager that has day-night and all-weather combat capability.

http://sputniknews.com/russia/20150313/1019434977.html

just curios, what are the most capable 4thgen fighter jets now?

while 5th gen should be better than 4th gen, are the 5th gen jets mature enough to meet battled harden 4th gen jets?

China build just the hull?

The news source says they would only provide the hull and basic machinery, the weapons would be fitted later by local company

But if only 2 ships, I would rather they opt for mrss.. rmn really need those types
Also mrss is not an offensive platform, so no problem if spratly gone bonkers

wah, so ambition for what?

this task force for what? to claim all of spartly ar?

hahaha

054.... not type 052

Most likely armed like sgpv but hull n design from china

052D very cheap only, last week during china annual session of the largely rubber-stamp National People's Congress, the military report said cost 052D only about usd 500 million+ , 054A about usd 300 million

This post has been edited by waja2000: Mar 13 2015, 06:43 PM

sometime like political procurement is needed （military asset）
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This post has been edited by waja2000: Mar 13 2015, 06:46 PM

Same here I hope they opt for mrss instead.

Images suggest upgrades to China's early series J-11s


A J-11A with two new missile approach warning systems (MAWS) aft the cockpit. Source: Chinese Internet

Images have emerged on Chinese military web forums suggesting sensor upgrades to Shenyang Aircraft Corporation (SAC) J-11A combat aircraft, with reports noting that two regiments have received these modifications so far.

Upgraded J-11As appear to have four new missile approach warning systems (MAWS), two just aft the cockpit facing forward and two pointing aft on the vertical stabilisers. Similar systems have previously been fitted to the H-6M and H-6K strategic bombers.

Chinese reports also indicate that cockpit displays have been upgraded and that an upgraded fire control system allows the fighter to use Russian Vympel R-77 or Chinese Luoyang PL-10 medium-range air-to-air missiles. Available imagery cannot confirm these upgrades.

There is little to indicate that the J-11A's radar has also been upgraded. However, China's development of new active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar for the Chengdu J-10B and J-20 fighters indicates that radar upgrades are possible for older SAC J-11s.

A potential radar upgrade may also see the inclusion of new helmet mounted display (HMD) systems, mirroring a modification path undertaken by several Western fourth-generation fighters.

SAC's J-11A fighters stem from its initial 1998 contract with Russia's Sukhoi Aircraft Corporation to co-produce 200 Su-27SK fighters from kits made at the Komsomolsk-on-Amur Aircraft Production Association (KnAAPO).

Initial co-produced units proved inadequate to the point of requiring Russian-assisted rebuilding, and Sukhoi officials later told IHS Jane's that SAC's production finish for J-11As exceeded that of Sukhoi's Su-27s.

However, in a move that damaged Sino-Russian military technology relations, SAC built only 104 kit-based J-11As before hijacking the design to make nearly entirely Chinese-produced J-11B and twin-seat J-11BS fighters, J-15 and J-15BS naval fighters, and twin-seat J-16 strike fighters.

In April 2014 an Asian government source told IHS Jane's that China had 230 J-11A/B fighters in 2014 and this was expected to increase to 390 by 2020, along with another 100 J-16 strike fighters.

http://www.janes.com/article/49903/images-...ly-series-j-11s