Thing is easier say than done.
Shock and awe needed massive preparation.
For example sg have to call back most of the f15 and f16 from overseas, they also have to ask uncle sam to get most of their missile stockpile in gaum.
Such drastic movement will raise suspicious to all neighbours country.

i wonder if our RMAF are capable of doing what the Finns and Taiwanese can... taking off and landing from our main highways

You're generalizing your own experience to the actual overall road quality in Malaysia. Must have shitty majlis perbandaran where you live.

According to World Economic Forum, Malaysia has a better quality road system than even USA.

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Your personal experience doesn't mean it equates to the actual situation.

Anyway, if you don't have any good, constructive posts about military & defence matters, I don't think this thread is for you.

Nobody said anything about normal roads, except you. Discussions about military highway airstrips and you suddenly butt in with stories of that pothole you fell. 

As if a fighter jet will be able to land in the (pothole-infested) road on your way to work in the first place. Basically only large highways are able to be used as highway airstrips, and they need special construction and facilities to function at that.

Also, I may not be TS, but if you continue post rambling, irrelevant posts here, you're not doing yourself any favors either.

First of all, there are quite a lot of countries with the capability to build and maintain a highway airstrip system. Examples include countries like Singapore, Sweden, Russia, Pakistan, India, PRC and North/South Korea. All types of countries use this system. It all depends on military doctrine and strategy, not budget or any level of songlap.

Secondly, as far as military assets go, these aren't that costly. They are used in only for emergency refueling and rearming, not for sustained operations. The initial cost of building them may be higher than the normal highway, but maintenance level is just the same as in any other highway.

Again, we are talking about HIGHWAY AIRSTRIPS, not your pothole-infested road. Take your bitching somewhere else.

Selangor road terrible.
Especially those under state government.
Only through n time complaining tukar MB and wait till early 2016 only see them start repairing the road.

Trawler, Barge Hijacked 62 Nautical Miles Off Bintulu Port



A trawler and a barge, said to be on their way to Port Klang from Tawau, Sabah, were reported to have been hijacked about 62 nautical miles off the Bintulu Port, at about 8.30 pm last Tuesday.

However, Bintulu District 12 Maritime Director, Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) Maritime Captain Aminuddin Abdul Rashid said the trawler, 'Ever Ocean Silk', and barge, 'Ever Giant', were found at 3.24 pm yesterday by the agency's maritime ship, KM Jepak, about 30 nautical miles off Bintulu Port.

"All the 10 crew are safe and unharmed, but there are still in trauma," he said in a statement here Thursday.

He said the trawler and barge were hijacked by a group of robbers armed with machetes who not only took away the communication equipment, but also siphoned the diesel into their boats.

However, he said the number of robbers could not be ascertained, but they were in two boats.

Aminuddin said two MMEA vessels, KM Jepak and KM Tabah, as well as Bot Penggalang 33, were sent to track the trawler and the barge soon after the agency received a report on the missing boats.

He said the trawler and barge were reportedly laden with 2,499 tonnes of palm oil worth RM14.99 million.

Bernama News

Indonesian or Vietnam pirate ni

Cambodian paratrooper gets stuck on street lamp post after jump team miss stadium where National Games exercises were being done.


A paratrooper, left, veers off course near the Olympic Stadium on Wednesday, while another hangs from a lamppost on Sihanouk Boulevard, in still images from videos posted to Facebook.

When eight soldiers from the elite Brigade 911 paratroopers unit exited a helicopter at about 6 p.m. on Wednesday evening during a rehearsal for today’s National Games opening ceremony, it was supposed to be a routine exercise in which they all landed safely on the Olympic Stadium’s artificial turf.

Only two made it.

The other six completely missed the 60,000-capacity stadium and were sent drifting above surrounding roads. While most managed to land on their feet among traffic, one was left hanging from a lamppost outside a gas station on Preah Sihanouk Boulevard—much to the amusement of onlookers and Facebook users once the photos went viral.

Chap Pheakdey, commander of Brigade 911, one of the best-trained units in the military, said the mishap was due to all six soldiers encountering “technical errors.”

“They landed in the opposite area from the stadium—onto the street —because there were technical errors,” he said, declining to divulge details on the multiple malfunctions.

“It’s a soldier’s decision when irregularities happen, they can decide to find a suitable area to land,” he said. “It was a coincidence that one of them landed on a lamppost.”

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