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Malaysian Army testing and conducting exercise with new equipment for "Network Centric Operation" (NCO).

KUANTAN, 9 Mei 2017 - MAJLIS PERASMIAN DAN PEMAKAIAN TOHA EKSESAIS NETWORK CENTRIC OPERATION (NCO) TENTERA DARAT 2017

The excercise involved 70 personnel from Kuantan and Dungun. It is aimed to test the effectiveness of current inventory and equipment integration.

Communication technology developed by Sapura Technologies (indigenous company) are shown, tested in limited quantities.

Also shown used are standard issue M4A1 carbine, but equipped with RIS, Acog Trijicon Scope and laser grip.

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Part of the ceremony:

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More pictures from yesterday's exercise.

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Five Power Defence Arrangements exercise Bersama Shield concluded on May 9 in Malaysia.

Australia, Malaysia, Singapore, New Zealand and the United Kingdom have completed Five Power Defence Arrangements exercise in international waters, off the coast of Malaysia as part of the longest standing multilateral arrangement in South East Asia. Exercise BERSAMA SHIELD was an important opportunity for the Australian Defence Force to strengthen cooperation with other nations.

The exercise was conducted over four phases, culminating in a practical regional security exercise and post exercise debrief. The Five Power Defence Arrangments were established in 1971 to contribute to regional security.

Exercise Suman Protector 17 is the next major Defence Arrangements exercise and is scheduled for the second half of 2017.

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4 days friendly visit by Republic of China warships in Pulau Pinang

CNS CHANG CHUN (DDH150), CNS JING ZHOU (532), CNS CHOAHU (890)

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RMN's Eastern Fleet To Add New Vessels To Shore Up Security In Sabah, Sarawak

Thursday, 11 May 2017 16:01

KOTA KINABALU -- The Royal Malaysian Navy's (RMN) Eastern Fleet is set to add six Kedah Class Patrol boats to its fleet in the near future to shore up security in Sabah and Sarawak waters.

Its chief, Vice Admiral Datuk Syed Zahiruddin Putra Syed Osman said apart from that, four Littoral Mission Ships (LMS) which were part of a deal with China recently, would also be placed under the division.

"The addition of these vessels would enhance the preparedness of RMN's assets in East Malaysia. It is also in line with RMN's transformation plan to group together vessels of the same class in one base to make it easier to maintain them," he told reporters after a parade and inaugural speech ceremony, here, today.

Since April 27, the RMN was split into two divisions, namely the Western Fleet headquartered in Lumut, Perak and Eastern Fleet in Sepanggar, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah.

Syed Zahiruddin said the establishment of the Eastern Fleet was apt because of the geostrategic position of the South China Sea which was highly sensitive currently.

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Dr.Norilmi Amalia Ismail from USM was greeted by Head of Dissemination Pusteksat, Iwan Faizal (center) and Surya Satellite team.

Malaysia Learning Satellite Technology from Indonesia.

It is undeniable that Indonesia is Southeast Asia's most advanced country in the field of aviation and space. It practically invites some neighboring countries interested in cooperating in this field. After some time ago, the Malaysian Fisheries Bureau visited LAPAN to dialogue with LAPAN researchers on Zap Potential Fishing Zone (ZPPI), on Monday (08/05) Norilmi Amalia and the team visited the Center for Satellite Technology (Pusteksat) LAPAN in Bogor.

Norilmi Amalia is a lecturer from Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) who is also the Head of Project MYSat - Malaysia. The arrival of Norilmi and the team was greeted by the Head of Dissemination Pusteksat, Iwan Faizal accompanied by Surya Satellite team from Surya University.

LAPAN presented the LAPAN-A1 / TUBSat, LAPAN-A2 / Orari, LAPAN-A3 / IPB satellite launches and the development of the LAPAN-A4 and A-5 satellites. Then, Surya Satellite team presented their satellite development that is Surya Satellite 1 (SS1) which they are doing under the guidance of Pusteksat researcher. USM team also explained the condition of technological development especially regarding satellite in Malaysia.

The event continued with a visit to various facilities Pusteksat. They visited the Assembly, Integration and Test (AIT) room and proceeded to Ground Station Pusteksat a room to monitor the satellite. While in the satellite monitoring room, the USM team was explained about satellite monitoring and showed samples of data obtained by LAPAN satellites. The visit continued with the SS1 show demo from Surya Satellite, especially about how the satellite works. Next the event ended with the exchange of souvenirs and photos together.

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https://www.lapan.go.id/index.php/s...-Teknologi-Pembuatan-Satelit-Indonesia/berita
 
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Malaysia and Thailand Concludes Annual Excercise AIR THAMAL 2017


Smiles and handshakes express how glad we are when we meet each other again! A strong bond is built for years as long as almost 4 decades of the Exercise Air Thamal which has been conducted with mutual understanding and cooperation between RTAF and RMAF.


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Royal Malaysian Air Force Concludes the 24th Air Force Commandos Selection Course 2017

BANTING, 16 May 17 – Beret Award Ceremony for Air Force Commandos (PASKAU) carried out by Panglima Operasi Udara, Lieutenant General Dato' Sri Hj Abdul Mutalib in RMAF Base Batu Hampar, Banting, Selangor. Celebrating 13 new initiates from 53 original candidates that managed to pass the grueling 12 weeks selection course including 6 modules.

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Firepower Exercise 2017

SHAH ALAM: The Army conducted its annual firepower exercise at Kem Sirajuddin, Gemas today (May 22, 2017). The exercise is the main live firing exercise for the Army, where its heavy hitters worked together with the RMAF fighters to demonstrate its capabilities and firepower.

In the past, the exercise was called a demonstration but this was changed last year to better reflect the main goal of the training exercise.

This year’s exercise saw the first public firing of the Gempita AFV30 and Adnan Thales 120mm mortar. Unfortunately, the Armoured Command Variant (ACV) of the Gempita did not take part in the exercise. Anyhow the Thales 2R2M 120mm mortar are fitted on the ACV-S variant of the Adnan, which eight units were procured back in 2010. The ACV-S variant is, of course, the stretch variant of the Adnan, distinguishable by it’s six road wheels compared to the normal ones with five wheels.


The Army Air Wing also demonstrated the AW109 fitted with the minigun, with two examples firing the guns just above the viewing gallery. Last year, only one AW109 took part in the exercise. Two Nuris from the PUTD also took part in exercise hoisting an Oto Melara 105mm pack howitzers in the exercise, compared to one last year.

For the indirect firing portion of the exercise, three F/A-18D Hornets and two BAe Systems Hawk 108s were involved together with the Army’s heavy hitters firing in their more traditional fire support role. Because of this the guns, the G5 155mm, 81mm mortars and 105 hotwizers, were firing away from the gallery.

-Marhalim Abas, MalaysianDefence


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A lenghty article from our former ambassador to China published on "Free Malaysia Today" website. Worth the time to read.

The new silk road: Demons within, dragons without

May 31, 2017

While China’s leaders were experimenting with ways to release the creativity, ingenuity and industriousness of all its people, our leaders were stifling it with discriminatory programmes and self-defeating policies.


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Part Three

By Dennis Ignatius

We have tended to look at China with starry-eyed fascination, mesmerized by the immense opportunities for investments, trade, and business, not to mention corrupt gain. China has become something of a fairy godmother – for every problem or need there is a Chinese loan, a Chinese project or a Chinese business deal.

Of course, China has much to offer but only the most naïve will believe that China’s largesse is without a price.

Like it or not, we are dealing with a behemoth with the resources, the ambitions and the tenacity to overwhelm us if we are not careful.

A diplomat in Beijing

I lived in Beijing from 1979 to 1981 as a diplomat and was back in China again earlier this month to attend a meeting. The pace of change in China is simply staggering.

When I first arrived in the country, China had no middle class. According to some economists, its wages were just above that of Sub-Saharan Africa.

Most people lived in mud brick shacks and there were as many bicycles as there were people. Vegetables like cabbage were brought from the communes when available and dumped by the truckloads on the roadside; the smell of rotting cabbage was everywhere.

Unleashing the creativity of the Chinese people

Deng Xiaoping, the paramount leader of China from 1978 till his retirement in 1989, was one of the most remarkable leaders I have ever had the privilege of meeting. He saw what many of his more ideologically inclined colleagues were too blind to see – that if a way could be found to release the industriousness, creativity and ingenuity of the Chinese people, there would be no stopping China’s rise to greatness. In my view, that was his greatest contribution to China.

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And he set about changing China through the Four Modernizations policy. It was a big deal then, much the same way as OBOR is today.


Less than four decades after I first arrived in Beijing, the city is not just a world-class capital city, it is the capital of the world.

The millions of bicycles that once filled the streets of Beijing are gone, replaced by millions of cars both foreign and locally-made.

In the week that I was there for my recent meeting, China’s first locally-built aircraft began sea trials while its first locally-built passenger plane took its maiden voyage.

Almost everything – airports, roads, mass transit systems, telecommunications – is new and more advanced than anything anywhere else. The old ‘hutungs’ are all but gone, replaced by dazzling high-rise condos, shopping malls, stadiums, coffee bars and fabulously expensive restaurants filled not by expatriates but by locals.

Except for the famous historical landmarks, very little remains of the Beijing I first encountered in 1979.

Impatient to fulfil its destiny

The mindset shift is also striking. The people I talked were confident about their future and proud of what had been accomplished. They were anxious to get the best education, learn new experiences, discover new business opportunities, seek ways to exploit new technologies, and were ready to move to the other side of the world if necessary in pursuit of their aspirations.

As a nation, there is an eagerness to be the best and the greatest, to climb the highest, go the furthest, to build the biggest, fastest and most advanced. It doesn’t take long for visitors to sense that this is a nation on the move, impatient to fulfil its manifest destiny as possibly the greatest nation in the world.

Above all else, it is the strategic thinking and planning behind almost everything that is China today that is impressive. A country like China does not rise that high that fast by happenstance but by careful planning, thoughtful implementation and dogged determination. It seems that when China settles upon a strategy, it pursues it with uncommon passion.

It would not be an exaggeration to say that never in the history of human civilization has any nation been able to make such a technological, economic and social leap forward in such a short span of time as China.

That is the China that we must deal with and we better be up to the challenge if we are not to share the fate of lambs headed to the slaughterhouse.

It is not to suggest that China is evil or necessarily intent on subjugation; it’s just that the sheer asymmetry of its power and prowess automatically puts other nations at a huge disadvantage.

Facing the demons within

As I walked around Beijing in awe, I couldn’t help reflecting on our own nation’s journey over the last 35 years or so. In many ways, witnessing China’s exponential rise to greatness also forces us to come to terms with our own performance, our own vulnerabilities and shortcomings. It is a depressing exercise to say the least.

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During Dr Mahathir’s visit to China in November 1985, for example, a few Proton Saga were given to a Beijing taxi company as part of the effort to gain publicity for the recently launched Malaysian-made car. Admiring crowds gathered around the Proton wherever it was displayed, astonished that a small developing country like Malaysia could produce its own cars. It was a proud moment for those of us who were there.

Some 37 years later, here we are desperately looking to China to rescue Proton from total collapse. In 1985, China produced about 6000 cars annually; by 2008, China’s annual production had surpassed that of the United States and Japan combined.

Time and again, we seem to have squandered the lead we had through corruption, mismanagement and misguided policies or wasted resources on hair-brained schemes. Worst of all, we never seem to learn anything from our follies because we keep repeating them.

Unproductive, self-defeating exercise

While China was taking giant strides forward with its Four Modernizations programme, we were arguing about language, race and religion. Instead of building a world-class system of education, we were politicising it and pretending that just calling our universities great would make it so. While other countries were going out of their way to attract the best minds in the world, we were driving them away with bigotry and prejudice.

While China’s leaders were experimenting with ways to release the creativity, ingenuity and industriousness of all its people, our leaders were stifling it with discriminatory programmes and self-defeating policies.

Even now, when countries like China are focused on technological innovation and strategizing how to seize global leadership, we are obsessed with religious laws, what people wear or who’s sleeping with whom, never mind that all these things do absolutely nothing to improve our productivity, enhance our competitiveness or prepare us for the challenges ahead.

Of course, we have our great plans – Vision 2020 and now TN2050 – but we have neither the patience nor the determination of China to do whatever is necessary to bring it to fruition. In the end, it’s all just hype, a “syiok sendiri” exercise, and we know it.

To be sure, Malaysia has made impressive advances as well but surely it is far less than what could have been achieved when measured against our potential.

How do we face external challenges and an increasingly competitive global environment with so much internal baggage? If we cannot get our act together, if we cannot exorcise the demons within, how can we ever hope to face the dragon without?

NEXT: CONCLUSION: DANCING WITH DRAGONS

Dennis Ignatius is a former ambassador.

With a firm belief in freedom of expression and without prejudice, FMT tries its best to share reliable content from third parties. Such articles are strictly the writer’s personal opinion. FMT does not necessarily endorse the views or opinions given by any third party content provider.
 
KD Jebat Navy warship catches fire, no injuries or casualties reported

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LUMUT, June 3 — There were no injuries or casualties in a fire incident involving the Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN) KD Jebat warship, docked at the naval base here early this morning.

Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN) chief Admiral Tan Sri Ahmad Kamarulzaman Ahmad Badaruddin said that based on preliminary information, the 2.30am fire broke out at a galley area while the personnel were busy preparing the ‘sahur’ (pre-dawn meal).

“Swift action by Navy personnel enabled the fire to be fully brought under control at 5am helped by a team of firefighters from Lumut, “ he said in a statement.

Ahmad Kamarulzaman said the Navy would set up a board of inquiry to investigate the cause of the accident as well as the damage and losses incurred.

KD JEBAT is Lekiu-type guided missile frigate and commissioned on Nov 10, 1999, and currently assigned to the Western Fleet Command at the RMN base in Lumut. — Bernama

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Contemporary National Education: Security, survival and success of Qatar as a small state



Big neighbour upset by small neighbour.

Big neighbour restricts land, sea and air access to small neighbour. This affects imports of vital supplies like food and raw materials by small neighbour, not to mention the free movement of people and trade.

Small neighbour has United States (US) military on its soil.

Small neighbour has a world-class airline.

Small neighbour is a major petrochemicals hub.

Small neighbour is almost totally reliant on food imports.

Small neighbour has deep pockets to weather any financial crisis, with a sovereign wealth fund managing billions in global investments.

Just to be clear, the "small neighbour" we are talking about is Qatar.

As a metaphor for how small states fare when bigger neighbours choose to flex their might, the State of Qatar represents an interesting parallel for the Republic of Singapore.

On Monday (5 Jun'17), Bahrain, Egypt and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) joined Saudi Arabia in cutting diplomatic ties with Qatar. The Saudi-led coalition had claimed that Qatar funds terror groups and is said to be upset with Qatar's friendliness towards Iran.
The terror-related allegations aren't new. But this time, Qatar's neighbours joined forces to slowly cut off access to the outside world from Qatar, a sliver of land on the northern shores of Arabia.

Supermarkets saw their shelves emptied as anxious residents stocked up on supplies. Lack of raw materials for construction has put the brakes on building activities in Qatar.



In a bid to further isolate Qatar, its neighbours blocked Qatari aircraft from entering their airspace, and barred Qatari vessels from using their seaports. Qatar Airways, an emerging rival to Singapore Airlines, had to reroute or cancel numerous flights.
Amid the diplomatic strangulation, where is the United Nations (UN)? Not a squeak was heard in the first days of the spate. Even now, there appears to be no bid by the world body to soothe tensions.

And as Qataris face starvation, the world's media appears more interested in the fate of the FIFA World Cup 2022 and whether facilities for the globe's most prestigious soccer matches can be finished on time.

The plight of the Qataris provides the answer to Singaporeans who have asked why our tiny city-state cannot rely on the "world's policemen" for its security.

Qatar is home to the largest US airbase in the Middle East. So what? This failed to accord the desert state any immunity card against unfriendly neighbours.

Qatar has also learned that it cannot rely on the UN to solve its problems. The UN will not come marching in to help, like cavalry to the rescue.
The episode where Qatar's neighbours have cut ties underlines a little-known hard truth of diplomacy - bilateral ties are never a given and must be reciprocated. A lot of work - much of which takes place away from the public eye - is carried out by diplomats the world over to ensure that diplomatic relations remain on an even keel.

And while we are led to believe big and small nations speak with an equal voice on the world stage, let us not deceive ourselves when it comes to geographical realities. Small states have far more to lose vis-a-vis big states when air, land or sea space is denied.

For Singapore, the smallest of all ASEAN states, we must work even harder to punch above our weight and ensure our relevance to friends in the region and farther afield. In a world of options, big states can easily overlook us.

The case of Qatar also demonstrates that a strong military is a necessary but not sufficient condition for a country's stability, growth and prosperity, Qatar, which has one of the densest air defence networks on the Arabian peninsula, probably realises more than ever how vital it is to nurture and sustain social and economic stability, along with national resilience for weathering the ongoing diplomatic spate.

In Singapore, we identify these as elements of the Total Defence movement, which is made up of Military, Civil, Economic, Social and Psychological defence elements. We also have the SGSecure movement that aims to strengthen national resilience against in-country perils.

But does the average Singaporean care enough to play his or her part?

We have also been told, ad nauseam time and again, that we ourselves are responsible for our country's security. This message, if uttered on the streets of Qatar, will probably be embraced readily by not a few advocates there.

The speed with which Qatar's neighbours ganged up acted against it shows why no one should take peace and stability for granted. Truth be told, we cannot and should not live with a siege mentality. But the Qatar episode reminds us that neighbours itching for a flare-up will grab any opportunity to do so.

In Qatar's case, one school of thought argues that fake news contributed to misleading neighbouring states on Doha's stance towards Iran.

Qatari leaders have made a plea for dialogue to solve the impasse.

Too late.

No one cries for small states.
 
RMAF Hawk 108 fighter jet reported missing

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KUALA LUMPUR, June 15 — The Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) has reported that it has lost contact with a Hawk 108 fighter jet which is believed to have gone missing north of Kuantan near the Pahang-Terengganu border.

The RMAF said in a statement that contact was lost at 11.30 am after the aircraft took off from the Kuantan airbase.

“The aircraft took off from the Kuantan airbase at 11 am and we lost contact at 11.30 am,” it said.

The RMAF has launched a search-and-rescue operation.

Defence Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein, in a Twitter message, expressed concern over the incident and prayed for the safety of the pilots. — Bernama

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RMAF Hawk 108: Two pilots killed in crash

KUANTAN - Two pilots of the Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) Hawk 108 that was reported missing at 11.30 am this morning were killed when the fighter jet crashed.

The bodies were found at 2.30 pm near Kampung Chukai in Kemaman, Terengganu.

Air Force Chief Jen Datuk Seri Affendi Buang said, the bodies were found 20 metres from each other together with their parachutes.

“We believe that they managed to pull the eject seats when the jet started to lose control.

"They are experienced pilots and this is a great loss to us," he said in a special press conference at the RMAF base in Kuantan, here, just now.

The pilot who died were Major Mohd Hasri Zahari, 31, from Kuala Lumpur and Major Yazmi Mohamed Yusof, 39, from Negeri Sembilan.

http://www.sinarharian.com.my/eng/rmaf-hawk-108-two-pilots-killed-in-crash-1.689865

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The Malaysian Air Force has announced that they have modified their Russian-made Sukhoi Su-30 fighter jets to be able to drop GBU-12 laser-guided bombs, having successfully tested the new platform in late 2016.

The Royal Malaysian Air Force put out a video showing their Su-30MKMs, supermaneuverable fighters specifically designed for use by Malaysian forces, dropping 500-pound GBU-12s made by Lockheed-Martin and Raytheon. The video's accompanying caption said that the test occurred in November 2016 at the Air Force's weapons testing range.

However, the segment has since been deleted from the video.

The GBU-12s are laser-guided, using a passive heat-seeking homing system to detect and strike targets. The Su-30MKMs used a French-made Thales Damocles targeting pod to detect targets, firing weapons like the Russian-made Kh-29T/L long-range guided missile as well as the KAB-500L and KAB-1500L laser guided bombs. The GBU-12 is in the same family of weapons as the KABs, but smaller (507 pounds to the KAB-500L's 1102) and equipped with a GPS to give it a more flexible trajectory.

Malaysian ground forces also can use hand-held designators to pick out targets.

In 2012, Malaysia purchased six Raytheon AN/ASQ-228 Advanced Targeting Forward-Looking Infrared pods for bomb and missile targeting. It used them to upgrade their Boeing F/A-18D Hornets, which are primarily used by the US Marines for air support during night attacks.

The Malaysian Air Force has a fleet of 49 combat aircraft: 18 Sukhoi Su-30MKMs, eight Boeing F/A-18Ds, 10 Russian-made MiG-29s and 13 British BAE Hawk 208s. The Sukhois make up the core of the fleet and are equipped with both Russian and Western systems.

Previously, Malaysia's Hornets successfully deployed GBU-12s against several hundred Filipino militants attempting to seize territory in North Borneo. The Hornets and Hawks used GBU-12s on the militants' headquarters to flush them out before sending commandos in to sweep them up.
 
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SU-30MKM drops GBU-12 Paveway II laser guided smart bomb (photo : Malaysia Military Power)
 

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