It
is unfortunate that it took a calamity like MH370 to expose that Malaysia’s
defense is fragile. How do we come to this conclusion? First as I have written
in an earlier article, when our air force didn’t think it was prudent to scramble
its air-crafts to intercept an intrusion by an unidentified plane into our
airspace. The article elicited a comment from someone who quoted a military source
saying that fighter planes do not intercept civilian air-crafts.
Civilian air crafts display some specific characteristics on the radar that can be
interpreted as being not hostile while enemy fighter planes display unique characteristics
that can be identified by radar. On that reason, the radar operator will just
look at the readings and ignore them.
So,
going by this logic, our potential enemies, knowing that our air force people
will read and assume this way, will send in drones and other lethal planes that
display the characteristics of civilian and non-hostile aircrafts while
carrying weaponry that can destroy us and our military will look the other way.
The
other glaring revelation of our flimsy defense system is shown by our miserly
response in terms of assets. What could we afford to send in for the SAR
operations? Other than serving as coordinator for which were complimented on (
and that is seized by UMNO supporters as
indicative of our competency), we had nothing to show.
We
made ourselves looked like a fool by employing the services of a VVIP Bomoh to the
UMNO people and 1778 fishing boats class C and C2. Did we hear any of them
traversing the Indian Ocean where the waves are mountain high? Do Malaysians
know that out of the 6 navy ships including KD Kasturi which was just released
after spending 5 years in the dock, 5 of these have come back? Why did they
come back? To spare us Malaysians the embarrassment of having to put up with a search
and rescue of the 5 ships that were sent out to do their own SAR of MH370 in
the first place!
The
sad truth is, despite spending billions of Ringgit in the purchase of weaponry,
we do not have combat capable assets. And now the Defense Minister has come out
with a brilliant plan to start a shopping spree for new and more capable
assets. What happened to our spending in the past? We know that vendors and
defense contractors are already salivating at the supply prospects.
My
question is how is our defense spending structured? Is it structured to enrich
a few UMNO cronies or is it structured to strengthen our defense?
Someone is going to profit from the tragedy by milking the rakyat for another purchase of military equipment at highly inflated price and getting obscene under table commission.
ReplyDeleteHello Dei, stop parroting your unlce lim la. all you DAP morons know is to open your big mouth and shout this and that, comdemn this and that. plus your
ReplyDeleteRBA cybertroopers comments parroting the old dinasour is for all clear to see. We are sick and tired of the senseless comments.
Your comments sound senseless.
DeletePinang and Selangor are much richer without UMNO corrupted hands and Kelantan despite being the poor brother has the biggest Malay Reserve Land and dont need to sell it to foreigners and esp Sporeans
Deletethis hello dei feller obviously hasn't been reading the articles here. i have written much earlier on the incompetence of the air force for not intercepting the unidentified plane.
ReplyDeletewe dont need an army of cuber troopers to expose the incompetence and stupidity of the Najib government.
First Priority: How much commission do I get?
ReplyDeleteWhat happened to those OPV's costing billions of Ringgits built by Amin Shah's PSCI?
ReplyDeleteYou forgot to write about the Scorpene submarines. Shouldn't they be our top choice for searching for under-sea wrecks?
ReplyDeleteAs for new military purchases, UMNO will structure the trade this way as with past practice ...
- US$1 for the supplier
- US$10 for me and my 'agent'
- a rickety and useless piece of metal for the armed forces.
Hmmm, last time they threw in a Mongolian model into the deal. I wonder what they will throw in this time around ....
Obviously, the flip-flopping of data by the Defence minister/MAS/DCA/IGP since day one until yesterday is proof to the international world (via the foreign correspondence based here to cover MH370 mishap)the snafu the Malaysian gomen is in. Is this the result of covering a lie with another lie thus creating a growing hole that the government is finding hard to cover-up?
ReplyDeletestructured by moron defense minister and supported by moron generals,
ReplyDeleteThey planned to corrupt, they monitor to corrupt and they implemeted to corrupt, then got the corrupted rents surely they are the maestro of corruptionisme.
ReplyDeleteI believe you forgot the ROVS( Remove Operating Vehicle) that the Navy bought on advice of some NATO General.
ReplyDeleteOnly the two frigates are capable of operating in that part of the world. Off-shore patrol vessels are exactly that. We are not a "blue water navy", green or maybe brown only
ReplyDeleteSo scary to know the state of our armed forces.. The real traitor is the Services Chief himself. All should be sack and replace immediately.. Please also investigate their wealth.. They need to be court martial..
ReplyDelete....someone who quoted a military source saying that fighter planes do not intercept civilian aircrafts.
ReplyDeleteI once missed a couple of radio calls over Germany and they send up interceptors. We had problems with our radio that day. It was embarrassing when my company got hold of the picture taken by the fighter pilot with me staring out the cockpit window. It was quite a sight seeing an F16 close up in flight.
I guess it never occur to RMAF to go up and check the civilian airliner if something is amiss
At this moment, my only concern is the state of the mental and emotional well-being of our seamen working inside the bowels of the Scorpene submarines.
ReplyDeleteWe have traditionally operated above water, and history has on record the exploits of Malay mariners who traveled far beyond the shores of the Nusantara. This includes the mariners from Brunei Darussalam who paid numerous visits by sailing ships to China. One Brunei prince remains buried in Beijing; his mausoleum has always been in the care of Chinese Muslims throughout the past hundreds of years and even in the worst of times - during the numerous civil wars and during the excesses of the Cultural Revolution.
I dare say Malaysia, because of the exploits of its ancient mariners, hold a better claim to the Diaoyutai/Senkaku Island than the Japanese whose grey water pirates,i.e. coastal marauders who never sailed very far from their mainland.
I pray for the safety of all our servicemen and women especially those serving in the Scorpene, and may the Almighty punish those who gave all Malaysians a raw deal with our military purchases.
Dato, do everything to put an end to all the abuses and corruption.
No wonder UMNO leadersw from PM to Head of Cawangan are very rich...They are the ones who make Malaysia bankrupt.
ReplyDeleteDear Dato Sak, I hv written on a few blogs on both sides of the fence. I know something on ATC procedures and to share that it is a protocol for all countries on a basic security level to check with Civil DCA ATC on commercial flites before taking over comm. If civil DCA can't comm than mIlitary air force wo7ld scramble asap. All radar primary and secondary are monitored 24/7 in shift. Nobody looks at recorded data but on forensic only. Some general say radar recordings were refered to and discovered a u turn by mh370. How convenient. I sensed some cover up. They can hoodwink some but not all.
ReplyDeleteWe have a bunch of Malaysian working on oil producing platforms & drilling rigs in Peninsular. We have been asked to send in reports to MMEA on sightings of foreign vessels including fishing boats. Unfortunately, we have yet to see any Malaysian Navy vessels nor MMEA in vicinity to look after our border. So it comes as a no surprise to me if no one shows an interest to go after the missing plane. Our military is too busy in town minding over what they want to eat over meals, etc.
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