agree on that, army need ram door suitable for there mission.
true, as long can be fix, than should be ok.

agree, anyway Eurocopter or Airbus Helicopter still keep getting sell and it control 40% Helicopter market.
idle AW or Airbus Helis also got MRO facility here, plus Airbus Helis have authorize service center at sabah.
yes, AW101 is best suitable for Army, purchase price is not much different, mostly issue on  how your view operation and maintenance cost.
mainly payload only 4+ tons, and weight is 14t, other like NH90 also can do 4t+ payload with own 10t+ which means AW101 is 30%+ cost operation and fuel. plus 3 engine means more service and parts cost. 
And for size/weight have pro and cons, good is more people/goods can carry, bad is it cant carry by A400M also land at our Navy ship although not necessary but who know in emergency need it. also need more bigger place to land.   
If no issue on budget for cost, for weight/size ,AW101 is best for Army.
NH90 seems look more overall suitable if all aspect consider. 
idle AW101 or Nh90 have pro and cons, up to decision person view.

our EC725 still got issue? i tot only at early state, EC725 quite long service in other nations.
A400M need keep improve and mature, at lease for 3-4 year more.
A400M should have problem there and here,  just hope not much impact on daily operation to much.
A400M crash seem like 3 engine stop funtion due to bug in new version software.

yes，ram can load NATO std pallets, so can load/off load faster
RAM also can use for paratroop mission. air drop etc

Surprising Vietnam defense procurement budget for 2014 and 2015 is usd 1.5 and 1.6 billion. near double our procurement budget. no-wonder can get so many new asset.

lelz... low budget? at least better than peenoise...

fatti bom bom? how to deliver... cina island got ciws? viet tiong got? pee noise got?

Takpa....kita boleh bagi amaran

Shooting down aircraft is simple compared with shooting down ballistic missiles. Aircrafts are relatively fragile and filled with sensitive materials, a good hit even with a small shrapnel of a HE-Frag warhead at the right place could already bring the whole plane down. But you can't use normal SAM missiles to shoot down even a small ballistic missile like the Scud. 

Shooting down ballistic missiles is like shooting down a flying telephone pole, peppering it with HE-Frag shrapnel from SAM missiles designed to shoot down aircraft wont do a damn thing to change its trajectory. Worse is once the warhead is already in terminal descent, the speed and  gravitational momentum ensures almost nothing can stop it. That's why specialized anti-ballistic missiles (ABM) have a solid tungsten kinetic-energy projectile instead of a HE-Frag warhead common to SAM missiles.

But that in itself is a potential weakness, because if the ABM missile projectile so much as misses a ballistic missile warhead by a single inch, it's already a total miss (and believe me, a 5-foot tall nuclear warhead is not that big of a target). With a potential nuclear warhead screaming towards the earth at mach 5+, you don't get a lot of time for a second launch.

we have

I prefer type26.

We just stated that we are interested only.
not even enter into discussion. 
Anyway I wont be surprise if it was chosen for tgpv.

Nah, it was not even in the sgpv.
If we were to go in it will be in differ deal probably they would put under disguise of lekiu batch2.
There is no fixed design for engine and it still depend on customers requirements.

ready design? That is quite bs if you look at our sgpv project.

not sure what design requirement,
i See DCNS own design Gowind 2500t more than enough, all weapon and spec we want also can fit it.
than it can start built faster, no to own copyright 3000t (extra cost), unless future AAW version base on this.

i thought the main drive away from hornet was source code?

Well that's a strange stipulation to attach to a weapon sale.

As for Iran, I'd imagine overthrowing the most favored US-sponsored ruler in the middle east at the time (The Shah), launching an Islamic revolution and holding US embassy staff and civilians for years is a much more potent excuse for US to stop military aid to Iran rather than Iran breaking some BS military product's T&C. 

They all have MRAP-level armor protection (and thus weight and bulk), so I guess no more off-roading for the US Army. From now on all US army operation will be only on paved roads.