so quiet today ... everybody goes to Bersih 5.0 ka??

i thought Ukraine shot down MH17 and then US and its allies blamed it on Russia...

like its to low to execute that maneuver.... RIP

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

why some people would like ATM to tell the whole world what their readiness like, how much they spend on equipment, what type of defense equipment that they have in details ...etc, so that they can audit or make price comparison? , ... err from which intel group are you from sir?

why should the army or govt need to published everything ? so that foreign intel can have a copy of it too? PRU is coming if you do not trust the govt you'll have the chance to vote.. if you are eligible to vote la , some say Sept this year ... but pls dont turn this forum into a political forum, had enough of that shit already la........

lets discuss about military and defense only, politics aside .....

bukan main pekat hang punya slang penang....

nowadays bandits shoot all kinds of anti tank missiles like tow. milan , metis M , Kornets ..etc not just RPG

so who got the biggest dick in SEA bro?

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Singaporean cant apply for wataniah laa, Palapes i donno...

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most of the IS fighters are follows the wahabi ideology, they wont be joining the houthis syiah rebels... different school of thought , they will kill each other....

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

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

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