MALACCA PORT SOLD TO CHINA TO BECOME NAVAL BASE FOR CHINESE ARMED FORCES? GREEDY NAJIB & WEAK OBAMA’S LEGACY – LOSS OF CONTROL OF MALACCA STRAIT, SOUTH CHINA SEA & ENSUING INSTABILITY



When China ignored the Law Of The Sea Tribunal’s decision against it, Obama issued this “sharp” rebuke to the Chinese leadership:

“Part of what I’ve tried to communicate to President Xi (Jinping) is that the United States arrives at its power, in part, by restraining itself,” said Obama in a CNN interview. “You know, when we bind ourselves to a bunch of international norms and rules, it’s not because we have to, it’s because we recognize that, over the long-term, building a strong international order is in our interest. And, I think, over the long-term, it will be in China’s interests, as well.”

Clearly, this had little impact on the Chinese who having tested the Obama Administration over the eight years, understood that they could do whatever they liked.This Reuters report from October 2015 was probably confirmation of what the Chinese would have concluded as far back as 2013:

The U.S. naval challenge to China’s territorial assertiveness in the South China Sea this week came after months of frustration within the Pentagon at what some defense officials saw as unnecessary delays by the White House and State Department in approving the mission.



Washington’s caution also caused disquiet among some military officials in Japan and the Philippines, both U.S. security allies, feeding concerns that China’s ambitions in the South China Sea would go unchecked.

The Pentagon and U.S. military officials had been ready for months to carry out patrols, but ran into “repeated stalling” from the White House and State Department, said one U.S. defense official, who requested anonymity.

Since China’s land reclamation began in December 2013, it had reclaimed more than 2,900 acres (1,170 hectares) of land as of June, the Pentagon said in a recent report. China had reclaimed 17 times more land than the other claimants combined over the past 40 years, it added.

Pressure for action from U.S. allies in the region grew after China’s island-building became front-page news this year following the release of high-resolution satellite images that showed the scale of the work.

The consequences of Obama’s actions are easy to see, for the Chinese no longer feel the need to conceal their actions.
This Pentagon map illustrates what China wants,or claims it needs.








And then came this feat, aptly titled “Rising From The Shallows” by the South China Morning Post, which the Chinese managed to pull-off without being really bothered by the Obama administration:



Quite an achievement, given American supremacy in the region for more than 70 years,a supremacy well accepted by all littoral states.That stability is now gone and that is Obama’s legacy.

– http://realpolitikasia.blogspot.my/

the cctv where saudi warship got struck by suicide boat recently



This post has been edited by DDG_Ross: Feb 6 2017, 05:26 PM

MRSS On The Horizon, Part 2

Marhalim Abas February 6, 2017 Malaysia -RMN
SHAH ALAM: Days after MRSS on The Horizon posting, I received three comments on a report by Jakarta Post that PT Pal that it will be signing the contract next August.

I am unable to post the report or even linked it here it as it is protected by a paywall. Anyhow, the report datelined Feb 4. from Surabaya quoted PT Pal CEO M. Firmansyah Arifin that the MRSS contract will be signed in August.

He was also quoted as saying that the MRSS will be similar to the Indonesian Makassar class LPD and the Philippines SSV, though it will be bigger and fully armed. Basically, it’s the same statement, he had been quoted before apart from the August date for the contract signing.


BRP Tarlac, the Phillipine Navy SSV. PN
It appears that as usual, the other side seemed to know more the contract than we do including RMN Chief Admiral Tan Sri Kamarulzaman Badaruddin. When I met the Admiral on Thursday he explained that when he tweeted about the MRSS, he was not implying that “the contract is imminent”.


A screenshot of Adm Kamarulzaman tweet on the MRSS on Jan. 26. 2017.
The national news agency, Bernama, also followed up on the tweet which led to a story in a Malaysian news portal that a multi-billion deal was imminent, which Kamarulzaman said was completely inaccurate.


A close up of the MRSS model shown at PT PAL booth at Indodefence 2016.
“The minister was just giving his endorsement that the MRSS will be the next RMN project after the LMS“, he added. Asked whether the design will be the same as the Makassar class or the SSV, Kamarulzaman said it will be a different design.


KRI Makassar. By Koxinga CDF at English Wikipedia, CC BY 3.0,
On the cost, Kamarulzaman gave a figure that the RMN was looking at, which seemed to indicate that it will be a different design that the Makassar or the SSV. It’s likely that the RMN want a much higher damage control standard.

Since they are still figuring out the contract, I will not publish the figure quoted by the RMN Chief so as to give them the leeway in the continuing negotiations.

So is a contract imminent? No, based on the conversations with Kamarulzaman and other officials at the Defence Ministry, whom I had reached out to. So what is behind the reports from Indonesia. I have no idea!

So if not this August when then? A more reasonable timeline will be in 12 months from now, according to my sources. And even that will depend on various factors.

— Malaysian Defence

ST Kinetics TERREX 3. Credit to Janes.

Intel Briefing - Frigates on the front line: Naval operations and procurement



While much of the procurement focus across many of the world's navies over the last decade as focused on higher-end capabilities, today an increasing number of navies of different shapes and sizes are looking to invest in frigate programmes.

Ukraine: Avdiivka civilians living under shelling

The Indonesian Army 2nd Infantry Division Kostrad released an official photo of its members training with the FGM-148 Javelin ATGM. Credit to Divif 2 Kostrad.

Malaysia will defend maritime borders while maintaining good ties with Singapore, says its deputy foreign minister



KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysia's deputy foreign minister said the country will defend its maritime borders and sovereignty if newly discovered historical facts prove that Pulau Batu Puteh belongs to Malaysia.

The island, some 40km east of Singapore at the eastern entrance of the Singapore Strait, is known as Pedra Branca in Singapore. Britain, and later Singapore, has maintained control over the island since the 1850s.

The Star Online quoted Datuk Seri Reezal Merican Naina Merican as saying on Sunday (Feb 5) that while the Malaysian government would continue to foster good ties with Singapore, it would also explore the possibilities of gaining sovereignty over the island.

"In 2008, when the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague gave the island to Singapore, it did not tarnish our relationship," he said. "Trade between Malaysia and Singapore has even increased."

Meantime, a retired top admiral said he's confident that Malaysia has a strong case to apply for a revision of the ICJ judgment, the New Straits Times reported.

Rear-Admiral (Rtd) Tan Sri K. Thanabalasingam, who played a prominent role in the Malaysian team which argued its case at The Hague in 2008, believed there is fresh, compelling evidence to support Malaysia's call for a review or Attorney-General Tan Sri Mohamed Apandi Ali would not have applied for the revision.

"I believe he is armed with some strong, sufficient and substantial (evidence) that is relevant to initiate the revision, based on new facts from declassified documents released by the British government," he was quoted as saying.



But Mr Thanabalasingam told the newspaper that time is essential in determining if Malaysia's case warrants a hearing.

"It may become a problem if (it turns out that the) documents were declassified much earlier, and we only found out about its contents recently.

"We (could still) apply, but the ICJ will entertain us only if the new evidence is very pertinent for a revision and not any little points to be considered.

"The new evidence must be serious enough to affect the outcome of the earlier decision," he said.

The ICJ found on May 23, 2008, that sovereignty over Pulau Batu Puteh or Pedra Branca belongs to Singapore, sovereignty over Middle Rocks belongs to Malaysia and sovereignty over South Ledge belongs to the state in the territorial waters of which it is located.

A key consideration in its decision was a letter dated Sept 21, 1953, in which Johor's top official informed the British authorities in Singapore that "the Johor government does not claim ownership of Pedra Branca".

The court said in its 2008 ruling that it considered this correspondence and its interpretation of central importance for determining the understanding of both parties about sovereignty over the island. It found that Johor's reply showed that "as of 1953, Johor understood that it did not have sovereignty over Pedra Branca".

But last Friday, Malaysia's attorney-general said in a statement that the country had filed an application to revise the ICJ's judgment over the three islands.

The ICJ said in a press statement on Friday that Malaysia cited three documents declassified by Britain to support its application for a revision. They are: Internal correspondence of Singapore colonial authorities in 1958, an incident report filed in 1958 by a British naval officer and an annotated map of naval operations from the 1960s.



These items were discovered in the UK National Archives between Aug 4, 2016 and Jan 30, 2017.

"Malaysia claims that these documents establish the new fact that 'officials at the highest levels in the British colonial and Singaporean administration appreciated that Pedra Branca/Pulau Batu Puteh did not form part of Singapore's sovereign territory' during the relevant period," the ICJ said.

"Malaysia argues 'that the court would have been bound to reach a different conclusion on the question of sovereignty over Pedra Branca/Pulau Batu Puteh had it been aware of this new evidence'."

Singapore's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said: "Singapore is studying Malaysia's application and documentation closely and has formed its legal team to respond to Malaysia's application".

The team includes Attorney-General Lucien Wong, Professor S. Jayakumar, Professor Tommy Koh and former chief justice Chan Sek Keong.



This post has been edited by Fat & Fluffy: Feb 6 2017, 10:53 PM

I wonder where do you get those idea saying our kapal selam is not fully operational?

well not big surprise, still majority people believe our first sub still can't submerge.
even some believe all our sub are very old 30-40 year old sub too.
even few time i explains to my friends, but majority not believe, and said me Pro Gov.
they still believe internet write ... .
so not big surprise people ask. i lazy to explains more.

Malaysia Joins China, Buys Weapons

Our Kedah class OPV not fit with hull sonar? , although Wiki listed install L-3 sonar, but seems oversea people see our Kedah class ship photo hull can't find Sonar panel is fitted in side bottom hull.

depends la.do they use proper heat warhead or just shoot whatever they have? this is irregular forces, basically civilian given a gun and told to fuсk some shit.

oso, most of the weapon and munition was from iran-iraq war. who knows if it would still be effective, and there's no way iraq can still maintain its logistic after they was put under heavy sanction by UN. buy medicine oso kenot, how can buy spare parts ?

besides nowadays we ghave better rpg warhead then what was used by iraqi forces. we have tandem HEAT that can penetrate up to 800mm steel, smart warheads with proximity fuse, even thermobaric warhead that can really fuсk people inside out as well as anti bunker types

fuuu... is this true?

he has a very valid point - I also don't know how operational our 1st sub, the training one, is.

The disclosures given by our ATM is nowhere near the level given by say US or UK. There they have Freedom of Information act, here everything is hidden, or covered by Official Secrets act... you know what I mean

No, these are quite well-trained and fanatical forces which have made significant trouble for US and NATO troops. Only the Republican Guard resisted the 2003 invasion, most of the militia and the regular army were abandoning their posts. It is also documented that the tank was hit by a variety of RPGs and even a Milan ATGM.

Are you sure we have thermobaric warheads? I don't think RPG-7 has "smart proximity fuse", I do know it has a 5-second fuse which can be used for airbursting if timed correctly. Edit: Nor have I seen any ATM troops with the tandem PG-7VR warhead.

Our Indon friend already posted the result of PG-7VL warhead, the advanced HEAT kind, on Leo 2 Revolution armour... 2nd time on this thread BTW.

This post has been edited by KLboy92: Feb 7 2017, 12:59 AM

Defense security news TV weekly navy army air forces industry military equipment February 2017 E1



Summary February 2017 Episode 1: 30 January to 3 February 2017

- 00:12 New Belarus-made Caiman 4x4 armoured vehicle will enter soon in service with Belarus army
- 01:28 Soldiers from the German Army arrived in Lithuania to form NATO Forward Presence Battalion
- 03:14 Turkey has launched new request to upgrade Leopard 2A4 and M60A3 main battle tanks.
- 04:30 Turkey continues its negotiations with Russia to purchase S-400 air defense missile systems.
- 05:27 Focus to the M777A2 Lightweight 155mm towed howitzer
- 07:04 Russian Air Force's Tu-22M3 strategic bombers wipe out Daesh facilities in Syria
- 07:35 IAI introduces new ADA GPS anti-jamming system for military aircraft
- 08:43 Russia officially presents the MiG-35 4th generation fighter jet
- 09:55 ROK Navy First Four AW-159 Wildcat Naval Helicopters Now Operational
- 11:23 German Navy’s 1st F125 Frigate Baden-Württemberg Testing its 127mm & 27mm Gun Systems
- 12:58 5 US Navy E-2D Advanced Hawkeye Arrive in Japan to Support USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) CSG

They are meant to be like that.
readiness is a one of the highest secret in Military
enough that you heard and see them participate it in exercise
that is enough clue for civilian

This post has been edited by atreyuangel: Feb 7 2017, 01:55 AM