gripen in the list  lol that one considered light trainer?

Dah ajak.... x jadi last minit. Tunggu la kot next

???

They are all light fighters. Gripen is roughly the same size and carries similar payload to FA-50 while Tejas is actually the smallest of all. JF-17 is the "heaviest" of all the options but they are roughly the same size as F-16 and if you trace F-16 development, they started as LWF (lightweight fighter) programme. Even JF-17 was designed based on J-7/Mig-21.

I think pipu thought just because it's lca it's must be based off a trainer

if indeed this is the plan 18 + 18, SAAB GRIPEN or KAI FA-50 will be possible.
Hogging The Headlines Again

rest assured that I was told that the next multi-role fighter for RMAF will indeed be a fifth or sixth generation fighter. It is likely I will be retired or had passed on, by then, however.

this is why that fella being a defence minister is just :x ... not only no relevant academic background (if there's any), meroyan tah hapa2 time kena soal kt parlimen, his history of undermining the military/LE summore :x:x:x... dah xde orang lain ke nk bg jawatan menhan?

btw Gripen is designed to be 1/3 of f-16 in term of maintenance/opex cost
Eh in the end of the day it's all about maintenance cost of platform. whether or not they are developed  as a trainer or not (which gripen was in the beginning) is irrelevant. else jf-17 and tejas shouldn't even be in the list, which they shouldn't in the first place

Gripen C/D in current configuration is even more capable than FA-50. Gripen can carry much more mission and much more diverse armaments than FA-50. Gripen can do maritime strike, SEAD, BVR interception (+aew ofc) et cetera. Gripen C/D can launch AIM-120 or MICA or even meteor, anti ship missile and even cruise missile. what can FA-50, with equally outdated and inferior radar, do?

this is why i said FA-50 got nerfed hard. not only that lockmard blocked Raytheon offfer to install aesa radar on FA-50, rokaf oso dun feel the need to equip them to match gripen despite its potential of matching gripen becoz of kfx

   
why got kids there 

Egypt’s arms deals are ‘sovereign’ issue, not subject to foreign interference or opinion: senior official

https://wwww.dailynewssegypt.com/2019/11/16...enior-official/

Hint tu...

If Malaysia get the Su-57E from Russia then no need scared of Singapore F35... but Su-57 is not MRCA right? Is more of air superiority?

Malaysia Mig29 what roles does it play since our Su30MKM is more of air superiority right?

https://www.malaysiakini.com/news/500715

What about MIG35 or even Su-35? Maintenance issue?

Is replacing out  MIG29 with MIG35 as offered by Russia a good deal? or we should throw russian out and think of western jet? or even chinese

An inquiry has been opened into the cause of the mid-air collision, Defence Minister Florence Parly said in a separate statement.

Defence ministry sources said a Tiger attack helicopter collided with a larger Cougar military transport helicopter.
https://www.thelocal.fr/20191126/thirteen-f...hadists-in-mali

Tiger and Cougar.
showing just the drillz of the Tiger though, makes me wonder how they fit 13 people onto 2* tigers 

sos = CNN fake news

most news outlet show picture of the tiger only....so reading the title, you'd think it was a tiger and tiger collision.
in other news outlets, they have the same title, but show cougar, so it made more sense in those...

Milestone Reached For MMEA OPV


Some good news at last?

Takde duit dah, semua dah campak money pit LCS 

RM 700 million dah nak siap dah 3 biji OPV, LCS dah lebur RM 6 billion satu pun tak siap.

If a sum of RM6 billion is scaled down to RM600, then RM700 milion similarly scaled down is 70 cents.       

Primary school children will be able to enjoy free and healthy breakfast programmes starting next year from the revenue collected through the soon-to-be implemented Sugar Tax. https://www.nst.com.my/news/nation/2019/03/...school-children

The total school days for 2020 have not been announced but for comparison, there are 214 school days this year which would translate to a total cost of RM1.44 billion.
https://www.malaysiakini.com/news/489649

Walking around shopping mall, a really bad idea masuk my head

Should ATM have official military toys?

Plastic army men in TDM uniform

TUDM airplanes

TLDM model ships

Bincangkan

Afghanistan orders additional MD 530F helos



Afghanistan is to receive a further 12 MD Helicopters Inc (MDHI) MD 530F Cayuse Warrior light attack and reconnaissance rotorcraft, to add to the 60 already delivered.

The announcement of the additional purchase on 27 November came just two days after MDHI said that it had completed deliveries of 60 helicopters that were ordered across different batches from 2011.

Under the latest procurement, which was ordered by the US Army under a wider USD1.4 billion Foreign Military Sales (FMS) effort for allied nations, the Afghan Air Force (AAF) will have 67 MD 530Fs in service taking into account battlefield losses and training accidents.

MDHI did not disclose when deliveries of the latest batch will commence and be concluded.

All MD 530Fs (known as 'Jengi' [Warrior] in AAF service) are equipped with a 'glass' cockpit (the older aircraft having been upgraded to this standard). They also have a ballistically tolerant crashworthy fuel system that features self-sealing fuel cells; crashworthy bladders compliant to MIL-DTL-27422 (the standard for crash- and ballistic-resistant fuel systems); gravity feed auxiliary fuel transfer; compatibility with the 38-gallon Little Bird Auxiliary Tank System (LBATS); accessibility for easy maintenance; and 'combat proven performance'.

https://www.janes.com/article/92860/afghani...l-md-530f-helos

The Royal New Zealand Navy have decommissioned 2 of its Lake class inshore patrol vessels (IPVs), RNZNS Rotoiti & RNZNS Pukaki. Should APMM try to snap them up?

Surprisingly, there are pretty new, being only commissioned in 2007 but since then the NZ Navy has decided that the class is unsuitable for NZ waters and have decided to decommission them and buy an additional heavier OPV instead.

sos

Govt mulls reviving Malaysian national service program: Mat Sabu



The government may consider bringing back the defunct National Service Training Programme (PLKN), following calls for its revival by several lawmakers, says Mohamad Sabu.