Meanwhile Rafale IAF bila nak sampai ni?
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Palestinian's murder shows up Malaysia's permissive environment for extremists.



PETALING JAYA: The murder of a Palestinian lecturer last week has brought attention to Malaysia’s emergence as “an epicentre of international intrigue” and as a “way station for extremists”, according to a report by the influential New York Times.

The US newspaper said Malaysia had been “a permissive environment for many rogue actors, as long as their focus was not directed within Malaysia,” quoting Zachary Abuza, a professor at the US National War College in Washington who studies Southeast Asian security issues.



Two men on a motorcycle gunned down engineering lecturer Fadi al-Batash early on Saturday in a killing that his family blamed on Israel but which an Israeli minister described was a result of an internal tussle in the Hamas extremist group.

Although Malaysia might seem like an odd place for a battle between Israel and Hamas, the influential US newspaper said Malaysia had “long served as a way station for extremists, including some of the Sept 11 plotters, and is known as a transit hub for illicit goods”.

The report noted that the Malaysian government had for decades been sympathetic to the Palestinian cause, the country had no diplomatic relations with Israel, and Prime Minister Najib Razak had visited Gaza in 2013 at the invitation of Hamas, which governs the territory.



Intelligence officials told the NYT that Hamas, in recent years, had begun seeing Malaysia as an ideal place to incubate its research ambitions to gather weapons and expertise in fighting Israel.

The report said that in 2010, Palestinians sent to Malaysia had obtained training in paragliding as a potential tool for attacks, according to a statement from the Israeli secret service. Malaysian officials denied any involvement in such a plot, the report said.

The Batash murder, in Gombak, outside Kuala Lumpur, was “bringing to light not only the increasing presence of Hamas and other groups in Malaysia, but also Malaysia’s emergence as an epicentre of international intrigue”.

The murder was the second high-profile assassination in Kuala Lumpur in just over a year. Kim Jong Nam, the half brother of the North Korean leader, Kim Jong Un, was killed with poison at Kuala Lumpur International Airport in February 2017. Two women are currently facing trial for the killing.

http://www.interfax.com/newsinf.asp?id=828962

lol abuza again
the ones that claimed a expert in Asean defense but butchered the names of Malaysian Armed Forces Branches

TONGSAN IS COMING MOTHERFUCKER!!

Botswana Defence Force (BDF) fighter jet crashes, kills one





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Probably Indonesia follow up order

Indian Navy Il-38 Plane Succesfully Makes Emergency Landing Near Moscow - Source





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Indonesian Air Force Super Tucano. Credit to Muhammad Ichsan Ralendy.



https://www.instagram.com/p/BfaiAqEhJsu/

AH-64E Apache Guardian attack helicopters of the Indonesian Army Aviation (Penerbad). Credit to Nanang Adi "photography".



https://www.instagram.com/p/BiL3cBHhgWa/

This post has been edited by azriel: Apr 30 2018, 09:52 PM

heard indo received their apache fast because those were rejected units by the US army... wonder how true is it

Not even true. Those Apache Guardians are brand new. The DSCA was first announced in 2012. Boeing received the order in January 2015. Thats 3 years ago. Don't know where you get your source of infos lately regarding the Indonesian Apache Guardian. From your info of a crash in rice padddy field and then this.

This post has been edited by azriel: May 1 2018, 08:52 AM

MOU between the Indonesian Air Force and PT PPI for the operation of 2 units A400M which is in the process to be procure by PT PPI.



Read more: http://www.angkasareview.com/2018/04/30/no...-tni-au-pt-ppi/

This post has been edited by azriel: May 1 2018, 09:48 AM

ask you since you have more credible source

US Army stops accepting AH-64E helos from Boeing due to safety concerns




WASHINGTON — The U.S. Army has stopped taking deliveries of AH-64E Apache attack helicopters from Boeing because the service is not confident in the durability of what it deems a “critical safety” item, Defense News has learned.

“We stopped accepting deliveries of new AH-64 Echoes because of a strap pack nut that we believe to be really suspect,” Brig. Gen. Thomas Todd, program executive officer for Army aviation, confirmed to Defense News on April 19.

As part of Army safety inspections of the fleet, the service determined it was “not happy” with the performance of the nuts in severe, coastal environments and saw corrosion due to climate and stress, according to Todd.

The nut in question holds very large bolts that subsequently hold the rotor blades on the helicopter and is therefore determined to be a critical safety item, Todd explained.

While Boeing had already begun a strap pack nut redesign effort six months prior, the Army decided to not take delivery of AH-64 Echo models in February, Todd said, and received guidance from the Army secretary reinforcing the decision. In March, the Army told Boeing it would stop taking receipt of helicopters permanently until the company began fielding a new and improved, acceptable strap pack nut.

It took Boeing and the Army some time to get at exactly what was the root cause of the corrosion and aggressive wear and tear on the nut. But a cause has been identified and the Army has approved a redesign, and Boeing will provide new nuts after testing of the new design beginning in the summer, Todd said.

The company has been working at a “very thorough but expeditious pace over the last six months,” he said. “We are in testing as we speak.”

The Army has estimates that Boeing will be able to field two Apache battalions per month, starting sometime this summer, with the new parts, Todd said. “And we expect them to keep that pace until complete through the entire fleet as well as [Foreign Military Sales] customers that purchase through the U.S. Army,” he added.

Countries that have bought or ordered AH-64Es are India, Indonesia, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, South Korea and Taiwan.

In fact, Todd said, the Army would push Boeing to do better than two battalions in a month, “so there is every chance that we could accelerate.”

Boeing, in a statement provided to Defense News, said: “Our highest priority is the safety of the warfighter and the reliability of our products. We’re continuing to partner with the Army to address issues, deploying Boeing experts to assist the Army in the field with inspections, and return to the delivery schedule.”

The first units to receive new parts will be those that fly regularly in severe, coastal environments. Todd estimates that is roughly six units in the Army.

There are 653 AH-64s currently fielded. “We are stable there because ultimately we stopped inductions as well because we did not want to hurt the fleet,” Todd said.

Boeing builds an average of six AH-64Es per month in its Mesa, Arizona, facility.

When the Army first fielded the Echo model, it was forced to ground the entire fleet within a month of declaring operational capability following an incident at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, in December 2013, related to a transmission issue. The service and Boeing resolved the issue in roughly a month.

There have been eight AH-64E mishaps since the Army began fielding the variant in 2013, with five of those considered major accidents involving millions of dollars in damage and/or causing fatalities or major injuries. A crash in 2016 at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, resulted in the loss of both crew members. And earlier this month, also at Fort Campbell, an Apache crashed, killing both soldiers.

While the Apache safety record is not unblemished, the Army’s overall current safety record is steadily improving.

“We believe, quite frankly, that some of these things that we do, to include stopping production, is the exact type of management that is expected of us and helps us achieve those safety rates,” Todd said.

“Airworthiness and safety of our fleet is paramount. We put nothing higher than that. That is why we put inspections in place. It is largely an enterprise effort across all the engineering organizations inside Army aviation and we certainly think this puts us on a path to recovery,” he added. “We expect Boeing as well as anybody that provides a product to the U.S. Army to put a good-faith effort forward in addressing efforts like this any time, and again we look forward to returning a great capability of the Echo model to the fleet soon.”

Where in the article that said the Apache Guardian units Indonesia received are the ones rejected by the US Army? Also you said Indonesia received the Apache Guardians fast. I would not considered 3 years fast.

Regarding the strap pack nut iam sure Boeing will fixed the problem for the safety of its US and International Apache crews that already operated and future operater of the Echo variant (Taiwan, South Korea, Indonesia, UK, India...etc.).

Anyway an update news.



http://www.janes.com/article/79667/aaaa-20...eries-in-months

This post has been edited by azriel: May 1 2018, 06:08 PM

lol... if the article mentioned anything i wont be asking...

sure if there's a problem boeing will fix it eventually but for now i think their foreign buyers are getting units while us is not accepting it

so if us is not accepting new ones no later than aug, guess foreign buyers will be receiving theirs first before a fix is out... then probably only get a fix later on...

^^ Lol. Well i asked you where did you get your source of info that Indonesia received units that were rejected by the US Army.

^^ What you explained is different from what you said earlier. US Army Apache Guardians deliveries rejected and temporarily halted doesn't mean you are given their series production line. Both US and International customer has their own specification for their Apache Guardians. And no Indonesia did not received the Apache Guardians fast. Three years is not fast.

This post has been edited by azriel: May 1 2018, 07:04 PM

from friends...

how different? different specs but major parts are common... so indo receive apache that's free from that problem?

You said earlier because the delivery was fast that Indonesia received units from the ones that were rejected by the US Army.

Yes major parts are common but each customer has its own needs & specification. The South Korean AH-64E are equipped with Stinger missile on its wingtip.

I don't know if Indonesian Apaches are free of the problem but Boeing test pilots & technicians are still in Indonesia. Iam sure they are aware of the problem.

This post has been edited by azriel: May 1 2018, 08:49 PM