Tiga penculik ditembak mati

Kota Kinabalu: Tiga lelaki dipercayai kumpulan penculik dari selatan Filipina ditembak mati selepas melakukan penculikan di perairan Merabung, Lahad Datu, malam tadi.

Dalam kejadian 9.30 malam itu, dua lagi suspek diberkas manakala seorang lelaki dipercayai mangsa culik berjaya diselamatkan.

Namun, seorang anggota keselamatan turut cedera di kaki dalam pertempuran berkenaan.

Pesuruhjaya Polis Sabah Datuk Abd Rashid Harun ketika dihubungi memaklumkan pihaknya akan mengadakan sidang media esok.

"Saya tidak boleh bagi komen lanjut... saya akan buat sidang media di Semporna pada 10.30 pagi esok," katanya.

http://www.hmetro.com.my/node/187874

Australia denies trying to 'recruit' Indonesian soldiers





SYDNEY: Australia on Thursday (Jan 5) rejected claims it tried to "recruit" Indonesia's best soldiers as it worked to mend relations with Jakarta after military ties were suspended.

The two neighbours revealed Wednesday military cooperation had been put on ice last month after teaching materials deemed offensive to Jakarta were found at an Australian army base.

Cooperation including joint exercises and education and exchange programmes were halted after a visiting Indonesian officer raised concerns about the materials.

Authorities did not say what caused offence but the Australian Broadcasting Corporation said it related to posters of West Papua, an eastern Indonesian province where a low-level insurgency has been simmering for decades.



The ABC also broadcast footage Thursday of Indonesia's military chief General Gatot Nurmantyo giving a lecture in November, voicing fears Canberra was trying to recruit soldiers sent to Australia for training.

"Every time there is a training programme -- like recently -- the best five or 10 students would be sent to Australia. That happened before I was chief so I let that happen," he said in translated remarks, according to the broadcaster.

"Once I became chief commander of the national forces, it did not happen again. They will certainly be recruited. They will certainly be recruited."

Australian Defence Minister Marise Payne denied Canberra had targeted Indonesian soldiers to be potential agents.

"No, that is not the case and it is something which we would not countenance of course," she said.

Payne added to the ABC that an investigation into the teaching materials that sparked the bilateral row was almost complete and Canberra took the concerns seriously.

"We are working closely with our counterparts both at the military and at the political level to rectify any concerns, to address any concerns and to resume the relationship in its entirety as soon as possible," she said.



Indonesian newspaper Kompas said the row erupted after a visiting special forces instructor found teaching materials he deemed disrespectful towards his country's armed forces, as well as materials he thought insulted Indonesia's founding philosophy of "Pancasila".

The ABC reported that the instructor had complained about training posters of West Papua displayed at the Australian Special Forces base in the western city of Perth last November.

Papua's independence movement enjoys support among activists abroad, including in Australia. Indonesia keeps tight control over the area and is sensitive about any perceived attempts by foreign governments or NGOs to intervene.



It is the latest falling out between the key allies and neighbours, whose relationship has been beset in recent years by disputes over Jakarta's execution of Australian drug smugglers and Canberra's hardline policy of turning migrant boats back to Indonesia.

Payne said the row had not impacted Indonesia's cooperation on Australia's policy on boat people or their joint work tackling extremists linked to the so-called Islamic State group.

- AFP/rw

bukan technical problems,dol? kot jammed?

it was during the Dr.M times when they are more or less apprehended to buy it though there no such strategic lift requirements presents during that period. However, given the situation which we are trying to improve the west militarly, its role is more so important now

The A400 was no more than a concept on paper that time. Of course this come with ToT in which CTRM have some parts in the A400 manufacturing etc

As I was told, TUDM have not much issue with western equipment even though they are forced to buy it. But again this is airbus military, they nvr get anything right the first time, ec725 similar with gearbox issues, and now the a400 gearbox

meanwhile i wonder our first french marque kapal selam is fully operational or still in bengkel?

those are routine, periodic, official publications not responses to specific requests.

As DDG say... google kan ada

Huh? Google for official SG Mindef publications la, if any

If you do not google you will never find out

Later I look.

Why do you say that I say SAF Orbat can be googled? Isn't it you who said it, not me?

The M-ADAA spotlight this time around is on Capt. Ahmad Faisal Muda who is posted at the School of Armour.

A big thank you to MAJ, AR Jason G. Dudley for the short write up on Capt. Ahmad Faisal below. Do spend some time to go over the fantastic photos that are accompanied with a brief description.

CAPT Ahmad Faisal Muda was posted to the School of Armour in January 2015. Despite a challenging operational tempo, instructing on at least six M113AS4 APC courses each year, CAPT Faisal maintains a positive attitude, and is very proud to be a member of the Puckapunyal community, the Combined Arms Training Centre, and the School of Armour. CAPT Faisal, working together with other members of Tactics Wing and the Combined Arms Training Centre, in particular with instructors from the School of Infantry and School of Artillery, provides some of the best combined arms training for Armoured Fighting Vehicle crewmen in the world.


Tactics wing’s instructors, School of Armour, Puckapunyal. Tactics wing encompasses Instructors from Tank, CRV and APC. Each are considered the very best of their stream.


CAPT Ahmad Faisal, CAPT Abdoo (APC Officer Instructor) CAPT Mcrae (Infantry Officer Instructor) CAPT Ridgeway (Artillery Officer Instructor) - Working together to deliver worlds best combined arms training.


CAPT Ahmad Faisal delivers a classroom based theory lesson for a Crew Commander’s Course. Lessons are learnt in the classroom and then confirmed in the field environment.


CAPT Ahmad Faisal conducts an After Action Review. Here the students and staff highlight aspects of the task that were done well, and areas for improvement.


Using chalk and a concrete floor, CAPT Ahmad Faisal demonstrates the intended scheme of maneuver for the next task. Even in the field environment, every effort is made to assist in conveying information from Instructors to Trainees.


Safety is paramount for mounted live fire training at the School. Here, CAPT Ahmad Faisal carries out a safety inspection prior to night live fire training.


CAPT Ahmad Faisal debriefs trainees on Orders delivery on the Section Commander Course. Section Commanders are junior soldiers who command up to six APCs. For many, it is their first taste of command.


Following deliberate orders, Trainees conduct a deliberate attack. Staff members are positioned in each vehicle to provide continuous feed back and instruction throughout the task.

Malaysia Australia Defence Alumni Association

IDEX 2017 live demonstration UAE United Arab Emirates armed forces soldiers counter terrorism

woah.. 



Personal data of Singapore servicemen, Mindef staff stolen in targeted cyber attack

SINGAPORE: The personal details of 850 national servicemen and staff at Singapore's Defence Ministry (Mindef) were stolen in what has been described as a "targeted and carefully planned" cyber attack.

The breach of Mindef's I-net system was discovered in early February. The I-net systemprovides Internet access to national servicemen and employees for their personal communications and Internet surfing via thousands of dedicated computer terminals in Mindef, as well as Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) camps and premises.

Mindef said this was the first time that the I-net system was breached, resulting in the loss of the 850 personnel's NRIC numbers, telephone numbers and birth dates. The attack was executed remotely over the Internet.

Mindef said in a media briefing on Tuesday (Feb 28): "The real purpose may have been to gain access to official secrets, but this was prevented by the physical separation of I-net from our internal systems."

David Koh, Mindef's deputy secretary of technology, said: "The attack did not come from camps or internal systems. Neither was it the work of casual hackers or criminal gangs."

Security experts said the attack could have been state sponsored.

Aloysius Cheang, executive vice-president of global computing security association Cloud Security Alliance, said: "It is common for states to sponsor such attacks to access other countries' infrastructure, and build a portfolio of information that can be used to their advantage."

Upon detecting the attack, Mindef disconnected the affected server from I-net. Koh said the hacker exploited vulnerabilities in the server and the security hole has since been plugged.

He added: "Mindef adopts a multilayer approach to security. The attacker only breached the outer layer but did not go deeper into classified systems."

No classified military information is stored on I-net. Classified and military data, and internal e-mail applications reside in a different system that is not connected to the Internet.

Mindef said it conducted detailed forensic investigations into the entire I-net system to determine the extent of the breach. All other systems within Mindef and SAF are also being investigated.

While the outcome of the investigations is pending, Mindef said it will contact all affected personnel within the week. They will be advised to change their passwords and report any unusual activity related to the use of their personal information.

Mindef has also informed Singapore's Cyber Security Agency and the Government Technology Agency of Singapore to investigate other government systems. No breaches have been detected so far, Mindef said.

PwC Singapore's Asia-Pacific cyber and financial crime leader Vincent Loy said that Mindef's policy to have separate networks for classified and non-classified information limited the impact of the attack. - The Straits Times/Asia News Network

http://www.thestar.com.my/news/regional/20...-mindef-hacked/

Saudi might give the entire t2 fleet.

The NCOs got other allowances?

The salary quite low. 

jilaka palepas um... threw my application because of skin color...

malaysia dont need NS,whether the current 'summercamp' type of NS or fullfledge NS...we have enough able-bodied people who want to join the military...in every intake,the number of applicants is more than the available places...

just strengthen the wataniah