True or not, we have about 2 weeks to find out. That's not a long time to wait. After all these years waiting. Zahid went to Irkut in a haze to discuss about the deal maybe. Maybe all the hype on the european fighters has finally met their fate. They are just too expensive for us. We must admit it, we are not a rich nation.
The Malaysian defense ministry plans to buy 18 Russian Su-30MKM fighters fit to carry Russian-Indian BrahMos supersonic cruise missiles, the Izvestia daily said on Tuesday.
Rosobonorexport Russia dah lama offer pakej timbal balik (barter deal) di mana Malaysia memulangkan kembali semua pesawat MiG-29N TUDM kepada Russia bagi tambahan 6 buah Su-30MKM.
Nampak gaya diorg balik semual ke pakej asal lah, asyik berdegang2 Typhoon lah, F-18F SuperHornet lah ....
Aku dengar dah ada keputusan utk MRCA TUDM ni...ada upset sikit....tapi ada juga yg suka....entah kalau ambik Sukhoi ni elok ke? Dengar masalah banyak aje....
Masalah SU ni lebih kpd maintenance support, faham2 saja lah Russia ni. Sebab itu mereka kena pastikan masalah support ni diselesaikan kalau betul2 nak ambil SU lagi. Kita tak mahu ulangan episod Mig29 berlaku kpd SU. Other than that, saya tiada masalah dgn SU.
Rasanya tak confirm lagi kot jumlah 18Su-30MKM tu. Melainkan Mindef setuju pakej timbal balik Rosobonorexport dengan memulangkan kembali 16 MiG-29N & dapat 6 Su-30MKM. Lepastu ada bajet sket tambah lagi 12 Su-30MKM ....
Apapun, saya takkan optimis angka 18 tu ... sebab ikut keadaan sekarang, jika Gomen nak jimat duit, pakej timbal balik Rosobonorexport tu lebih kos efektif ... dapat 6 bijik Su-30 pada kos minimal dengan pemulangan MiG-29N.
Oh ye ke....tapi aku rasa jet tu memang ok. Cuma bila ko campur-adukan mcm2 benda, jadi masalah.
Orang kata necessary evil maaaa ..... sebab versi kita sejibik versi Su-30MKI milik India, tapi versi tu pakai pakej avionik Israel, oh nooooo, BIG NO!
So kita settle ngan avionik Eropah (Thales France kan? ) dalam Su-30MKM kita.
if any deal also will sign after election.... but wit limited $ i think Su will be our best choice...
Zahid not in Russia to sign arms deal
PETALING JAYA (Nov 18, 2011): An aide to Defence Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi has denied claims that he was in Russia to sign a deal to purchase fighter jets.
His media director Kol Fadzlette Othman Merican told theSun in a text message yesterday that Zahid was invited to visit Russia by its government.
"It's a long overdue visit. He was not there to sign any deal," she said.
Fadzlette declined to state if any negotiations took place during the visit. It is believed that this was Zahid's first visit to Russia since being defence minister.
The Russian state news agency Ria Novosti had created a stir when it reported that Zahid might sign a contract to buy 18 Sukhoi Su-30MKM fighters during the visit.
Zahid had recently been reported as saying that plans to purchase 18 new multi-role combat aircraft for the Royal Malaysian Air Force had been postponed due to the lack of funds.
The Russian news agency cited a report in the Izvestia daily which said that Malaysian had plans to buy 18 fighters fit to carry the Russian-Indian Brahmos supersonic cruise missiles.
The paper, citing miitary sources, reported that Zahid would visit the Irkut aviation plant, producing Su-30MKI fighters.
Izvestia reported one such aircraft would cost Malaysia about US$50 million (RM150 million).
The minister "may sign a contract to buy 18 Su-30MKM multirole fighters," the paper said.
The paper had said that Zahid also plans to discuss installing new missiles, including the BrahMos, on the 18 MKM fighters that Malaysia received under the US$900 million (RM270 million) contract signed in 2003.
Anggota Pasukan Khas Udara (PASKAU), Laskar Udara Mohd. Yusuof Ahmad Khalid (kiri) dan Laskar Udara Mohd. Shahrulaizat mengawal pesawat pejuang yang mengambil bahagian pada LIMA 2011 di Langkawi, semalam. - BERNAMA
LANGKAWI 5 Dis. - Kementerian Pertahanan telah menyenarai pendek lima pesawat tempur pelbagai guna (MRCA) bagi menggantikan MiG-29N yang digunakan oleh Tentera Udara Diraja Malaysia (TUDM).
Menterinya, Datuk Seri Dr. Ahmad Zahid Hamidi berkata, selain varian Sukhoi buatan Rusia, empat lagi pesawat tempur kini dalam perhatian kerajaan, namun beliau enggan mendedahkannya.
Bagaimanapun kata beliau, khidmat MiG-29N masih diteruskan sehingga kerajaan membuat pengumuman rasmi mengenai penggantian pesawat buatan Rusia itu.
"Kami telah mengenal pasti beberapa jenis pesawat tempur untuk menggantikan MiG dan kesemua aspek teknikal lima pesawat tersebut telah siap dilakukan.
"Apa yang paling penting adalah pembelian MRCA baru itu nanti perlu dilengkapkan dengan program pemindahan teknologi dan projek timbal balas yang menguntungkan penggiat industri pertahanan negara serta kerajaan secara keseluruhan," katanya pada sidang akhbar di atas kapal KD Jebat di sini hari ini.
Sementara itu Panglima Tentera Laut, Laksamana Tan Sri Abdul Aziz Jaafar memberitahu, hasrat Tentera Laut Diraja Malaysia (TLDM) untuk memperoleh kapal sokongan pelbagai guna (MRSS) yang disuarakan sejak beberapa tahun lalu terpaksa ditangguh sementara ekoran kekangan ekonomi.
Namun katanya, program perolehan MRSS yang sepatutnya dibuat dalam fasa kedua Rancangan Malaysia Ke-10 itu masih dalam perhatian.
"Projek perolehan kapal perang pesisir pantai (LCS) pula kini masih di peringkat perbincangan dan pengumuman mengenainya akan dibuat dalam masa terdekat ini," kata beliau.
Ini shorlist 5 type, belum shortlist down to 2 type lagi.
Kalau sampai 5 tahun lagi tak sign, selagi itu la shortlist akan diteruskan. Agar pengeluar2 itu terus menaruh harapan dan terus datang ke Langkawi.
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