Defence journalist, former guest lecturer on military history & strategy, Malaysian Armed Forces Defence College, don't @ me on twitter to say I know nothing :D
1) Ok, here's quick thread on army boats and why they are not so easily available in KL, what people have to first understand that most of these boats are deployed with units which conduct coastal and river patrols which obviously are not in the vicinity of KL
Malaysia is a country where politicians of all parties keep talking about needing to do something on the state of our airpower but never get around to it when they in charge and then when they out complain about current people not doing anything and ask them to do something : P
LOL, sometimes when I see photos posted by RAF's official account, the words " Photographed from a Canberra " inadvertently comes into my mind when reading the photo credit
From a security perspective, it’s not really great that a single pollution can knock out 4 water treatment plants and deny much of the klang valley its water supply and for four days as well
First day EMCO lifted and already so many people out exercising without masks and in groups, we'll never break the Covid chain as long as people here continue to be stupid and disregard the situation..
One of the main problems on the LCS throughout the BN, PH and PN governments was that while it known that LCS program in trouble, little action or urgency in sorting it out, PH as usual looking for people to blame but not how to fix it
RMN Chief with good points made but unstated is that no matter how good or valiant the troops are, they will be undone if the political leadership of the country isn't great or competent
Naval Group only showcasing the Minehunter at their booth and probably hoping Malaysia not order 🤣 No Gowind shown also probably because Malaysia dragging down that brand in this region 😆
Wondering what this is about (photo during a replenishment exercise between French and Japanese navies), also am a little put out that I never saw this kind of thing while covering JMSDF port calls 🤣
Scaled down national day parade and performance today included fire eater by Malaysian Army, people in Singapore, please do not panic or get excited when you see the photo 🤣
RMAF issuing a strong statement on violation of Malaysian sovereignty by 16 PLAAF aircraft, Hawk 208s flew to intercept following no response to comms call as they approach Malaysian national airspace off Sarawak. ID aircraft as Ii-76 and Y-20
PM missing the point here, Malaysians not angry with rich people for being rich, but they angry with those who got rich via government contracts given at inflated price, government funding, political payoffs and government/political shielding etc
3) Keep in mind that MAF is already routinely used to flood relief operations in December on the East Coast, Northern Malaysia, Pahang and Johor so naturally whatever available boats are already stationed in those areas for relief ops, no one expects KL to be in such situation
Note this thread isn't defending the government's response but just pointing out things are not so simple as telling Army to drag out its boats in Kuala Lumpur, end thread...
KENYATAAN MEDIA PTU BERKENAAN PENGESANAN PENERBANGAN MENCURIGAKAN 16 BUAH PESAWAT TENTERA UDARA REPUBLIK RAKYAT CHINA/ PEOPLE’S LIBERATION ARMY- AIR FORCE MEMASUKI RUANG UDARA ZON MARITIM MALAYSIA, KOTA KINABALU FLIGHT INFORMATION REGION DAN MENGHAMPIRI RUANG UDARA NASIONAL
Dear
@IsmailSabri60
, since you now PM and SG PM
@leehsienloong
calling you to visit, maybe you should tell him comments by Minister Shamugam like this not very conducive for relations especially with FPDA 50th anniversary do in two months time...
By the way, a few things Australia has done for Malaysia over the years (thread to who knows how long) :
1) Fought in all the battles here in WW2, Emergency and Konfrontasi
2) Provide sim training for RMAF C-130 pilots for Afghanistan flights at no charge
If I RMAF Chief at briefing, I'ed say:
To Anwar Ibrahim: RMAF can confirm PLAAF numbers better than your MP numbers claims
To Mat Sabu: PLAAF planes bigger than ours, but we not deterred unlike you at SLD
To LGE: China been doing reclamation in area, like your ppl in Penang
🤣
4) Some of you might say they can send the boats here but forget that other parts of the country flooded as well and if the boats are already conducting operations there, there's no boats to send here
If they send the boats from say Kelantan and Kedah and by time they arrive, it not needed, many of you will go on social media and say too late, waste time etc and people in the area the boats taken from will say KL people favored : P
Rakaman audio sebenar perbualan antara juruterbang dan menara Kawalan Trafik Udara (KTU) Kota Kinabalu semasa insiden pencerobohan 16 buah pesawat Tentera Udara Republik Rakyat China pada 31 Mei 2021.
@IsmailSabri60
@tudm_rasmi
#AirTimes
#China
#TUDM
Might be better if you devote your attention to solving the problems in this country and fixing the weak and underperforming nature of your cabinet Ministers
I am exercising my right to free speech. Why is it that I can’t say something against the Jews when a lot of people say nasty things about me and about Malaysia and I didn’t protest? I didn’t demonstrate.
There's been a lot of takes on how Indonesia and Malaysia are reacting to AUKUS but to be honest IMO it won't be too much of an issue really and here's why, thread 👇
Very unusual for a senior officer to be very frank on shortcomings he faces, the lack of ships suitable for major conflict was to be addressed by the Maharaja Lela class LCS but...
Also keep in mind that the Armed Forces support is also crucial in the rural areas where there is a lack of civil relief agencies with the right equipment so they end up being used there as no one else around..
🤦♂️ at the Malaysian Olympic Contingent uniform for the opening ceremony, awful, says inspired by the Malay legendary hero Hang Tuah but I think if he saw this, he'll probably use his Keris Taming Sari on whoever decided this..
Unfortunately on this issue,
@chedetofficial
is out of date, the causes of terrorism by Islamic extremists is not solely and only related to the issue of Palestine and more complex, unfortunately many Malaysians will subscribe to this simplistic fallacy
Newly appointed Navy Chief Rahman Ayob stated LCS 6 cancelled and decision made when government decided to continue with the LCS program which means call was made by previous government
Malaysia has maintained its low-profile approach to the South China Sea disputes throughout recent tensions over oil and gas exploration.
@Kwekii
and
@HooCP
write on the rationale behind Malaysia's South China Sea policy and the next steps it should take:
Sempat bertemu dan berbual dengan penyanyi Rock terkemuka tanah air, Datuk Ramli Sarip malam tadi.
Kami berbincang mengenai pelbagai isu.
Saya turut memakaikan pin lencana Kempen Tabung Pahlawan kepada beliau sebelum berpisah.
18th Royal Malay Regiment (Para) has released a video and photos of what they have been doing at
#RIMPAC2022
on their FB page, photo from their FB page and link to all here at
I actually planned on doing other stuff today but seeing this means I need to point out the shortcomings of this, as always this is Senator Liew Chin Tong's way of trying to portray Pakatan Harapan knows what it doing on defence (short answer: they don't)
More money pumped into LCS despite govt said no more, ships cut down to five, PAC to monitor, am skeptical on that since PAC on LCS clearly showed PAC not understand technical details, shipbuilding among others so how to actually monitor plus..
Folks stop telling me 22 months in government not enough time to sort out a defence program, no one is saying the ships should be ready in that period, what is said is making decision to get delays sorted out and the program moving on and back on track
One for media hall of shame here.. caption in Bahasa of an A-4 Skyhawk says its a Malaysian Army jet fighter used in fighting the Japanese occupation 🤣 h/t
@EVostox
for this, click on photo to see full pic with caption
Hmm as usual the anonymous PH supporters tweeting out at me now since I point out PH can also be blamed for not doing much in their time, though already said everyone to blame really...
Ok, a quick primer thread on why I bashing PH on the call for briefing on the PLAAF incident, I do not see the point of exclusive closed door briefings for politicians supposedly for the sake of national security, the matter should be discussed publicly/ transparently if so..
Plus again everything costs money so the Army and whole of Malaysian Armed Forces don't have boats with every unit and bases so again the priority goes to using them in areas closer and where even more needed in the rural areas and again the time factor weighs in on sending boats
When you need a picture of a drone and any from Wikipedia will do, story is about the Toll Highway management company using drones to monitor traffic 🤣
A little bit of forensic examination of this report which says Malaysia to buy KAI FA-50, however the report cites Indonesian media Mediapakuan as the source so let's go to that report... 1/
We should stop this not achieve anything practice of given honorary ranks to government officials and politicians really, Mat Sabu said he will not do this practice but now doing otherwise, guess needs to prop up allies in case get reshuffled..
Antara yang menerima tauliah kehormat ialah Ketua Setiausaha Negara, Datuk Seri Mohd Zuki Ali, Menteri Besar Negeri Sembilan, YAB Dato'Seri Haji Aminuddin Bin Harun dan Setiausaha Kerajaan Negeri Negeri Sembilan, Dato' Dr Razali Bin Ab Malik.
LOL, this is some kind of spin on this, the fact that the corruption actually occurred on the watch of Anwar's government and by an aide of one of his Minister still remains, maybe ask Minister to resign since it his aide...
Unless one side does something aggressive towards Malaysia, Malaysia will just stay neutral and out of it really and besides if the current political situation persists, both government and opposition will be too busy fighting each other to bother
It's quite simple really, I do not think Mat Sabu and Liew Chin Tong should talk so much on LCS given they happily visiting Boustead and hosted by them when the two were in office, maybe should be telling boustead off and saying not attending their events then...
I really shouldn't do this but here is another thread and turn to the corruption issue on LCS, first thing you all should note is that nowhere in the report does it state the money went to BN or Umno /1
Ok followers, in two weeks time, in case anyone start saying I distract on LCS, remind me to give a brief on the EDA M109s that PH cancelled and I tell the story on what I know
31 Okt 18, Rabu - Majlis Perasmian Peletakan Lunas Kapal Littoral Combat Ship 4 di BNSSB, Lumut Perak. Majlis disempurnakan oleh YB Senator Liew Chin Tong, Timbalan Menteri Pertahanan.
@LiewChinTong
@mykamarul
@tldm_rasmi
@MINDEFMalaysia
Keep in mind that the Malaysian Armed Forces in this situation are there to aid existing civil agencies who are in charge and handling the situation so it could be the assessment is that no need to bring the boats down to KL as needed elsewhere and won't be in time if so
STE unveils latest version of 8x8 Terrex AFV, the Terrex s5, meanwhile in Malaysia, the future of the home-built Gempita AFV is still on the downtrend that began with PH govt in 2018, all vehicles delivered and no future orders/plans...