Fhd bluray is already available if you know where to find it

No need to buy new fighter.. Mrca, LCA. Maintain existing ones. Instead Malaysia should buy mobile SAM systems.

Look at Iran, fighter from 70s, still can threaten US.

gripen kalo datang pun ganti hawk ja
to pasal nak ada trainer baru ni

mmg buhbye la dlu

So better start to think like a miskin underdog force. Realign strategy and equipment.

Yes the budget has been poor. It will continue to be poor. TUDM is like that RM2000 salary guy dreaming of Civic Ketam. So I'm saying better look at public transport.

No SAM experience? Cmon! We already operate air defence radars. And as u said we have Jernas. N Navy has Seawolf. Sam operation is just an extension. Radar.. control.. Missile. ATM has radars n missiles experience. Only now to figure out a more capable approach. And if Vietnamese farmers and Arab goatherders can figure out SAM operations back in the 60s/70s, I'm sure our people can too. Vietnam, Singapore, Thai, Myanmar have decent SAM capabilities right now. Where they got experience then? "Not from childbirth.

LCA also doesn't make sense as well. Why buy expensive training aircraft (and LCA is high end Trainer fighter not cikai type prop trainers ) to train pilots for MRCAs that we can't afford?

Budget comes from the rakyat pockets. It's not the God given right  or even constitutional right for each service to get XXX amount. This Three Kingdoms mentality and rivalry is not good.

Anyway many air forces operate large SAM systems. Eg Singapore, Vietnam. I say it's better for C3 purposes for SAM to be under air force

Mig-29.Don't hv to replace. MIG was an air defence fighter, so if really worried about air defence gaps buy a SAM system. Much cheaper then any Mrca squadron.look at Yugoslavia. All their fighters were useless in the war, but their SAM (which was under air force) came out well.

Mb1339 not flying anymorw...n quite new right? Very typical Malaysia.  Now have to change to new more expensive Trainer.

But if we don't buy any new MRCAs u don't need Lifts. Or rather  need but now only for rwmaining squadrons. I suggest use the Hawks. Or we can outsource training to other places as well.

It's your right to want whatever.

Govt finances now is worse than 5 years ago n this new govt will want to make sure it's not a one term govt. Not many ppl will vote for govt bcoz they buy fighters or MPA/AEW. They care more for PTPTN, subsidies, bailouts..

N sad to hear abt the mb-339. What a waste. Wonder whether there will be an investigation? (PH govt hobby)

If u, like TUDM/ATM dream of mrcas, awacs etc, then you should be worried.

Thanks for the reading links. I hv seen those before. Nothing new.

You can read this. Prof Jomo was in Council of Elders appointed by PH, so he should know what he is saying.

https://www.nst.com.my/news/nation/2019/06/...arns-malaysians

Prepare for tough times ahead, n ATM will not be excluded. In fact, I think ATM will be more starved.

Cap55 means 2055? .. That's a pretty long  35 more years (exclude this year) or 7 5-year Plans...

Interesting.. That's RM11.2-RM14 billion spending spread over the 35 years? Meaning about RM320-RM400 million a year...and by  2055 you get the end results of CAP55. Is my understanding of what u say correct?

Ah.. 1.6-2b USD.. I thought it was in RM! Not so affordable then.. Other services also need funds.

Past 5 year Defence Development Exp is about Rm16B. There will probably be a cut in 2021-2025 period. Say RM14b. Split into 3 services n joint forces budget.. I think Tudm should be lucky if can get USD1 b.

Yeah right... USD3 billion. SItting in FD somewhere, just waiting for Tudm to drawdown.. 😆

3 Malaysian representatives chosen to attend premier US military academies


Muhammad Aniq Hilman Haslimi, Grace Sian Ern Hui, and Mateshan Varma Subramaniam, all 19, have been appointed to pursue their studies and prepare to become military officers at three prestigious United States service academies.

Chosen to represent Malaysia after undergoing a rigorous selection process, they left for the US on June 17 and 18.

The students previously completed their foundation studies at Universiti Pertahanan Nasional Malaysia (UPNM).

Aniq, who was accepted to the US Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, said: “I chose the armed forces instead of going commercial as I wanted to do something different. And I opted to go into the navy as I heard that the navy produces better pilots than the air force.”

Grace Sian Ern Hui, who hails from Ampang, says she feels honoured to be the second Malaysian female cadet ever to study at a US service academy.

Sian aspires to be a fighter jet pilot upon graduation from the US Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

Mateshan, who is originally from Ipoh, comes from a military family, with his father and brother having served the country.

“Now I’m going to join one of the best military academies in the world,” said Mateshan, who will attend the US Military Academy in West Point, New York.

Expected to graduate in 2023, the students will be joining the exclusive ranks of 30 Malaysians who have graduated from the American military academies since 1971.

Only 15 international candidates are accepted to each academy annually.

Means that the USD1. 6-2 billion tht you claim "doable" is purely on the basis of "hope" that the PM will increase ATM budget allocation significantly in the future.

Since all the signs are that we should be bracing for tough times ahead, sorry to say that this is just a military fanboy wet dream...I only hope Tudm does not do its planning that way.

Rising Sun flag bersama2 with Marehsia flag

kenapa tiada orang protek sana sini, konon2 disrespectful yadda