Recently MMP have been reporting the navy have propose a budget to upgrade all ngpv, two of them will be fully arm with ASM and Anti-air missile

guess the army intelligence is hard at work also not duduk saja 

Game Changer: Chinese-Made Killer Drones Operating in Iraq




http://sputniknews.com/military/20151019/1...ainst-isil.html

Sure, but tracking this things more fall to the PDRM SB

pdrm sb... lelz 

I dont know man, what malaysia can gain by being hidey hole for this terrorist is not like we are superpower who have huge financial to be involve in this. Middle east crisis are pretty much proxy war, never ending proxy war to be exact

and why blaming America have anything to do with malaysia in the first place? afaik nothing been said by msia gov on america, or blaming them for middle east crisis

that's an issue with local attitude problem, but that's only concealing extremist intentions at most, but not acting on those intentions yet.
I wouldn't rule out Malaysians actually funding them just yet, but it's mostly some clerics brainwashed by Saudi rhetoric or too lazy to actually come up with actual intellectual things to talk about imo.

America's Lethal F-16 Fighting Falcon: Heading for Retirement or Reboot?



Dave Majumdar
October 19, 2015

For decades the Lockheed Martin F-16 Fighting Falcon—more popularly know as the “Viper”—has dominated the fighter market around the globe. But while the F-16 is still one of the best fourth-generation fighters money can buy, the production line is starting to slow as sales dry up. Ironically, the F-16 is not losing market share to foreign competitors, rather the venerable jet is being supplanted by Lockheed’s own F-35 Joint Strike Fighter as the stealthy fifth-generation jet gears up for full-rate production.

But the F-16 still has a few years of production left—the current order backlog extends to late 2017. The order book will probably grow somewhat as the United Arab Emirates (UAE) looks set to purchase thirty more advanced F-16E/F+ Block 61 jets. Other than the UAE, Lockheed still has a chance to sell the jet in several other markets. The most immediate prospect is Indonesia—which already operates the older F-16A version of the jet.

However, the F-16 faces stiff competition in Indonesia—which needs to replace its geriatric Northrop F-5E/F Tiger II fighters. The Russians are offering the extremely capable Sukhoi Su-35 Flanker-E, which in many respects is a more capable aircraft. Other potential contenders include the Saab JAS-39 Gripen, Eurofighter Typhoon and the French-made Dassault Rafale. The Russians appear to have the inside track since Jakarta appears to have already selected the Su-35— according to Indonesian media quoting that nation’s defense minister, Ryamizad Ryacudu. However, the Russians have not confirmed that a deal is imminent.

That could explain why Lockheed was showing off a new F-16V version of its jet to Indonesia during the first week of October.  Clearly, the Obama Administration and the U.S. defense giant hold out hope that it can persuade Indonesia to buy new F-16s. Indeed, Washington is offering one of the most advanced variants of the venerable jet to the Southeast Asian nation. While the F-16V does not have all of the gold-plated bells and whistles found on the UAE’s fleet of Desert Falcons, the new Viper variant is a very potent aircraft.

Samuel Biag - October 16, 2015

3 Attack Crafts being acquired for Navy as missile system platforms

The bid opening for Philippine Navy’s three (3) Multi-purpose Attack Crafts Mk III (17-meter MPAC Mk III) is now scheduled on October 27, Department of National Defense said. This is after AFP modernization projects previously ‘held in abeyance’ were given go signal by President Aquino. The DND is applying the amount of PhP270 million through the General Appropriations Act for the acquisition of these 3 brand-new MPACs.

These MPACs to be acquired will be utilized as platforms for missile launch system and other weapons.

DND wants these MPACs Mk III to have provisions for remote weapon system for 12.7mm Heavy Machine Gun M2HB; and missile launch system and its respective remote operating consoles inside the craft. MPAC Mk III should also have provisions for two M60/7.62mm Light Machine Gun.

Weapons and missiles will be procured in a separate project, Multi-Purpose Attack Craft Acquisition Project (Lot 2).

The Navy is now operating six MPACs (not armed with missiles). Three from Taiwan (15-meter MPAC Mk 1) while the other three (17-meter MPAC Mk II) were from Filipino shipbuilder Propmech Corporation.

pdrm sb... lelz 

U.S. Said to Approve $11 Billion Saudi Buy of Littoral Ships

- Congress notified of planned sale of four ships, official says
- Obama working to assure Gulf allies after Iran nuclear deal

The Pentagon is notifying Congress of a planned sale to Saudi Arabia of as many as four Littoral Combat Ships for $11.25 billion, according to a U.S. official, as the U.S. works to bolster defenses of its Gulf allies after the nuclear deal with Iran.
The State Department has approved the sale under the Foreign Military Sales program, according to the official, who asked not to be identified in advance of an announcement. The approval allows the Saudis to negotiate contracts for the ships unless Congress passes legislation to block the deal.
The ships are part of a planned modernization, replacing older U.S.-built vessels in the Royal Saudi Navy’s Eastern Fleet. The sale also begins to deliver on President Barack Obama’s pledge to improve the military capabilities of the U.S.’s Arab allies. Saudi Arabia and other nations in the Gulf Cooperation Council sought such reassurances before acquiescing to the U.S.-led deal with Iran on its nuclear program.
Aid Limited
The Saudis and other Sunni Arab nations were unnerved that, in exchange for curbing its nuclear program, their Shiite rival Iran will win relief from crippling economic sanctions and access to billions of dollars in frozen funds. Russia’s military intervention in Syria alongside Iran to back President Bashar al-Assad has further raised sectarian tensions in the region.
U.S. military aid to the Gulf nations is limited by legislation requiring that the U.S. maintain Israel’s qualitative military superiority over its Mideast neighbors, blocking the sale of cutting-edge weapons such as the F-35 fighter jet. But the ships sold to the Saudis will be the first major export of a new, U.S.-built surface naval vessel in years, the U.S. official said.
The Littoral Combat Ship, designed for operations in shallow coastal waters, is made in two versions by Lockheed Martin Corp. and Austal Ltd. The Saudis have indicated they’re interested in the Lockheed ship, according to previous reports, including by Defense News.
Ability Questioned
While the Navy has championed the new littoral ship as an agile and adaptable vessel, the Pentagon’s director of testing has questioned its ability to survive a potential enemy attack. Republican Senator John McCain of Arizona, the chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, has challenged the reliability of new underwater drones for the ship that are intended to hunt down mines from a safe distance.
Congress has 30 days to disapprove of the sale before it takes effect. It could be years, however, before a contract is actually signed.
The U.S. is offering a version of the Littoral Combat Ship called the “Multi-Mission Surface Combatant” customized to Saudi requirements. The planned sale includes potential purchases of engineering, logistical and training support for Saudi naval personnel; radar and sonar systems; munitions and fire-control systems.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/201...-littoral-ships

Instead, the Pentagon finds itself in a dilemma: how to deploy the minimum amount of naval power while telegraphing a message of deterrence to Beijing. One option is to send in state-of-the-art but relatively lightly armed littoral combat ships based in Singapore.

Even though the Spratlys are nothing more than a scattering of reefs, atolls and sandbars, they’ve become tokens in a much bigger geopolitical struggle. The credibility of America’s security guarantees to its Asian allies is on the line.

A conflict with China would be unlike any America has faced since World War II. Not since then has it engaged an adversary able to threaten its aircraft carriers and submarines—twin symbols of American power and prestige.

And the U.S. has never fought an enemy that possesses cyberwarfare capabilities—or nuclear arms.

Military training is more complicated than many realize. True, the Taliban, al-Qaida, and ISIS don’t require advanced training for its recruits, so, it’s often asked, why should the Afghan or Iraqi army? But the two tasks are different. Insurgents can attack at a time and place of their choosing; if met with force, they can withdraw and attack someplace else. By contrast, armies defending the government have to be strong and ready everywhere, or they need to have the means to move quickly from one place to another.

So training is not just a matter of teaching soldiers how to shoot straight and maneuver on a battlefield (which American trainers do well). If the goal is to turn the fighting completely over to the local armed forces, then training must also involve teaching them how to conduct and call in air strikes, gather intelligence and apply it to tactical operations, move soldiers rapidly from one area to another (which involves flying helicopters or small transport planes), resupply soldiers when they’re deployed far from the base (logistics), and plan operations on a strategic or theater-wide level.

This was certainly the case when Iraqi soldiers—trained by America’s finest at a cost of billions—fled after the first gunshot when attacked by ISIS marauders in Mosul. In the same sense, the fate of the Afghan National Army will depend less on the thoroughness of American training than on the degree to which President Ghani cleans up Karzai’s corruption. Back in late 2009, when President Obama sent more troops to fight in Afghanistan, the senior U.S. officers—including Adm. Mike Mullen, then the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. David Petraeus, who was commander at the time—testified that, if the corruption persisted, the Taliban would win, no matter how many American troops joined the fight. The same is true now.

In New York City, the police now maintain an unknown number of military-grade vans outfitted with X-ray radiation, enabling cops to look through the walls of buildings or the sides of trucks. The technology was used in Afghanistan before being loosed on U.S. streets. Each X-ray van costs an estimated $729,000 to $825,000.

The NYPD will not reveal when, where, or how often they are used.

“I will not talk about anything at all about this,” New York Police Commissioner Bill Bratton told a journalist for the New York Post who pressed for details on the vans. “It falls into the range of security and counter-terrorism activity that we engage in.”

He added that “they’re not used to scan people for weapons.”

At least 50 U.S. law enforcementagencies have secretly equipped their officers with radar devices that allow them to effectively peer through the walls of houses to see whether anyone is inside, a practice raising new concerns about the extent of government surveillance. Those agencies, including the FBI and the U.S. Marshals Service, began deploying the radar systems more than two years ago with little notice to the courts and no public disclosure of when or how they would be used. The technology raises legal and privacy issues because the U.S. Supreme Court has said officers generally cannot use high-tech sensors to tell them about the inside of a person's house without first obtaining a search warrant. The radars work like finely tuned motion detectors, using radio waves to zero in on movements as slight as human breathing from a distance of more than 50 feet. They can detect whether anyone is inside of a house, where they are and whether they are moving.

APMM operation in sumatera