Those other military forums & blogs look dead to me

if those M16 so reliable, why not upgrade to M16A4 instead.

So, I bet LTZ is looking forward to trying to torpedo HMS QE?
FA-50 with the Elbit radar is at least equal to Jf-17

16 planes?
RMAF need to find Mig replacement now.
18 LCA add by 18 SH/Gripen/Rafale.

Nak intercept pun guna hawk.....kesian betul la.
MY ni bukan tak ada duit....ni dah kira emergency la.

Can our Su-30s reach there without refuelling? We need to get approval from SG right before we enter FIR Singapore to reach FIR KK..... I guess by the time our Su-30s are there.. They already u turn

based on this map, it's much closer to Brunei than either Sabah or Sarawak. Didn't see Brunei making a fuss ?

although China companies have recently made a bee-line for Brunei, including the new Heng Yi refinery in Brunei https://www.ogj.com/refining-processing/pet...-brunei-complex

not trying to suggest anything, but eerily reminiscent of 1941 http://www.combinedfleet.com/BorneoOil.htm

IMHO, also abit pre-mature to state the number "16 planes" as the "formation" could have been a probe of radar coverage / readability. With the methods available , who knows if it's actually 2 planes or even 30 planes.

You mean UK french italy and germany will come to intrude sarawak like how they plan to intrude SCS?

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Russia might be problematic now because of sanctions and MH17. Also, we got Sukhoi in late 90s and early 200s because Soviet Union just collapsed and they need weapon sales  desperately. Oil palm pun oil palm lah. However, I heard Russian after-sales service also  are really bad unlike Boeing Hornet

China? The nation that send their military ships and airplanes into our area in a threatening manner? Better dont lah

RMAF is really in need to replace those Migs.
Better split the 36 units LCA aquisition plan into 18 units of LCA and 18 units of Mig replacement. Gripen or Rafale is my first 2 choice.

How come mig 29 got spare part issue

But sukhoi 30 is OK?

i like Hawk... Is Hawk still under production?

Though only 4 of those can fly?

Also thought we haven't done any upgrade & maintenance to keep it flying.  all we did was to ask the Russian for an extension from routines maintenance and verify that the jet can fly without us really doing anything?

Is that why LCA requirement is for 36 +26. I mean 18 Sukhoi + 8 hornet do make 26?

BTW, for hawk and macchi replacement, t50 is the most suitable..

JF17 is another type of fighter.it is not really 'light'.. it is as big as f16

If we can get super hornet long time we obtain already la

Due to no.money and Congress issue

We bising about Palestine Israel war  issue, u think Congress no delay further ah ?
A lot of yehoodoo supporter in Congress u know ?

If we were to despo buy light fighter mind as well go for c and d version  lah

Based them in labuan we dun need them to go so far mah...we not gonna bomb China right ?

Huh ? Our government want to buy

Why not sell ?

i don't think we would get the t50.
Simply because if we wanted too we would had purchased it already.
Not to mention it's our tradition to not buy what our neighbors buy.
Since all our neighbors had bought it so obviously we won't buy it.

Personally i think they all bought the T50 simply because its basically a mini f16.unlike all our immediate neighbor, we don't have any f16 around.

But T7 is basically a mini hornet, same avionics,same engine and such.
sizable USAF deal make it way cheaper than t50.its 27 mil a piece inclusive of simulator. 

T7 is also a very big plane, more JF-17/Gripen in size then to a pure LIFT.so plenty of space to put stuff in. It would be compatible with all our weapons something t50 couldn't do.

Boeing & sabb both has awac that can be included in the deals. LM & KAI has no awac to offer.

Not to mention Saab are open towards the prospect of local assembly. A very easy way to commit the gov to buy plenty of something and to spurned off a new industry.

So there's you go. The only candidates that ticks all the box's for LCA requirement is T7. Except right now it's still a paper plane.  Even if they managed to roll it out of assembly it's still an incomplete and immature platforms. But eventually compared to the rest, it has the brightest future with the best ultilities.

Not to mention by having a Saab factory locally and churned out t7 for 15 years. By 2035 it can churn out the tempest pulak.

Can RMAF wait for T7?
It is still in prototype stage. The USAF already booked for 350 units.

Boeing tak pandai rasuah
Tapi Saab pandai
They even managed to rasuah Switzerland 

Both Saab US & sweeden factory produce the t7 body. Boeing only do the head & avionics.

So songlap potensi is there
Oh wait, Boeing also give rasuah. They already purchased some components for their commercial planes from us. An increase in them purchasing components for their commercial plane is beyond the purview of state department.

Indonesia reacted nicely to China threat. Meanwhile Malaysia still cannot prioritize national security vs songlap. We failed hard. No other explanation.