kat Malaysia pun dah berbulan ada joint patrol
still banyak Malaysian clueless!

Maybe it's time for joint military action against those militants?
Something similar to Malaysia fight against communist?

Exercise Forging Sabre 2015

The Republic of Singapore Air Force's "sensors" and "shooters" work together as a team to hunt and destroy enemy targets in Exercise Forging Sabre 2015, one of the SAF's largest overseas exercises.

The Heron 1 Unmanned Aerial Vehicle spots multiple mobile targets, and the F-15SGs, F-16s and Apache Helicopters are activated to respond to the threats. Watch how the strike team goes in for the kill with pinpoint accuracy!

Long endurance, smaller size normally equate smaller mantainance requirements.

What those aew need is endurance and space to put all the electronics. So it a bargain of either side. More space mean more advance thing can put in plus also for crew comfort.

U dont want to be in a sardine can right?

the bigger the jet the more equipment, operators and relief crew you can put on board.

E-2 Hawkeye: flight ceiling 35,000 ft, but still only achieve flight endurance 6 hours, loiter on station 4 hours+, 3 mission crew (equipment operators). But then E-2 is designed for carrier ops.

UK carrier solution is to use the AW101 Eurocopter heli
Merlin Crowsnest AEW: flight ceiling 15,000 ft, loiter time on station 4 hours, 2 mission crew

For land-based AEW,
US E-3 Sentry: flight ceiling 41,000 ft, time on station 9 hours, 16 to 18 mission crew.

Russian A-50 Mainstay: flight ceiling 40,000 ft, time on station 9 hours, 11 or 12 mission crew.

SKorea/Australia Boeing 737: flight ceiling 40,000 ft, time on station 9 hours, 6 to 10 mission crew.