Man. Why not we took russian offer with the mig 35?  Whats the pro and con? Is long term the russian are not reliable?

it so just happen when the soviet fall so does it supply chain itself. Make matter worse where we go through middle man company practice which is not the cheapest option btw.

To say russian in unreliable to provide spare parts is an undertone, there numerous MIG29s still in the market. Even North Korea is flying them still without "official" russian support    . There india for spare parts if needed although they have trouble mass producing them for themselves even

Malaysia mig29 is the youngest of the fleet to be retired. Partly also the reason why russian is eyeing them for such a young plane to be kept in storage

a few reason i believe where TUDM decided to mothball the mig29

1. Narrow mission - MIG29 is ground up an interceptor and air defence role while not truly an multi role which the MKM and F18 is capable of
2. High cost per flying hour - as mentioned, middle man company make it high cost to fly. Make worse by the r-33 engine short service interval n smoky engine
3. Budget cut.. might as well put the operation budget to the MKM n F18 instead
4. Unlike the MKM which was heavily westernized, the MIG29 was not, in fact it was russian ex stock to be sent over. Harder to get those required russian parts due to their own fleet lag as well

Canada is a second hand country, they would take it even it not the best consideration. The logic if it still flying, it still worth using. Canadian are not fond of defence spending anyway, Even buying 2nd have have difficulty on it owns

If someone said Russian jet can not be used for a long time then he can be considered forget that many mig21 still operates till now. Recently india upgrade their mig21and their mig29.
The Russian still operates Tu-95.

It is about how Russian doing business. Maintenance  can be very expensive.

Their latest product  e.g SU-35 has flyhour of 6000 hrs before upgrade and heavy maintenance is needed. In average a jet workhour is 200 hrs, so it is good to fly for 30 years.

The current airframe life of the MiG-29N is pegged at 4,000 flight hours, although the highest-time aircraft in service has accrued only around 1,800 hours in 20 years of service. Fadzar said that a concurrent structural upgrade will increase the life of the airframe to 6,000 hours.

https://www.defensenews.com/home/2015/03/28...mig-29-upgrade/

Mig21, mig29, and Tu95 are all operational. It means it can delivered a mission.
About CpFH (cost per flying hour) you will surprise that F15 cost more than SU35, even F-35 a single engine jet cost more than both F15 and SU35.
Like I said Russian jet can be upgraded and last for above 30 years also just like the west made. It is all about upgrade and maintenance.

SU-35 is the latest of the flanker family, it is like F16 viper. So nobody will be guinea pig unless you buy F-35 or SU-57.

riot and gunbattle

The Guardian is always biased towards Indonesia in its Papua reporting. The Indonesian security were attacked first with 1 TNI killed and 2 Police injured in Deiyai.

https://regional.kompas.com/read/2019/08/28...-polisi-terluka

Currently Papua is quiet and calm.

Dengan penuh rasa sedih saya ingin memberi tahu bahawa

Mejar Zahir GGK also known as Anak Badul has passed away in Queen Elizabeth Hospital due to accident during demo

Al-Fatihah dan Salam Takziah



all GGK colours will be hang at half mast from now till further notice

'We were willing to die to bring back MH17's black boxes', says M'sian covert team commander

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MH17 was shot down on July 17, 2014 en route to Kuala Lumpur from Amsterdam, killing all 283 passengers and 15 crew on board.
Published04 SEPTEMBER, 2019UPDATED 04 SEPTEMBER, 2019

from early report he was suppose to be hit at the plate at the back, but his buddy shotting is about 1 or half inch above the plate hence at the back of the neck

most likely from the top not mindef
really weird timing considering that today drM arrive in ruskiland to nego with putin

It’s a short range helicopter ?

Thought we need long range capability for our east msia coast

https://malaysiaflyingherald.wordpress.com/

Guess the ruskie having second though on taking 18 Mig-25 and replace with 36 mig 35

The success of Su-30MKM integration owes much to the Indian SU-30MKI program which has so many developmental bugs and issues. The interim aircraft, the Su-30K procured in late 1990’s also had many problems, so much that they were returned to Russia after only a few years in Indian service.

Eventually, these former Indian jets were refurbished and sold to Angola.

Malaysia took the wise decision only after the K/MKI Flanker were in Indian Air Force (IAF) service of 10 years, long enough for debugging and rectification works to be done.

The Indian did operate a fully Russianised, carrier borne variant of the Mig-29M known as the Mig-29K/KUB. Unfortunately though, there were a lot of problems on these Navy Migs which are still unresolved till today.

its pretty much the same risk these tni elite soldiers have to bear, you miss you dead
fatal accidents from both direct fire and ricochet did happens to tni.. its their sacrifice for their country

Depa kata kami bawak hujan pi Toulon. Toulon dh 6 bln tak hujan...kami sampai je hujan sampai ke mlm

A U.S. Navy SEALs squad of 4 SEALs is extracted by a CH-47 Chinook Helicopter. The Chinook does this by lowering it's tail into the water. Which causes a bit of the cargo compartment to flood, so the SEALs can drive straight in with a rubber boat. After that the Chinook lifts off with the SEALs on board.

hmm... more like a socom training than navy...