But counter offensive wouldnt that be Cold War all over again with nuke being deployed in MAD scenario?

Proactive Defensive stance such as this iron done of Israel (hopefully I got the name right) and the US SK THAAD system seem to be a big success so far

This post has been edited by IReallyNeed Answers: Mar 11 2017, 08:49 PM

You can have fancy iron domes and kinetic missile intercepting projectiles when you already cover the basics.the way I see it if thousands of separatists poured in from Kalimantan or the Philippines, Malaysia does not have the means to deploy enough troops to borneo in the needed time frame

The essence of a marine corps is not the soldiers,it's the logistics.the ability to support and sustain a combined arms battle group for a prolonged period.

Logistics is why SAF are the region's best. Thousands of soldiers and tanks don't mean anything if you can't bring them to the fight,supply and feed them

Oh...

That's some good info there!

Thanks 👍🏼

Yes, they don't
USMC is pretty unique in that regard
US Army have to depend on USAF - thats the agreement

+1
Though USMC battalion MAGTFs are light
Its their logistic experts who are really key
Plus all that investment in amphibs and transports - which BTW are technically US Navy assets

yes , it is sad..but that is what current management trying to fix becos what we have right now is what have been done by the previous leaders with their crony..no, i am not trying to spew politics here, just that its too obvious that they are the reason all this happened..thank god with these leaders already out of job & brought their crony along plus new leaders really did many things to start clean up the mess, i see hope in ATM new procurement & asset management

maybe we can see the leap of new ATM era by proper selection of new mrca

ps: i dun believe the typhoon & rafale as a real final shortlist..i think the real finale will be far different..but that is just me

u are wierd fella..dun u think its contradict to ur statement earlier that comment about the rojakness of ATM inventory, then suddenly suggest JF17 which never had any history with ATM hence contribute to more ATM's rojakness in their inventory?

kek biasalah, wannabe contrarian. spell rafale also kenot but wanna spew shit

How russian engine cannot last?
JF17 is rubbish that we cannot afford to waste money into.

suddenly lots of newbies around, bashing n bashing n bashing ...

Yes malaysia need it. With 3 regiment of Para in PAC train in amphibious ooeration. It would be good to have 3 more regiment non Para which is train in pure amphibious operation as the British Marine commando. It also will help ease the Para in their deployment in Esscom.

supposed to be a military forums, just getting annoyed with political comments....

Rafale proven in the desert and far better then Typhoon was in Penang

RMAF would suggest RAFALE , but the British govt came in with economic package with the Typhoon .....

For purpose of filming Menyelamat Prebet Rahman ke?
Till now we can't even afford a basic LHD. There really is no point to Marine training.

they dont have logistics issue, their role is already pre-determined for a certain duration.. within that duration they are self sustaining..

after that period and after performing their supposed role, occupying and main invasion force should be the one taking over... marine corp is together with the navy, they are independent of the army and air force.. they have their own aviation element

no, USMC doesnt work on a battalion (russian/us army) basis as a independent unit... the smallest MAGTF is a MEU.. and its not comparable to army units because it has fixed attack wings

compared to us army division? as in with a marine division? but marine divisions dont work alone, its always part of a MEF

no suit yet?

i would say csscom (transport n supply) guys really do a good job, every year more than 8k men gets send overseas... at the moment battalion level being the largest overseas, soon brigade level aka 20k service men in total will be sent overseas annually... i doubt any country in the region move so many men overseas every year..

US army depends on US navy too...

actually i dont get how msia's para brigade works.. like VDV? dont look like it... like commandos? but they work at such huge units.. ww2 paratroopers? i doubt.. are they like the IDF's para?

Yes it have to retire but we should not buy rubbish to replace it.

yeah the news is from 2015, then again 2016 and it is still flying the last exercise

I remember the last 2 or 3 LIMA, Rafale parked in the hot sun while the typhoon was
- parked in Penang with a lot of support under Hanger while the next edition
Typhoon parked in LIMA with a lot of support and cooling material with RAF personnel rubbing heat solution every 2 or 4 hours.

Malaysian Para is more like SG commando and British Para. Old school doctrine drop behind enemy line. It would be a waste if they are to be also the main amphibious unit. It would be better if Pac brigade to add 3 more regiment to be train in amphibious. As for equipment for amphibious wise the malaysia has it. For now this regiment should be train on the amphibious assault and doctrine adjuated when new equipment are bought.
With the 3 para regiment. The Pac brigade are tie down as one are on stand by for UN duties, one in esscom and one regiment for rotation.

Last 2 and 3

Organised similar to the British 16th air assault brigade but with training of royal marines

10th brigade is more 'ad-hoc' than the 16th air assault brigade in that the individual rifle battalions usually separate to do more 'commando' stuff.But they can do brigade level jumps if the need arises