Rafale, Eurofighter Not Shortlisted In Malaysian MRCA Jet Competition

[A.P. Richelieu]

http://www.defenseworld.net/news/18...et_Competition__Defence_Minister#.WNgK5pFeChA

Malaysia’s defence minister Hishamuddin Hussain has squashed reports that the Dassault Rafale and Eurofighter Typhoon had been shortlisted for the Malaysian air force’s multi-role combat aircraft (MRCA) requirement.

Asked if the ministry would settle for Eurofighter Typhoon by BAE Systems or the Rafale by Dassault Aviation, he said the Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet and the Saab Gripen “are still in the running”.

 

[Tshering22]

http://www.defenseworld.net/news/18...et_Competition__Defence_Minister#.WNgK5pFeChA

Malaysia’s defence minister Hishamuddin Hussain has squashed reports that the Dassault Rafale and Eurofighter Typhoon had been shortlisted for the Malaysian air force’s multi-role combat aircraft (MRCA) requirement.

Asked if the ministry would settle for Eurofighter Typhoon by BAE Systems or the Rafale by Dassault Aviation, he said the Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet and the Saab Gripen “are still in the running”.

Why do they want Typhoons when their MKMs are doing the job? It is not like Malaysians have a hostile neighbourhood every now and then.

 

[A.P. Richelieu]

Why do they want Typhoons when their MKMs are doing the job? It is not like Malaysians have a hostile neighbourhood every now and then.

To replace their MiG-29 and F5s.

 

[MICA]

yet another tough competition

 

[Penguin]

Why do they want Typhoons when their MKMs are doing the job? It is not like Malaysians have a hostile neighbourhood every now and then.

• China and Malaysia are both claimants in the South China Sea dispute and in recent times this has resulted in some friction, mainly from Malaysia. A 2014 survey conducted by the Pew Research Center showed 66% of Malaysians were concerned that territorial disputes between China and neighbouring countries could lead to a military conflict.
• Indonesia and Malaysia have been lurching from one diplomatic spat to another. Since independence Indonesia and Malaysia have moved in different directions in their social, economic, and political development, leading at times to serious bilateral tensions. The unequal pace of democratisation in the two countries over last decades has made the relationship increasingly problematic.
• Malaysia's land boundary with Brunei around Limbang was/remains in dispute
• Since the expulsion of Singapore from the Federation in 1965, several other differences developed between Singapore and Malaysia, including a dispute over water prices (under the 1961 and 1962 water agreements) and ownership of Pedra Branca, an island off the coast of Johor.
• Malaysia and Thailand usually co-operate in areas such as trade and investment, security, education and vocational training, youth and sports, tourism, connectivity and socio-economic development in border areas. Recently, Thai-Malay relations have soured considerably due to the ethnically-Malay Pattani separatists in three southern provinces of Thailand. There have been claims by the Thai government that Malaysia has taken an interest in the cause of their opponents in the war, which is vehemently refuted by the latter.
• Vietnam and Malaysia share a maritime border in the Gulf of Thailand and the South China Sea, and have overlapping claims in the Spratly Islands.

 

[HannibalBarca]

• China and Malaysia are both claimants in the South China Sea dispute and in recent times this has resulted in some friction, mainly from Malaysia. A 2014 survey conducted by the Pew Research Center showed 66% of Malaysians were concerned that territorial disputes between China and neighbouring countries could lead to a military conflict.
• Indonesia and Malaysia have been lurching from one diplomatic spat to another. Since independence Indonesia and Malaysia have moved in different directions in their social, economic, and political development, leading at times to serious bilateral tensions. The unequal pace of democratisation in the two countries over last decades has made the relationship increasingly problematic.
• Malaysia's land boundary with Brunei around Limbang was/remains in dispute
• Since the expulsion of Singapore from the Federation in 1965, several other differences developed between Singapore and Malaysia, including a dispute over water prices (under the 1961 and 1962 water agreements) and ownership of Pedra Branca, an island off the coast of Johor.
• Malaysia and Thailand usually co-operate in areas such as trade and investment, security, education and vocational training, youth and sports, tourism, connectivity and socio-economic development in border areas. Recently, Thai-Malay relations have soured considerably due to the ethnically-Malay Pattani separatists in three southern provinces of Thailand. There have been claims by the Thai government that Malaysia has taken an interest in the cause of their opponents in the war, which is vehemently refuted by the latter.
• Vietnam and Malaysia share a maritime border in the Gulf of Thailand and the South China Sea, and have overlapping claims in the Spratly Islands.

Firework incoming...