Malaysian AMMRAM AIM-120 missiles?
From an official website:
"Raytheon Co. Missile Systems, Tucson, Ariz., was awarded on 28 December 2005, a $50,739,270 firm fixed price contract modification to provide for 102 Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile Air Vehicles under the foreign military sales program for the following countries: Czech Republic, Hungary, Jordan, Malaysia, and Canada. Total funds have been obligated. This work will be complete in July 2008. Headquarters Medium Range Missile Systems Group, Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., is the contracting activity (FA8675-05-C-0070/P00016"
http://www.defenselink.mil/contracts/2006/ct20060213-12490.html
9 comments:
hhmmm ... more weapons! I really want to know what they are for exactly.
As far as I know there are only two other countries that can actually pose any sort of danger to M'sia and both can invade M'sia without having to fire a shot. They are: Indonesia and Philippines (Southern Philippines that is).
Indonesia - well, what can I say since both nations are kind of the same anyway. The brotherhood of loveee ... welcome them with open arms.
Philippines - In East Malaysia state of Sabah the population expansion is astonishing with the illegal immigrants mainly from Southern Philippines making up the bulk. The recent news estimated 1.5 millions illegals with Msia ID card.
Or is Msia becoming the middleman of weapons buying and then selling it off to some "needing" countries?
Yes, more weapons indeed. The Malaysian MiG-29Ms are already carrying advanced beyond visual range (BVR) missiles.
Those two nations can pose dangers like you said, of a demographic nature. Speaking of illegal immigrants, have you read this article yet?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4720386.stm
"Still, Malaysians are certainly worried about crime and blame much of it on foreign workers. The economy may rely on them but there is limited tolerance for immigrants, illegal or even legal.
And five foreigners can turn up dead in one small area and it does not merit a single mention anywhere in the Malaysian press. Nor did reports widely circulated last year that two migrants died after being struck by a Rela truck, also in Selayang."
Amnesty International [AI] in London wanted to see tighter controls.
And more:
""AI continues to have grave concerns about the training, command and control supervision, and accountability of Rela "volunteers" and Immigration Department officers," it said.
Malaysia's civil liberties groups have taken a similar line. "
Interesting:
"Kuala Lumpur Hospital confirmed that four bodies had been taken there from the lake in Selayang. Zaw Oo's body was not taken to hospital, being buried quickly instead.
While they showed no signs of stab or slash wounds, a doctor said the bodies were too badly decomposed to be able to tell whether they had been beaten with batons, such as those carried by Rela volunteers. "
Does the recent success of the Malaysian economy rely largely on these immigrants?
Yes, I read the article today.
I just hope the Rela does not turn into paramilitary groud.
Malaysian economy has always been dependent on immigrants even before the economy "success". How do you think they managed to build all those tall buildings and handle all those mega projects without immigrants?
should be "... paramilitary group".
If the construction boom was dependent on foreign labour, what of local Malaysian labour? Surely, those cannot be priced out of the market? Surely, there is available manpower and labour to construct buildings?
Do you know the RELA's force composition and structure?
Are they subordinated under the interior ministry or the military or the prime minister's department (PMD)?
Apparently, Msia labour force is considered more expensive and in shortage of supply. In addition to that, as usual the job is "dirty" is the common perception.
Rela is mainly composed of volunteers under the interior ministry if I can recall.
Singapore is also dependent on foreign labour and talent to a large extent. Construction, IT, services, etc, you name it. Many of the IT people here are Malaysian. When I was in the IT department of a government agency years ago, many of the 'sensitive' or high posts were actually held by Malaysians.
What do the lower income and working class Malaysians do then?
Volunteers under RELA? That's weird. Are they like vigilantes then? Violent vigilantes?
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