Lease Labuan for US base?

They are not confident in the economy ahead.
Now scraping money to paid off that famous debt.
Also trying to reduce budget deficit.
Ain't easy time for us.
Unless some1 sponsor us

more also our gov income is drop due to price oil drop,
not necessary paid off that famous debt.

Sigh... that debt make govt bleed assets and capital. We will be a while digging ourselves out of the hole, because we have basically sold the cangkul to prop up the hole

Labuan.... think US sailors prefer Singapore with advanced infrastructure, English fluent sarong party girls and Geylang....

Anyone think AEW&C still is priority for RMAF ?

MRCA should be on higher priority list

There's so many pre-loved F-16s and so on in the market. Why not get a bunch as interim. Better than to have a gaping hole.

As the military conflict in Syria progressed and the number of casualties rose women received more and more positions in the ranks of the Syrian Armed Forces. The first brigade of women, named "Lionesses for National Defense,” was formed in 2013.

actually no need to worry on that debt 。。。 。。。more to see on 1st quarters 2016
i more worry on oil price and  Ringgit。

as many people said, if get second hand than you not get new 1 anymore. so better not get old one. also old more more cost to maintenance.
also we more prefer twin engine aricraft

An Australian citizen is the commander of an elite UAE military force deployed in Yemen as part of the Saudi-led coalition, which human rights groups accuse of war crimes.

Mike Hindmarsh, 59, is a former senior Australian army officer who is publicly listed as commander of the UAE’s Presidential Guard.

The Presidential Guard is a unit of marines, reconnaissance, aviation, special forces and mechanised brigades, according to the US State Department website.

NATO’s combat mission was replaced by a “train, advise, and assist” mission:

Only NATO Special Operations Forces are still training their Afghan counterparts at the tactical level.

Two U.S. soldiers—“guardian angels” or bodyguards—are discreetly shadowing the young American officer with their weapons ready.

While the NATO mission in Afghanistan officially consists of training, assisting and advising, most of the time spent here in Kandahar is focused on advising—a mission “easy to define but difficult to execute” according to one U.S. officer

“A soldier used to need 46 signatures to reenlist, we helped them reduce it to 14,”

Due to insecure Afghan networks, U.S. advisors have to physically obtain copies of Afghan reports and bring them back to their base where they are then translated.

Consequently, one Colonel emphasized “it is not about winning or losing but about bringing the Afghan National Security and Defense Forces to the threshold of success.”

"The ships will be codenamed Uragan and Taifun and will enter service in the Navy in 2017 and 2018 after their construction and trials are over," he said.

According to the admiral, the ships have a displacement of about 800 tons and are capable of developing a speed of over 30 knots and accomplishing missions at a distance of around 3,000 nautical miles from their bases.

According to Chirkov, the armament of the new Project ships will match the weapons suite of Buyan-M-class missile ships armed with Kalibr missile systems. At the same time, the new corvettes will differ "by ocean-and sea-going characteristics," he said.