Must be from the botched deal from india..

Then again 18 rafeles.. what other goodies they willing to give if wang us to sign then and now?

Taiwan self made La Fayette-class frigate smaller version invisible type..
if Malaysia buy from Taiwan cheaper price..what u guy think?

He is a politician who heads Mindef so more pull in more investment to country. For TUDM requirement now is twin engine gen 4.5 fighter. The WSO system start with USN F14 where WSO monitors the long range intercept radar armed with those phoenix missile. So its not just in attack configured plane.
TUDM found that this ease the burden of a lone pilot and also with fighters plane with multi role capability, the practise continue. Mig29 of Tudm was in superiority fighter role therefore they bought the single seats.

If gonna go with commercial standards, take a slightly used ship ~5 years say, and mod it like Bunga Mas Lima... will probably work as well... its not like we are conducting opposed amphibious landing, its just a glorified transport ship/heli carrier temporary until we can get a really capable MRSS

US built theirs from scratch but it is quite possible to do from commercial



Most famous example is UK's Atlantic Conveyor which could carry 4 Chinook and had 1 spotted on deck. Immense cargo capacity.

Bolehland butthurt then 

got some april food weed is it?

Malaysian gomen will not make any new purchase of defense equipment until after this coming General Election. New purchase is like giving a new bullets for the pembangkang to shoot Najib..

For TLDM getting the 2nd hand hornet will eat up their future budget. Its better to get new 18 rafale or typhoon. And if the like the hornet maritime striker ability just get another 18 Superbug. Not sure what is TUDM minimum effective fleet but having small number of fighter type each will weight down their maintenance operation. Something having more of same type is cheaper. Legacy hornet airframe will not last due to fatigue. It not just flying hours, no of G pull and year in service and exposure to enviroment do play apart.

lalalalala
Kua Kia Soong just made an article
he said we should by F35 as the plane has the same price tag as Rafale
do you even know how much grunt made?

if you want to talk about low salary then go help the bomba, they have the lowest salary in the uniform structure

Arson, bomb attacks rock southern Thailand



Thailand's restive southern provinces were rocked by a wave of coordinated bomb blasts and arson yesterday, a day after the country enacted a new Constitution.

The 23 incidents, including arson and five small bomb attacks, caused widespread blackouts in four southern provinces but no casualties were reported.

Analysts said the attacks were likely meant to undermine the military. But they were divided on whether these were directly connected with the signing of a new charter that was overwhelmingly rejected by the three border provinces of Pattani, Yala and Narathiwat The fighting has claimed more than 6,500 lives since it escalated in 2004, according to independent monitoring group Deep South Watch.

There is a possibility of more violence erupting with rebels asserting their independence against Bangkok, said Mr Kan Yuenyong, executive director of the Siam Intelligence Unit.



But such moves will likely be contained by the military, which has become more powerful under the new Constitution signed by King Maha Vajiralongkorn on Thursday.

"This may be related to the idea of Bangkok centralisation and governance. Overall, it's seen as trying to create resistance to Bangkok and test reactions on the ground. It's about ideology, psyche," Mr Kan said. He likened the situation in the south to simmering water that may spill over as the government has so far failed to make headway in negotiating with the rebels.

The government struck a deal in February with Mara Patani, an umbrella group that claims to speak for the insurgents. But the deal was rejected by other separatists.

Thailand's ethnic and religious separatist insurgency originated in 1948 in the Malay Pattani region that borders northern Malaysia.



The separatist movement became increasingly violent from 2001 as local leaders demanded a level of autonomy from Thailand for the Pattani region. The Barisan Revolusi Nasional, a leading group in the insurgency, has been involved in suspected killings, arson and bomb attacks.

Said Mr Kan: "We are all aware of the junta's propaganda to the public that their governance has been able to maintain peace and security. But if you look at the reality, that's not true at all."during the ratification last August. Several attacks also occurred in the southern province of Songkhla.

The new Constitution will curb the power of lawmakers but boost the army's role in government, even after the junta led by Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha steps down after expected polls late next year.

"The whole idea is to humiliate the Thai security apparatus. Right now, their aim is to make the area ungovernable as much as possible," Mr Don Pathan, an analyst who writes on southern Thailand issues, told The Straits Times.



This year alone has seen six violent incidents in the south killing 13 people, all happening last month.

"The incidents are to create disturbances. They want to destroy the government's credibility and create fear among people," said Mr Pramote Prom-in, a spokesman for local security forces.

The southern provinces have been rocked by violence for more than a decade as Malay Muslim rebels battle Thai troops for more autonomy from the Buddhist-majority state.

already read some other articles from same writer

bulls**t alarm triggered in each of his article

his russian plane fanboyism is too strong