any think also ok.
but mistral have chance in 20%

This post has been edited by waja2000: Sep 1 2015, 10:54 AM

http://www.defenseworld.net/news/13904/Raf...st#.VeUcGDnlplE

This post has been edited by azriel: Sep 1 2015, 11:34 AM

Ukrainian kids learn to fight at military summer camp




STARE, Ukraine (AP) — More than 100 Ukrainian schoolchildren will have unusual tales to tell their mates when classes resume, after spending part of their summer vacations undergoing training by the National Guard.

The training at a National Guard camp about 75 kilometers (45 miles) from Kiev taught children aged 11-15 rudimentary military skills and gave them a taste of army life in courses over three days. At night the children were quartered in army tents; by day they got instruction in marksmanship, hand-to-hand fighting, weapons maintenance, first aid, map reading and orienteering.

For 11-year-old Oleksander Olinichenko, whose mother and father are both in the Ukrainian army, the camp was a chance to pursue his interest in all things military, as well as show his patriotism.

"''I like everything here, they teach me to take apart and to assemble the assault rifle, they teach us hand-to-hand fighting, first aid - it's very interesting," said Oleksander, his face disguised by military goggles and a regulation helmet.

Some children are from military families in Kiev, others are refugees who relocated to the Ukrainian capital, having left their homes in eastern Ukraine when fighting broke out in 2014. Some of the children chosen to attend the camp come from low-income families, according to the National Guard press office.

National Guardsman Oleksander Honcharenko gave the children instruction in hand-to-hand fighting and karate. He told The Associated Press he and all the other instructors at the camp had served in the Ukrainian army during the conflict in East Ukraine.

"I think every person has to be able to defend himself and his relatives, his nearest and dearest, his family and property. The most important thing is to be able to react quickly in an extreme situation and to make the right decision. The kind of the hand-to-hand fighting that we teach helps them develop such abilities," said Honcharenko, who is vice president of the Ukrainian Karate Association.

Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko recently vowed to increase troop numbers to fend off attacks by Russia-backed separatist rebels and warned his countrymen that there is still the threat of a "large-scale invasion." He claimed that Russia had massed about 50,000 troops on the border with Ukraine, still had 9,000 soldiers in eastern Ukraine and had supplied the rebels with about 500 tanks and 400 pieces of artillery.

http://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/...o-military-camp

This post has been edited by BorneoAlliance: Sep 1 2015, 11:41 AM

http://foxtrotalpha.jalopnik.com/the-right...ot-t-1587492909

even the canucks persoal their choice for f35, and outlines y superbug should be their fighter of choice.
kinda agree with them with regards to pricing, weapons suite, avionics etc. y not kalau cheaper by 40 mil / unit compared to rafale, 50 mil / unit compared to f35...

Russian jets in Syrian skies





http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4696268,00.html

hopefully will have some good news. anyway still in talk only.


@PMesnier
French Mindef visiting RMAF in Subang. Another partnership anchored. Tks RMAF for the warm welcome




Pierre Mesnier ‏@PMesnier 2h2 hours ago
Mr Le Drian is witnessing a strong Malaysian French Cooperation on A400M. A real success





Pierre Mesnier ‏@PMesnier 1h1 hour ago
Mr Le Drian accompanied by Mr Raffarin former French PM meeting with Malaysian PM for strategic talks。

if cant get rafale or mistral, get some cougar and tiger also fine .

Mistral... tak ada harapan lah

Nothing signed also

French Defense Chief Attempts to Sell at Least One Mistral to Malaysia



On Tuesday, Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak held a meeting with Le Drian and French defense industry officials.
According to Bernama, Le Drian and his Malaysian counterpart Hishammuddin Hussein will head a Franco-Malaysian defense committee.

Earlier, the French newspaper Tribune reported that Malaysia had expressed interest for the purchase of a Mistral-class helicopter-carrier within 10 years. Among other contenders is India which Le Drian to visit at the end of his Asian journey.

In early-August, Moscow and Paris agreed on the cancellation of a €1.2 billion contract on the delivery of two Mistral-class ships. After the Russian equipment is dismantled from the carriers France will be able to take charge of the ships.

On August 26, the administration of French President Francois Hollande announced that France paid off compensation to Russia. The sum of the compensation will be made public after a bill on the issue is submitted to the French parliament.

http://sputniknews.com/military/20150901/1...stral-deal.html

impossibru la for them to buy Mistral

the timing is just not right..

but deep inside i hope somehow we could acquire it and a Marine force can finally be created..

Park one in Sabah, equip it with quick response teams + attack & transport helis = Sabah pipu love Najib looooong time

And, uh. Don't we already have a marine force? Or?

http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysi...h.73Q9Iw2o.dpuf

if "review" only then we have been "reviewing" it for many years ady lol

I cant remember where I read this, about the deep comparison between rafale & typhoon.....

Payloads - rafale win
Maritime/ ground attack - rafale win
Air to air - typhoon 2in
Beyond visual/ detection capability - typhoon win

So, uh, 50/50? Are there any other capable platforms that our Airforce can use?

It will be very expensive to service the Mistral too.

Unless you have arab donors.

Russia's Most Anachronistic Warship Is Getting an Overhaul





http://www.themoscowtimes.com/business/art...aul/529158.html

this not that accurate.....

any big acquisition will be political suicide... i guess it is to keep the military happy to prevent a coup

RSS Resilience successfully disrupted a sea robbery in the Singapore Strait this morning.

At 9.07am, a Malaysian-flagged tugboat, Permata 1, reported sighting four perpetrators boarding their barge when transiting along East Singapore Strait. Our patrol vessel RSS Resilience was immediately deployed to the vicinity and the presence of our ship forced the perpetrators to flee southerly towards Indonesian waters.

At the same time, our Information Fusion Centre (IFC) shared information of the incident with the Indonesian Navy and the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency, which led to the successful capture of the perpetrators and recovery of the stolen cargo.

RSS Resilience accompanied Permata 1 safely to Singapore waters where the Police Coast Guard boarded the tugboat for investigation.

Bravo Zulu to the men and women of RSS Resilience and the prompt actions by IFC!