every week got crash is also kinda normal nowadays, since middle east and eurasia have big troops movements due to recent conflicts

pity those fsa/ypg (anti-assad) fighters.. now they are battling syrian army + russia + isis

then US and its allies shud also be charged of war crimes for its thousands of civilian bombing in iraq, afghan, pakistan
to them its just collateral damage, just another casualties in their war on terrorism

primus developed from its US cousin the paladin, both vehicle is under-30 tons
and in theory both also could fit in the a400m

This post has been edited by DDG_Ross: Sep 19 2015, 09:32 PM

not really a military topic, but oh well..



Self-styled Sulu Sultan is dead

PETALING JAYA: The self-styled Sulu Sultan Esmail Kiram II died at 6.20pm on Saturday.

Abraham Idjirani, the brother-in-law of Esmail, confirmed the death of the 76-year-old self-proclaimed Sultan of Sulu.

It is believed that Esmail died of kidney failure in a hospital in Zamboanga City, southern Philippines.

He succeeded his brother Jamalul Kiram III who died in October 2013 in Manila.

http://www.thestar.com.my/News/Nation/2015...n-of-Sulu-dead/


facts; 3rd "kiram" to have died since the 2013 lahad datu standoff

kiram III - died in october 2013
agbimuddin kiram - died in january 2015
kiram II - died in september 2015

This post has been edited by DDG_Ross: Sep 20 2015, 02:36 AM

aluminium alone is very weak against rpg and I doubt it can withstand HE shells either, deswai modern aluminium armor now comes with another layer ceramic armor

something to think about as rpg equipped infantry section is becoming a norm nowadays, including ours

got french + russia + s.africa parts in it, and current conflicts wont allow joint production anymore
the other only choice is su-30sm which is an evolution of the mki/mkm but then it has some israeli parts in it..

kd perantau - yes got problem, but at least it didnt burn down like its sister ship at a shipyard in johor
scorpene? - its maintenance got problem ker? none i know of
sgpv-lcs? - delay in design issue stemmed from finance ministry dun wanna release payment for some of the equipments selected, then again dcns is the one who designs it, boustead only helps building it

more like delay in payment for some minor equipment
take it with a grain of salt, its just insider rumors

tarak paham.. in plain english please?

kesian bomba/jpa/polis jadi first responder from the start of the flood saf dapat nama pulak haha~
even army that were last to be deployed at 25 dec, saf detachment arrive at 30 dec

kes masuk bakul angkat sendiri? lol

u forget bosnia bro? the bosnian deployment is bigger and longer and it was far from "peaceful"

the thing with the somalian deployment that its considered as the "finest hour", but many forgets that the whole UN forces simply had to withdraw and left the country to rot, resulting zero changes to the ailing country

while the bosnian deployment took longer, it was instrumental to bringing peace in the region, ultimately restoring the lives of millions in those country

did you forgot that since merdeka there is no true peace in msia as the whole country was embroiled in insurgency warfare up until 1990 and sprinkle that with konfrontasi against tni, counter-insurgency warfare or unconventional warfare is the very core of our army and it still is

conventional warfare is just short fanfare, and those big countries tend to lose when it comes to unconventional warfare, insurgency warfare makes up the bulk of the battles that ensues, usa failed in triple combo of afghan-iraq-vietnam, hamas still alive and well, the kurds only alive depending on others help and isis still active no thanks to its survival skills obtained during the us occupation

yes cw experience is just as important ucw experience, but if you look at the current conflict nowadays all of them is essentially unconventional warfare, fought by para-militaries and proxies, and the chances of an army involved in ucw is greater than ever compared to its chances of a cw conflict

im just saying that in the long term, having experience in ucw will give an edge to an army against any threat

us tried to stay out of middle east cuz obama tells them so, but dunno what hillary/trump will do next
the only solution to hamas is nuking the gaza strip, so obviously they wont go that far
it will be couple of years until isis gone, i hear the taliban is rising again

This post has been edited by DDG_Ross: Oct 7 2015, 07:38 PM

is that rubber treads? hmm.. interesting

although it may have some appeal, i dun see the point of having this thing with that big gun
change that gun to 30mm and we have a cool tracked ifv which i might agree on that

This post has been edited by DDG_Ross: Oct 7 2015, 09:46 PM

looks like they are battle-testing everything in their inventory, they dont actually have to launch cruise missile across several countries since they ady have bombers based in syria itself

next test icbm?

they also "accidently" flew into turkey, which obviously got the turks madly furious

so far only the klubs been observed (from the overland flight route sighting vids)