:: Production of K2 Tank to Start Soon ::

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The production of the homegrown K2 Black Panther main battle tank will begin soon after a one-year delay due to a problem with the tank’s “power pack” transmission system, the Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) said Monday.

A set of field tests have shown that the domestically-built power pack, which is comprised of a 1,500-horsepower, 12-cylinder diesel engine and transmission, is now good to go, a DAPA official said.

“We’ve been informed that all the minor glitches of the K2 power pack have been taken care of and now there are no problems,” the official said. “We’ll sign a production deal with manufacturers concerned as soon as possible.” The advanced battle tank will be operational for use by the Army by the end of next year at the earliest, he said.

Originally, the production of some 390 K2 tanks was scheduled to begin early this year to replace the Army’s K1 tanks and its aging M48 Patton tanks.

Unveiled in 2007, the K2, developed by the state-funded Agency for Defense Development and Hyundai Rotem, is a major defense product to fulfill domestic needs and sales overseas. The K2 technology was exported to Turkey years ago.

The K2 carries a three-person crew supported by an auto-loading system, and a locally-developed 120-millimeter/55-caliber stabilized smoothbore gun. The fully-digitalized vehicle has an electric gun/turret driving system, automatic sensor input and power monitoring and control system.

Its 1,500-horsepower engine can power the tank to 70 kilometers per hour on paved roads and 50 kilometers off-road. It can cross rivers as deep as 4.1 meters, a considerable improvement over the K1 and K1A1, and fire as soon as it resurfaces.

(Korea Times)

hmmmm..... masih guna Doosan punyer kerrr, or dah tukar balik ke MTU????

dewafrost wrote:

hmmmm..... masih guna Doosan punyer kerrr, or dah tukar balik ke MTU????

MTU rasa nyer...

hmmm.... nak kene tanya abang angkat korea niii

Berapa tan berat tank nih?

55 ton, rega USD6million/per unit. Engin guna Doosan, comfirm... prototype jea guna MTU-890

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M1A1 vs K1A1

K2 Dlm trail...

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Kenaikan pangkat Pegawai bukan Melayu.


ATM sentiasa memberi peluang kepada seluruh pegawai dan anggotanya untuk kenaikan Pangkat dan juga peluang-peluang menghadiri Kursus-kursus samada di dalam atau di luar negara bagi memastikan seluruh anggota ATM sentiasa cemerlang dalam menjalankan tugas dengan penuh amanah, terbaik, sentiasa memberi keputusan cemerlang di dalam tugas, berpengalaman dan sentiasa memberi dan menawarkan khidmat pada sebilang masa.
Dengan kenaikan pangkat bagi tiga orang pegawai bukan Melayu, segala tanggapan bahawa kaum bukan Melayu tidak diutamakan di dalam ATM perlulah ditangkis.


Brig Jen. Teoh Siang Chang


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Brig Jen. Teoh Siang Chang, 55, telah membakar semangat kaum bukan Melayu terutama yang bertugas di dalam Pasukan TUDM untuk bekerja dengan lebih tekun dan berketrampilan kerana kenaikan pangkat di dalam ATM bukan sahaja dikhususkan kepada kaum Melayu sahaja seperti yang dianggap oleh kaum bukan Melayu di dalam ATM.

Beliau telah dinaikkan pangkat kepada Brigadier Jeneral berkuatkuasa 11 Oktober 2010. Ia juga adalah saat-saat manis buat Panglima Tentera Udara, Jeneral Tan Sri Dato’ Sri Rodzali bin Daud TUDM yang telah menyematkan pangkat tersebut kepada Teoh di Markas Tentera Udara, Wisma Pertahanaan baru-baru ini.

Brigadier Jeneral Teoh Siang Chang TUDM berasal dari Nibong Tebal, Pulau Pinang, mendapat latihan ketenteraan awal bermula di Maktab Tentera Darat, Sg. Besi pada tahun 1974. Beliau yang telah memegang lebih kurang 24 perjawatan penting sepanjang perkhidmatannya di dalam bidang Kejuruteraan TUDM, amat berasa bangga dengan kenaikan pangkat tersebut. Kini beliau diberi tanggungjawab untuk memegang jawatan Direktorat Jeneral Technical Airworthiness, di Markas Tentera Udara, Wisma Pertahanan, Kuala Lumpur.



Kolonel Mahendra


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Mahendra a/l S. Sivapatha Sundram, 51, yang telah mencurahkan baktinya di dalam perkhidmatan Tentera Darat sejak 1979, hari ini telah diberi pengiktirafan untuk menjawat pangkat Kolonel bermula 15 Oktober 2010. Panglima Tentera Darat, Jeneral Datuk Zulkifeli Mohd Zain telah menyempurnakan pemakaian pangkat Kolenal kepada beliau. Kolonel Mahendra yang berasal dari Klang, Selangor telah mendapat latihan awal di Unit Latihan Pendahuluan Pegawai Kadet di Port Dickson. Beliau telah memulakan tugasnya di Batalion Ke-9 Rejimen Renjer Diraja mulai 1981 dan telah memegang pelbagai jawatan Pemerintah dan Pegawai Staf di sepanjang perkhidmatannya. Kini beliau telah diberi kepercayaan untuk memgang jawatan Pegawai Penyelaras Tim Hal Tuju Tentera Darat di Markas Tentera Darat, Wisma Pertahanan, Kuala Lumpur.


Brig. Jen. Stephen Mundaw

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Terbaru, Stephen Mundaw, 52, pegawai pertama yang telah mencatat sejarah di dalam Angkatan Tentera Malaysia apabila menjadi orang Dayak pertama sebagai Jeneral di dalam Tentera Darat. Panglima Tentera Darat, Jeneral Datuk Zulkifeli Mohd Zain telah menyematkan pangkat Brigadier Jeneral kepada Mundaw di Kem Rejimen Renjer Diraja Keenam di Jalan Ulu Oya, Sibu Sarawak pada 1 November 2010, di mana, Kem inilah yang merupakan tempat tugas pertama bagi Mundaw selepas bergelar Leftenan Muda dari Sekolah Latihan Pegawai Kadet, Sebatang Kara di Port Dickson. Brigadier Jeneral Mundaw berasal dari Sungai Melaban, Pakit di Bahagian Sri Aman. Beliau merupakan penuntut pertama Sekolah Latihan Tempur Tentera Darat yang berjaya mencapai pangkat tersebut buat masa ini.


-mymil-

Star: http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2010/11/4/nation/7358233&sec=nation

Thursday November 4, 2010
Bar Council slams RMAF for ‘blatant demand’

PETALING JAYA: The Bar Council has slammed the alleged demand by the Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) for a lawyer to surrender his client or risk facing criminal proceedings.

N. Surendran is acting for suspended RMAF Sergeant N. Thar­mendran, 42, who is jointly accused in the theft of two jet engines. The case is currently in court.

Demanding that RMAF immediately withdraw its demand, Bar Council president Ragunath Kesavan called it an “intimidatory manoeuvre that encroaches upon the ability of a lawyer to perform his duties effectively”.

“RMAF’s blatant demand that Surendran advises his client to surrender, failing which he should turn his client in or otherwise face potential criminal proceedings, is an explicit and unambiguous threat.

“The Bar is outraged at this act of coercion which is an intolerable incursion on the independence of the Bar and the freedom that a lawyer must have to advise and act for clients without fear or favour.

“RMAF’s offensive order, in writing, seeks to fetter Surendran’s duty to his client, as it suggests that a lawyer should act in his own personal interest, rather than in his client’s best interest,” Ragunath said in a statement yesterday.


Any comments, Ven?

Quote :

“RMAF’s offensive order, in writing, seeks to fetter Surendran’s duty to his client, as it suggests that a lawyer should act in his own personal interest, rather than in his client’s best interest,” Ragunath said in a statement yesterday.

wa bukan lawyer.. tapi inilah antara jawapan paling bangang keluor dari seorang yg bergelar peguam..

muahahaha... betul3. sebenor2nye, loyar le yg antara paling jaga perut sendiri...

of coursela, ada loyar yg baik2...

observateur wrote:

Star: http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2010/11/4/nation/7358233&sec=nation

Thursday November 4, 2010
Bar Council slams RMAF for ‘blatant demand’

PETALING JAYA: The Bar Council has slammed the alleged demand by the Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) for a lawyer to surrender his client or risk facing criminal proceedings.

N. Surendran is acting for suspended RMAF Sergeant N. Thar­mendran, 42, who is jointly accused in the theft of two jet engines. The case is currently in court.

Demanding that RMAF immediately withdraw its demand, Bar Council president Ragunath Kesavan called it an “intimidatory manoeuvre that encroaches upon the ability of a lawyer to perform his duties effectively”.

“RMAF’s blatant demand that Surendran advises his client to surrender, failing which he should turn his client in or otherwise face potential criminal proceedings, is an explicit and unambiguous threat.

“The Bar is outraged at this act of coercion which is an intolerable incursion on the independence of the Bar and the freedom that a lawyer must have to advise and act for clients without fear or favour.

“RMAF’s offensive order, in writing, seeks to fetter Surendran’s duty to his client, as it suggests that a lawyer should act in his own personal interest, rather than in his client’s best interest,” Ragunath said in a statement yesterday.


Any comments, Ven?

erkkk, sy bab2 law nih x pro sangat...

marc_zman wrote:

aper SOP kalu pegawai tau anggota went AWOL.?

1. selepas 3 hari - report pertama dikeluarga inform markas formasi
2, selepas 7 hari - report kedua bersama daily punya report dihantar ke markas formasi dan alert semua base TUDM
3. selepas 14 hari - report ketiga dikeluarkan dgn diari of event daily ke markas formasi, semua base ATM dan pihak polis/imigresen beserta gambar dan biodata... Gaji akan start disekat

tuh kalau x silap wa ler, tapi turutan camtuhler...

venez wrote:

marc_zman wrote:

aper SOP kalu pegawai tau anggota went AWOL.?

1. selepas 3 hari - report pertama dikeluarga inform markas formasi
2, selepas 7 hari - report kedua bersama daily punya report dihantar ke markas formasi dan alert semua base TUDM
3. selepas 14 hari - report ketiga dikeluarkan dgn diari of event daily ke markas formasi, semua base ATM dan pihak polis/imigresen beserta gambar dan biodata... Gaji akan start disekat

ok.. tu SOP biasa kat level skn tau unit dia..
Kawan nak tau SOP susulan no. 3 tu.. tapi rasanyer tu mau masuk part legal tu.. wokey.. tq tuan ven

mean cara penangkapan n pengadilan? Tangkapan leh dibuat oleh MP, Provos or Polis sendiri secara biasa or kekerasan coz ingkar perintah... personal akan diadili di mahkamah tentera (kalau x terlibat kesalahan civil), kalau ada kesalahan civil, dia kena adili di both mahkamah... selalunya bila bab2 peguam civil, kalah skit power peguam tentera, maklumler kita bukan pandai auta2 mcm dorang...

ni bukan aper tau.. civvy mmg blur bab military law ni.. so, itu bar council sudah spin mau tunjuk TUDM ganggu peguam anggota yg AWOL.. sedangkan sesapa yg nyorok kan anggota AWOL tu mmg salah di sisi undang-undang..

kalu bleh, tuan ven kasik tempel laaa itu undang2 @ akta yg kasik kuasa tuk dakwa mereka2 yg subahat sembunyikan tau simpan maklumat anggota AWOL..

search AKTA Angkatan Tentera 1972...

TLDM bina kapal tempur dengan peluru berpandu


2010/11/04

KUALA LUMPUR: Tentera Laut Diraja Malaysia (TLDM) merancang memperkuatkan asetnya dengan pembinaan kapal tempur pesisir (LCS) yang bakal dilengkapi peluru berpandu yang dijangka diperoleh secara berperingkat dalam tempoh Rancangan Malaysia Kesepuluh (RMKe-10) hingga RMK-12.

Pembinaan kapal peronda generasi kedua LCS itu selepas penerimaan enam kapal peronda generasi baru (NPV) daripada Boustead Heavy Industries Corporation Bhd (BHIC) bagi mengukuhkan operasi rondaan TLDM di perairan negara.

Menteri Pertahanan, Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, berkata langkah menaik taraf persenjataan daripada meriam kepada peluru berpandu pada LCS selaras dengan spesifikasi yang ditetapkan TLDM.
“Kita masih memilih sistem persenjataan sesuai untuk dekad akan datang selain bersesuaian dengan operasi yang kita lakukan di kawasan konvensional seperti sekarang, tetapi di Laut China Selatan bagi menjaga keselamatan perairan Semenanjung serta Sabah dan Sarawak,” katanya di Wisma Pertahanan, di sini, semalam.

Ahmad Zahid berkata, pembinaan LCS memperlihatkan kemampuan profesional tempatan terutama dalam aspek perkapalan dan pemindahan teknologi.

Katanya, apabila selesai penyerahan semua kapal LCS kepada TLDM, BHIC boleh terus mengembangkan kemampuannya dengan mendapat kontrak dari negara ASEAN lain selaras dengan persetujuan kerjasama industri pertahanan di rantau ini.

-bharian-

'Flying Squad' perbaiki kelemahan Imigresen
Oleh Haika Khazi
mfaizul@bharian.com.my
2010/11/04

Pasukan khas diberi masa 3 bulan kemuka cadangan kepada KDN

PUTRAJAYA: Kementerian Dalam Negeri (KDN) semalam mengumumkan penubuhan pasukan khas atau 'Flying Squad' bagi mengenal pasti kelemahan, meningkatkan mutu perkhidmatan, memperbaiki imej dan kebajikan kakitangan Jabatan Imigresen di seluruh negara.

Timbalan Setiausaha Bahagian Bidang Keberhasilan Utama Negara (NKRA) KDN, Dr S Watchala merangkap Ketua Pasukan Flying Squad, berkata pasukan khas yang ditubuhkan pada 22 Oktober lalu itu diberi masa selama tiga bulan untuk mengemukakan cadangan kepada KDN untuk meningkatkan sistem penyampaian dan imej Jabatan Imigresen, pada masa depan.
Justeru, beliau berkata, semua 10 anggota pasukan khas termasuk dirinya akan turun padang dan melakukan soal selidik bersemuka serta menerusi 'Facebook' untuk mendapatkan maklum balas orang ramai.

Pada masa sama, Watchala berkata, pihaknya juga menyediakan borang soal selidik di semua pejabat imigresen negeri dan pintu masuk utama ke negara ini bagi memberi peluang kepada orang ramai memberikan maklum balas mengenai perkhidmatan di seluruh negara.

“Kami berharap orang ramai dan media akan mengambil peluang ini untuk memberikan cadangan bernas bagi meningkatkan lagi sistem penyampaian, perkhidmatan dan imej Jabatan Imigresen, pada masa depan,” katanya pada majlis taklimat khas penubuhan Flying Skuad, di sini, semalam.

“Semua cadangan dan maklum balas penambahbaikan diberikan itu akan diserahkan kepada Ketua Setiausaha KDN, Datuk Seri Mahmood Adam, dalam tiga bulan akan datang,” katanya.
Difahamkan, langkah menubuhkan Flying Squad itu dibuat berikutan pelbagai laporan media yang menunjukkan ramai kakitangan Jabatan Imigresen terbabit dengan gejala rasuah dan penyalahgunaan kuasa sehingga mencalarkan imejnya selaku satu agensi yang bertanggungjawab memantau kemasukan pekerja asing ke negara ini.

Sebelum ini, akhbar melaporkan tujuh kakitangan Jabatan Imigresen dan dua warga asing ditahan mengikut Akta Keselamatan Dalam Negeri (ISA) 1960 berhubung kegiatan penyeludupan warga asing di negara ini.

tenteng wrote:

'Flying Squad' perbaiki kelemahan Imigresen
Oleh Haika Khazi
mfaizul@bharian.com.my
2010/11/04

Pasukan khas diberi masa 3 bulan kemuka cadangan kepada KDN

PUTRAJAYA: Kementerian Dalam Negeri (KDN) semalam mengumumkan penubuhan pasukan khas atau 'Flying Squad' bagi mengenal pasti kelemahan, meningkatkan mutu perkhidmatan, memperbaiki imej dan kebajikan kakitangan Jabatan Imigresen di seluruh negara.

Timbalan Setiausaha Bahagian Bidang Keberhasilan Utama Negara (NKRA) KDN, Dr S Watchala merangkap Ketua Pasukan Flying Squad, berkata pasukan khas yang ditubuhkan pada 22 Oktober lalu itu diberi masa selama tiga bulan untuk mengemukakan cadangan kepada KDN untuk meningkatkan sistem penyampaian dan imej Jabatan Imigresen, pada masa depan.
Justeru, beliau berkata, semua 10 anggota pasukan khas termasuk dirinya akan turun padang dan melakukan soal selidik bersemuka serta menerusi 'Facebook' untuk mendapatkan maklum balas orang ramai.

Pada masa sama, Watchala berkata, pihaknya juga menyediakan borang soal selidik di semua pejabat imigresen negeri dan pintu masuk utama ke negara ini bagi memberi peluang kepada orang ramai memberikan maklum balas mengenai perkhidmatan di seluruh negara.

“Kami berharap orang ramai dan media akan mengambil peluang ini untuk memberikan cadangan bernas bagi meningkatkan lagi sistem penyampaian, perkhidmatan dan imej Jabatan Imigresen, pada masa depan,” katanya pada majlis taklimat khas penubuhan Flying Skuad, di sini, semalam.

“Semua cadangan dan maklum balas penambahbaikan diberikan itu akan diserahkan kepada Ketua Setiausaha KDN, Datuk Seri Mahmood Adam, dalam tiga bulan akan datang,” katanya.
Difahamkan, langkah menubuhkan Flying Squad itu dibuat berikutan pelbagai laporan media yang menunjukkan ramai kakitangan Jabatan Imigresen terbabit dengan gejala rasuah dan penyalahgunaan kuasa sehingga mencalarkan imejnya selaku satu agensi yang bertanggungjawab memantau kemasukan pekerja asing ke negara ini.

Sebelum ini, akhbar melaporkan tujuh kakitangan Jabatan Imigresen dan dua warga asing ditahan mengikut Akta Keselamatan Dalam Negeri (ISA) 1960 berhubung kegiatan penyeludupan warga asing di negara ini.

Bab salahlaku malas nak komen ler, dah manusia memang buat perangai manusia.. tapi selain LHDN yang banyak mudahkan kerja dengan sistem e-filing, Imigresen pun banyak berubah, dulu kalau nak buat/renew pasport pun terpaksa sampai kena masuk jumpa orang dalam kalau nak shortcut, skrg jumpa mesin jer, takyah pening kepala.

Gates heads to Australia, Malaysia to bolster defence ties

WASHINGTON: US Defence Secretary Robert Gates departs Friday for Australia and Malaysia to bolster defence ties amid concern in the region over China's growing economic and naval power.

Gates will join Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and top US military officer Admiral Mike Mullen at an annual US-Australia conference of ministers in Melbourne next week before heading to Kuala Lumpur on Tuesday, Pentagon press secretary Geoff Morrell told a news conference.

Talks in Melbourne will underscore the strength of the US alliance with Australia and address efforts to help regional partners with "maritime security" in Asia, said Morrell.

US officials often employ the phrase "maritime security" to refer to concerns about China's assertive stance over territorial rights in the Pacific, particularly in the South China Sea.

The meeting would offer a chance to assess "the vital role our military partnership continues to play in Asia's overall security environment," he said.

Both American and Australian officials have voiced worries about China's tough line on territorial disputes with Asian neighbours in the Pacific as well as its increased defence spending.

US military leaders are especially concerned over China's investment in anti-ship missiles and submarines that could limit the reach of the US Navy, which has long dominated the Pacific Ocean.

The meeting in Melbourne was originally scheduled for January this year but the devastating earthquake in Haiti led both Gates and Clinton to cancel their plans to help with the humanitarian crisis.

The US defence secretary's discussions in Melbourne would also focus on the war effort in Afghanistan, where Australia has deployed about 1,500 troops mainly in the south, Morrell said.

Gates was due on Tuesday to fly to Malaysia, where he will meet Prime Minister Najib Razak and Defence Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, in the latest sign of improving relations after years of strained ties between the two countries.

The talks will address "our strengthening bilateral military ties," following an expansion in joint exercises in recent years, Morrell said.

President Barack Obama's administration has praised Malaysia for its decision this year to deploy a medical unit to Afghanistan and for its cooperation in efforts to secure the Malacca Strait, a vital channel for oil to East Asian countries.

Coming after Clinton's visit to Malaysia this week, Gates' trip marked "yet another signal of our deepening relationship with Malaysia," Morrel said.

Three RMAF planes leave to bring back stranded Malaysians

KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama): Three RMAF Hercules C-130 aircraft left Sunday for Indonesia to bring back over 664 Malaysians stranded in Yogyakarta following eruptions of the Mount Merapi volcano. Two of the aircraft flew off from the RMAF base in Subang near here and the third from Labuan airbase, said the director of the Malaysian Education Department in Indonesia, Datuk Dr Junaidy Abu Bakar.

Each of the aircraft can carry 120 people at a time and the planes are expected to make more than one trip.

Dr Junaidy said the aircraft from Labuan was to have left Saturday but had to postpone the trip because it did not have clearance to land at the Solo airport due to volcanic ash in the air.

He said 360 people were expected to be flown from Solo to Subang at about 5pm Sunday.

"The rest will be flown back tomorrow (Monday)," he said when approached at the Subang RMAF airbase before flying off to Indonesia in one of the C-130 aircraft.

Dr Junaidy advised parents of Malaysian students in Yogyakarta who would also be flown back to remain calm as their children were safe.

"We have placed their children in hostels, and they are safe," he said.

dan sekali lagi pesawat C-130 TUDM datang menyelamatkan rakyat m'sia yg terperangkap di luar negara..

tapi..

cuba umumkan rancangan mau beli kasi tambah tau tukar itu pesawat, kompem ramai laaa orang bising..

sebenar nyer ada berapa bijik C-130 dlm tgn kita hah??? aku rasa kita antara pengguna terbanyak di rantau sini kan???