Naim 6 Report post Posted March 23, 2009 Man, that's a lot of moola! === March 23, 2009 19:17 PM RM280 Million To Maintain Fighter Jets Last Year - Abdullah KUALA LUMPUR, March 23 (Bernama) -- The Defence Ministry allocated RM280 million for the maintenance of the country's fighter jets last year, up from the RM225 million set aside for the same purpose in 2007, the Dewan Rakyat was told today. Prime Minister and Defence Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said the country had to ensure that its fighter aircraft were in excellent condition. He said this in a written reply to Lim Lip Eng (DAP-Segambut) who had wanted to know the cost of maintenance of the jets for 2007 and 2008 as well as the number of jets and the number of pilots qualified to handle them. Abdullah said 74 pilots had been trained to handle 19 Hawk fighter jets, 40 to handle 16 MiG-29 fighter jets, 32 to handle eight F/A 18D fighter jets and seven to handle 12 Sukhoi SU-30MKM fighter jets. "A number of pilots are in training to handle Sukhoi fighter jets," he said. In another written reply, to Liew Chin Tong (DAP-Bukit Bendera), Abdullah said a comparison could not be made between the ratio of a budget's operating expenditure and development expenditure by year. "This is because the operating expenditure is to meet the expenditure needs of the annual daily operations while the development expenditure is an allocation to meet the expenditure for the Malaysia Plan for a five-year-period," he said. He said the operating expenditure for the ministry in 2009 was RM10.65 billion and the development expenditure for the year was RM2.35 billion. "Although the development expenditure is low in 2009, it will amount to RM13.95 billion if calculated for the five-year period of the Ninth Malaysia Plan," he said. On another matter, Abdullah said the government had no plan to invite members of parliament to view any exercise conducted by the armed forces. "The ministry also had no plan to organise any seminar for MPs to give them a better understanding of the country's defence direction," he said. http://bernama.com/bernama/v5/news_lite.php?id=398327 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Waiping 12 Report post Posted March 23, 2009 If you pay that much and get top rated service and genuine parts I guess it's ok. If like the Proton Perdana case then sorry lah. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Imran K. 0 Report post Posted March 23, 2009 On another matter, Abdullah said the government had no plan to invite members of parliament to view any exercise conducted by the armed forces. "The ministry also had no plan to organise any seminar for MPs to give them a better understanding of the country's defence direction," he said. http://bernama.com/bernama/v5/news_lite.php?id=398327 What kind of statement is this? If the government wants the SLIGHTEST chance of improving its current image, it should be carrying out initiatives such as this as well as others related to other industries. Are such exercises classified as Top Secret? I'm sure many kampung-folk around Gong Kedak get a free show whenever the jets blast up into the air...and they sure don't have T.S clearance. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wira Azmi 2 Report post Posted March 23, 2009 What kind of statement is this? If the government wants the SLIGHTEST chance of improving its current image, it should be carrying out initiatives such as this as well as others related to other industries. Are such exercises classified as Top Secret? I'm sure many kampung-folk around Gong Kedak get a free show whenever the jets blast up into the air...and they sure don't have T.S clearance. ...Hi ,the right way to make this so called political 'elites' to have some understanding national defence (which is at the moment next to nothing) is to give some measure of exposure of it ,rather than them shooting down every proposal that comes thru (who needs foreign espionage if our no brainer politicians can do it for free) ..indirectly the gomen too will also have to clean their act in conducting business. For our neighbour down south it has been a yearly affair. Hence i simply cannot comprehend what our PM aka Defence Minister is talking about..then again maybe he is one of those not so bright politicians.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fitri Shukri 0 Report post Posted March 24, 2009 What kind of statement is this? If the government wants the SLIGHTEST chance of improving its current image, it should be carrying out initiatives such as this as well as others related to other industries. Are such exercises classified as Top Secret? I'm sure many kampung-folk around Gong Kedak get a free show whenever the jets blast up into the air...and they sure don't have T.S clearance. Imran, Must have enjoyed many free Sukhoi-30MKM airshow during your recent Perhentian trips... and yup, those SU30 pilots love to pull a 9G over Perhentian Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Victor A. 2 Report post Posted March 24, 2009 What kind of statement is this? If the government wants the SLIGHTEST chance of improving its current image, it should be carrying out initiatives such as this as well as others related to other industries. Are such exercises classified as Top Secret? I'm sure many kampung-folk around Gong Kedak get a free show whenever the jets blast up into the air...and they sure don't have T.S clearance. to add to those kampung-folks in Gong Kedak, those staying near Kuantan, Butterworth and every other air bases around the country too get to see free show. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Imran K. 0 Report post Posted March 24, 2009 Imran, Must have enjoyed many free Sukhoi-30MKM airshow during your recent Perhentian trips... and yup, those SU30 pilots love to pull a 9G over Perhentian The Su-30 blazed the sunset to a totally different setting on one of those days...AND 2 random C130's doing what can only be described as "showoff" maneuvers in front of my very eyes...snapped some pretty cool pix of them too! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Naim 6 Report post Posted March 24, 2009 to add to those kampung-folks in Gong Kedak, those staying near Kuantan, Butterworth and every other air bases around the country too get to see free show. I tell you, if you live near an airbase, those noisy planes are pests. I have relatives at Gong Kedak. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
