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Malaysian Defense: Budget Hinders Military Asset Procurement 17 Maret 2017 RMAF Hawk 208, F/A-18D Hornet, MiG-29N, and Su-30MKM (photo : RA AZ) MELBOURNE, Australia — Malaysia’s military continues to struggle to implement plans to recapitalize its assets, as the government’s budget is battered by slow economic growth mainly due to falling oil revenues.  As a result, major procurement programs for the Malaysian Armed Forces have mostly been put on hold even as existing platforms rapidly approach obsolescence. For the Royal Malaysian Air Force, this means that badly needed fighters, trainers, helicopters and maritime patrol aircraft will unlikely be acquired in the short to medium term. Situated alongside the vital maritime trade routes and the hotly disputed islands of the South China Sea of which it partly claims, Malaysia faces a unique geographical challenge, as its territory is split by the South China Sea into two separate landmasses 365 miles apart at its nar...

Thailand Launches 10-year Military Modernisation Programme 14 Maret 2017 Thailand to increase defence spending from the existing 1.4% of GDP to 2% of GDP by the end of the decade (image : wiki) Thailand"s government has launched a 10-year military development programme through which it intends to address some of its major challenges, including ongoing insurgency in the south. The "Modernisation Plan: Vision 2026", which was announced by the Ministry of Defence (MoD) on 27 February, contains three objectives: to improve the preparation of the Thai military, to enhance capabilities, and to modernise related structures. The modernisation plan does not provide a specific list of required military assets or capabilities but does provide an outline for Thailand to increase defence spending from the existing 1.4% of GDP to 2% of GDP by the end of the decade, officials confirmed to Jane"s. ( Jane"s ) Modern military plan gets nod   The Defence Council has approved a 10...

Japan May Offer Military Trucks to ASEAN 21 Februari 2017 JGSDF military truck (photo : wiki) TOKYO -- Japan, trying to enhance defense cooperation with Southeast Asia, wants to offer ASEAN nations second-hand transport vehicles from its Ground Self Defense Force. The government plans to pass a bill during the current Diet session that would allow Japan to donate defense equipment to foreign partners. Japan wants to talk with recipient countries -- such as the Philippines, Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia -- as early as this summer. The Association of Southeast Asian Nations is a 10-member bloc. The vehicles would likely be trucks and dump trucks that can handle rough terrain. The government is also considering whether to send SDF troops to the recipient countries so they can train their ASEAN counterparts on handling the vehicles. Japan had effectively banned arms exports, but in 2014 greatly relaxed the restriction by adopting three principles on the transfer of defense equi...

Thai Military Inspectorate to Accept New Batch of Oplot Tanks 17 Januari 2017 Kharkiv tank factory (photo : Al Jazeera) The inspectorate of the Royal Thai Army on January 16 will start accepting the new batch of Oplot combat tanks in Ukraine made at Malyshev Plant (Kharkiv) under a contract to supply 49 tanks to Thailand signed in 2011, the press service of state-run enterprise Ukrspecexport has reported. "The Thai delegation accepting the new batch of Oplot tanks will start on Monday [January 16]. The customers will look at the tanks at the various stages of production," the company said. Ukrspecexport said that under the mutual agreement of the sides the terms of completing the contract were moved to autumn 2017. "The decision was made due to military actions in eastern Ukraine," the press service said. The contract to supply promising Ukrainian next generation armed vehicles to Thailand is being implemented in the conditions of tough competition on the global mar...