Combat Relief - Election Edition 2nd update

And its not even nomination day.

Tanks And Armoured Vehicles seems to be the preferred theme this time.

 

Very realistic

 
But this takes take the cake, a float made to look like a tank that moves

And where you have tanks you have the King of the Battlefield

But this is in bad taste la..

Now the battle in the air

A formidable bomber in the making?

And the also rans..

But we will still patrol the seas..

But I must say that the poster replica war seems to be spearheaded by two parties only. What happened to the rest?

Anyway for the latest photos you can always visit the  forum page here.

Combat Relief - Election Edition

Yes a new war is brewing. Election Poster War for the coming GE. I am not interested to talk politics, just wanted to highlight the creative ways combat machinery is replicated in the ongoing poster war, an issue I touched on previously in my other blog ==>  Malaysian Unique Election Poster War 

TANKS

HELICOPTER

Seems to be a favourite theme

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There seems to be an ASW exercise going on

and a support Submarine is joining the fray..

an uneven fight maybe??

that's about it for now...sorry if it seems to be BN centric but truth be told I can't find more replica pictures other than above. If there are  any from the other contesting parties, drop a line linking the photos and I will be glad to post it in my next edition on this topic.

Hitting Us While We Are Otherwise Preoccupied?

To those who are aware of the news that PLA Navy Amphibious Task Force has reached James Shoal located about 80 kilometers off the Sarawak shores, some has shown concern that this show of force by the PRC in an area with multiple claimants seems to be infringing on Malaysia's sovereign lands.

Chinese navy vessels at James Shoal yesterday. Photo: SCMP Pictures

The fact is that the island itself has been claimed not only by the PRC but also Taiwan in addition to the most logical claimant Malaysia since it lies so near our shores. And Chinese has claimed it since early the 20th Century so who knows how the claim will actually be resolved.

To me since the Spratlys Protocol is already there, let us allow this matter to be resolved diplomatically. To be frank I do not think the demonstration was meant to be for Malaysia as the audience. We could have escalated a response by sending aircraft and naval vessels including our submarines capable of launching Harpoons, Sea Eagles, MM40/38 and SM39 Exocets anti surface vessel missiles to warn off the task force that consisted of a LPD and escorts, even with air or undersea cover. This is despite we being pre-occupied with resolving the Lahad Datu intrusion. I believe the demonstration was meant for those nations that also has claims to the area but without satisfactory response capability, that the PRC has the means to send such a force to their claimed southernmost sea borders. But whether they can occupy and hold the area is frankly a matter of doubt as the PRC has to have a secure supply train  to support such a force.

Nonetheless the PRC demo has actually been good to provide a response to our own people on why we need a satisfactorily equipped arm forces to defend our sovereignity in addition to the Lahad Datu intrusion, as we can now easily answer to this learned question by this Dr in his mind-piece in the Sun yesterday on why we need the SGPV and Scorpenes and new fighter jets that he claims is a mismatch to our defence needs just because we had to respond to an asymmetrical force in Lahad Datu.

Before the Lahad Datu incident, the main "enemies" testing the capacity of our armed forces were the pirates in the South China Sea and the Straits of Malacca. There were no bigger "enemies" than those seafaring marauders. Are state-of-the-art fighter jets and submarines the appropriate defence equipment against pirates? These would likewise be inappropriate if "international terrorists" and suicide bombers choose to target Malaysia.

So, exactly how are decisions made in the Defence Ministry for the purchase of submarines, corvettes, and frigates (costing billions) instead of more effective patrol boats to guard our coastlines? Excerpt from the article "Identifying our enemies and appropriate weaponry"  in the Sun Daily by Dr Kua Kia Soong who is an academic, author and social activist.

Just Shut Up

Please do not try to be a hero by trying to spread unofficial news or make comments you have no knowledge about, especially if you do not know the difference between an admiral and a general, or worse a hercules and a hornet.

You do not want to be on the crooks list when it is released.

When A Foreign Flag Is Raised On Our Shores....

 When a foreign flag is raised on our shores, and ownership claims are made to our soil, what do you think we should do?

The Star Online > Nation 

Friday February 15, 2013

Gunmen want recognition, will only leave if demands are met

CENDERAWASIH (Lahad Datu): A group of close to 100 Filipinos, who are in a standoff with Malaysian authorities after forcing out villagers from Kampung Tanduao, is claiming to be the royal armed forces of the Sulu Sultanate.

They also want to stay put in Sabah and not be deported to the Philippines. The group, armed with an assortment of weapons, is confined within a tight security ring thrown around it by the Malaysian army, navy and police.

Its demands for recognition was made during negotiations over the past 48 hours with emissaries who had asked the group to surrender and leave the area peacefully.

It is understood that the emissaries have been given a time frame until noon today to end the standoff but the gunmen are saying they will only leave the village if their demands are met.

They had also purportedly raised the Philippines flag in the area.Speculation had surfaced about the identity of the gunmen but Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Ismail Omar had announced their identity and demands at a press conference in Kota Kinabalu yesterday.

According to local villagers, one group of gunmen had arrived in three boats mounted with machine guns and landed in Silabukan while another landed in Sungei Merah close to Kampung Tanduao last week.The villagers claimed that the gunmen went around demanding for food and water. Police were then notified about the presence of the gunmen.

Some villagers had also claimed that one group of about 30 gunmen armed with M16 rifles had entered Kampung Tanduao in Felda Sahabat 20 scheme and converged at the home of a man known as Ahmad Bom or Mat Bomb. The villagers, who declined to give their names for fear of repercussions, said that most of the gunmen were in military fatigues while others were in robes when they entered Kampung Tanduao. According to them, Ahmad was arrested by the police in the early 1990s for allegedly attempting to throw a fish bomb at the Felda office here after failing to settle a land dispute, thus earning him the nickname. He was also accused of being involved in fish bombing but was never charged.

The villagers claimed that Ahmad's son had gone to Bongoa in southern Philippines recently to seek help from the armed men to claim back his family's ancestral land within the Felda Sahabat scheme.

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Something New To Watch Over Us

In 2015, an improved micro-satellite with upgraded capabilities should be launched into space as the development work has commenced after the project on Razaksat-2 was announced in 2011. Better late than never as it seems the first may no longer be in working order. Never underestimate the importance of having our own satellite to watch over us.

February 07, 2013 20:02 PM

2nd National Micro Satellite RazakSAT-2 Scheduled For 2015 Launch

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 7 (Bernama) -- Malaysia is poised to have another remote sensing satellite to monitor the earth's surface when RazakSAT-2 is scheduled for launch in 2015.

National Space Agency director-general Dr Mustafa Din Subari said the RazakSAT-2 development programme commenced early this year, and was expected to take two years.
"RazakSAT-2 will be ready by the end of 2014 or early 2015, and it is a remote sensing satellite which could provide high resolution images for satellite image users in the country and abroad," he said.

Met at the National Planetarium's 19th anniversary celebration here today, he said RazakSAT-2 was being developed by Astronautic Technology (M) Sdn Bhd (ATSB), a local pioneer company in satellite development.

ATSB is also the company which developed the first national mirco satellite, RazakSAT which was launched, about four years ago.

Mustafa said RazakSAT-2 was a continuation of the RazakSAT satellite programme which was launched on July 14, 2009, with upgraded capabilities in terms of its software and satellite equipment. -- BERNAMA

  

The above is just some infomation on the first RazakSat for reference purpose.