not going to say i disagree with u, but not everything about military procurement will have "x% for my pocket, y% for actual armed forces", unless u can prove otherwise

like previous Hornet procurement, its a gov-to-gov purchasing

what i see here is that gomen through najib administration have become very careful in military spending & plus najib's team focus for economic development more than military spending..past experience of military asset procurement has thought him a gud lesson i think..EC725, Su-30MKM, Scorpene, all being politicized to the max..funnily enough, behind the political outcry, there's always a figure thats have link to the lose lobbyist..i guess thats how the business work in defence market

ps: still remember anwar condemned EC725 procurement & said its better to buy Mi-171 Kazan in large number (LEL like we dunno who behind him)

KUALA LUMPUR: Budget cuts have forced Malaysia to consolidate its navy fleet, cutting down on new orders even as several existing vessels face impending retirement.

These past 2 weekends I saw pairs of soldiers patrolling Sunway Pyramid together with mall security guard. Pakai beret uniform and M16, I was rushing so I didn't get pics or a close look.

We got heightened security level sekarang ke?

Thousands of soldiers quit the army as morale hits historic low

MORE than 15,000 soldiers quit the British Army last year as commanders struggled against falling morale.

The shocking figure represents almost one in five of the 83,340 soldiers serving and is thought to be the greatest single fall in 20 years.

According to official Ministry of Defence figures only 1,759 of the 15,325 regular troops to have left in the year leading to November did so because their time was up.

Nearly half – 7,439 – quit early, exceeding the 7,260 who left the Armed Forces during the previous year. There are now concerns that worsening conditions and a lack of “operational tempo” is failing to keep soldiers motivated.

The situation was exacerbated by 3,325 who were sacked on disciplinary grounds. A further 2,337 were “medically discharged”.

Former defence minister Sir Gerald Howarth MP said: “There is little doubt morale is under enormous pressure. Soldiers are concerned about the Future Accommodation Model, which may see them forced to rent or buy properties when what families actually want is to live in an Army environment.

“Particularly concerning is the effect of ‘historic war crime’ allegations. There is an increasing feeling that soldiers or veterans who find themselves arraigned for doing what they thought was right for their country are pretty much on their own.

The situation was worsened by thousands of soldiers sacked for disciplinary reasons
“Veterans who are now pensioners are waking up to allegations over events in Northern Ireland 45 years ago.”

“Any sense of certainty about the future has been taken away in a 10-year period which saw the defence budget shrink and annual reductions to the size and resources of the Armed Forces.”

http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/780954/br...loyment-defence

I will be going back for my reservist this September.

After which I will receive SGD$5k into my CPF as a milestone reward. 

err.. low morale doesnt exactly forces you out of the military career
most likely unattractive retirement plan or crappy home finance scheme?

This is true with the politics in malaysia now. A bad deal will make politic disaster.
Singapore has a higher budget for defence but how much is it for operation use. Don't get us wrongl. For some malaysian we buy to show off but it the reverse. Between f15 and rafale, it cheaper to use the F15 as the F16 is using a common engine. And why a large number of fighter. Even for us we don't know how many fighter are in Singapore. So most of our fighter and training aircraft are station oversea. Its to expensive for them to be station he and fly to US, French, australia etc.

1.2% from total GDP is too small..even singapore got 3.2% from total GDP

the truth is, we never spend a lot

so its up to malaysia gomen to set priority level of defence budget

Haix. Only if SAF follow ATM and offer their servicemen TLAT. 

15% interest per annum guaranteed. 

To back. Thier regular are sign till retire. And Singapore is contract base. They have more perks than us. And for singapore more money waste when the person unit is disbanded. But this is a parcel of life may it be here or in malaysia.

SAF also sign for life. Their 2nd contract is for life.

lol... nah, bad deal will provide more bullets to pay for support

it is not show off, it is called show of force (for deterrent purposes), expensive or not... it is the strategic reason why they are left overseas

you singkie too?
not only do you look at def budget vs gdp... you should look also at def/overall budget and also min amount req for a capable defense force
you think it is a good thing? where do you think they made the $$$ from? same reasoning with cpf vs epf... if you know, then you will realize it is actually detrimental to the country overall
SAF cant afford to guarantee till retirement lor, used to have not anymore... to prevent dead weights and weak farmers.. more perks? hehehee...
2nd contract for life? nah... maybe for enlisted... not for officers...

Benghazi: A fighter jet of forces loyal to a Libyan military strongman was shot down today as it attacked jihadist positions in Benghazi, a military source said.

"A MiG-21 was shot down by a heat-seeking missile," said Mohammad Ghunem, spokesman for the forces of strongman Khalifa Haftar, who is battling to oust jihadists from Libya's second city.
"The plane, targeted by terrorist groups, crashed in the district of Suq al-Hut but its pilot survived."

He said the jet was hit as it carried out a raid on the last bastion of "extremists" in the city's Mediterranean seafront district of Al-Saberi.
The pilot, Adel Abdullah Bushisha, was able to eject and landed by parachute in the east of the city, he said.

RMAF’s wings clipped by budget cuts
FMT Reporters | March 16, 2017

Noting the budget included about RM460 million to the RMAF for procurement, the report quoted Malaysian defence analyst Dzirhan Mahadzir as saying this would be used to pay for ongoing programmes rather than new acquisitions.

Yap. Singkie and staying where you can see F15, Charlie and Friendship flying overhead. And those F15 are loud.

Singapore defence budget is high due to reservist pay. NS pay is peanut to mindef but those reservist drain more from the mindef budget.

interesting, who is not telling the whole truth now? 

interesting, who is not telling the whole truth now? 

why don't you summon dzirhan. he visit here sometimes to clarify somethings. fmt tend to recycle other source and write it back and make that news more sensational.