Rentaka's Special ColumnBy: DSP Ahmad Ariffin
Semasa Ops Pasir mula dilaksanakan pada awal tahun 2001, CP Sabah pada ketika itu, telah mengarahkan kapal dan botronda PDRM untuk menembak mana-mana vessel yang tidak mahu berhenti untuk pemeriksaan apabila diminta. Namun tindakan melepaskan tembakan adalah cara terakhir dalam tindakan ROE dan tembakan tersebut tidaklah mendatangkan kematian melainkan pesalah itu terbabit telah melakukan kesalahan yang membolehkan dia dipenjara seumur hidup atau dihukum dengan hukuman mati. Saya semasa itu sebagai Peg Pemerintah kapalronda PX 18 Sri Labuan semasa zaman kuda makan tembaga, telah beberapa kali saya menjalankan ROE yang diarahkan. Memang bot yang dipanggil akan terus berhenti apabila tembakan senjata kecil dilepaskan kearah bow bot tersebut. By: Bernama (www.bernama.com.my)
Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak today announced a restructuring of the Eastern Sabah Security Command (ESSCom) with the setting up of two major components - security and defence management as well as enforcement and public action. He said the security and defence management component was aimed at pooling the resources of security agencies to enhance operational effectiveness. By: Inquirer.net (www.inquirer.net)
A total of 36 modernization projects worth P41.2 billion have been so far completed and awarded under the leadership of President Benigno Aquino III as part of the military’s modernization upgrade. “We are steadily addressing our Armed Forces’ capability upgrade. Our bids and awards committees at the DND are doing their best to fast-track our acquisitions, while fully adhering to the established rules and procedures set by law,” Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin said in a statement. By: Tom Vanden Brook (www.defensenews.com)
Demand for US Air Force spy planes, fighters and bombers from Eastern Europe to the Far East is spiking, and top generals say they’re scrambling to meet commanders’ needs as they struggle with shrinking budgets and keeping old planes flying. Juggling those tasks comes as Air Force brass seek to move beyond the ground wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and establish their service as the Pentagon’s preeminent player. But some analysts believe the military would be better served if the Air Force focused on helping other services fight. By: Wassana Nanuam (www.bangkokpost.com)
The Royal Thai Navy’s Submarine Squadron was officially launched at Sattahip naval base in Chon Buri province yesterday. Navy chief ADM Narong Pipattanasai presided over the ceremony. By: The Star (www.thestar.com.my)
INDIA has successfully test-fired an advanced version of the 290km range BrahMos supersonic cruise missile off the coast of Odisha, giving the country the capability to hit enemy targets hidden behind mountains or in a cluster of buildings with “pinpoint accuracy”, Malaysia Nanban reported. AP News
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — A Vietnamese official on Tuesday raised the death toll to 18 from a military helicopter crash that happened close to the capital on a parachute training mission, adding three others were being treated for serious injuries. The Russian-made MI-171 helicopter came down Monday morning about 15 minutes after takeoff in a small village about 24 miles (40 kilometers) west of Hanoi. Philippine Navy and Air Force set to receive armed AW-109Es – Pilot training to be determined9/7/2014 by Ishi Gonzales (www.angmalaya.net)
“We are still awaiting for the advise coming from AgustaWestland, they are the ones determining the [training] schedule,” Navy public affairs office chief Cmdr. Gregory Fabic told Philippine News Agency. AgustaWestland will be delivering two armed AW-109Es “Power” helicopters to the Philippine Navy within the third quarter of this year. Philippine Navy have ordered five AW-109Es “Power” helicopters. Three unarmed AW-109Es were already delivered. BERNAMA (http://www.bernama.com)
PUTRAJAYA, July 8 (Bernama) -- Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak today announced a restructuring of the Eastern Sabah Security Command (ESSCom) with the setting up of two major components - security and defence management as well as enforcement and public action. He said the security and defence management component was aimed at pooling the resources of security agencies to enhance operational effectiveness. This component would be led by an ESSCom commander who heads three special divisions, namely intelligence, security and defence as well as operations, he told a press conference at the Perdana Putra building here. Najib also announced the appointment of ESSCom Security and Public Order Division director DCP Datuk Abd Rashid Harun as the ESSCom commander in charge of the intelligence, security and defence as well as operations division in the Eastern Sabah Security Zone (ESSZone) effective July 15. "It is hoped that the restructuring of ESSCom and other measures taken and being taken will enhance the security in the Sabah east coast. "The government hopes that the people, particularly those in the Sabah east coast, will always extend their full cooperation to strengthen security there. "The support and cooperation of the people of Sabah will enable the security forces and others to maintain and strengthen security in the Sabah east coast," he said. By: Defense Security Cooperation Agency (www.dsca.mil)
The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to Singapore for Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) kits and associated equipment, parts, training and logistical support for an estimated cost of $63 million. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency delivered the required certification notifying Congress of this possible sale on July 3, 2014. By: Austin Bay (www.austinbay.net)
Sometime during the spring of 1944, Allied commanders concluded that their air forces had secured air superiority over an area stretching from Great Britain to central France as well as parts of Belgium and Holland. Driving the German Luftwaffe from western European skies was a costly process paid for with the blood of Allied airmen. Though there was no definitive “air superiority” moment, Allied intelligence confirmed pilot reports. Over France, the Luftwaffe had little stomach for a dogfight. By: John Unson (www.philstar.com)
The provincial government of Sulu on Tuesday donated to the 2nd Marine Brigade a 600-horsepower speedboat to hasten the unit’s operation against Abu Sayyaf bandits. Brig Gen. Martin Pinto, commander of the 2nd MBDE in Sulu, said the speedboat will boost their seaborne missions intended to prevent seafaring bandits from roaming freely in the seas separating the island towns in the province. BY: Tim Kelly & Nobuhiro Kubo (www.reuters.com)
Japan's Mitsubishi Electric has agrred to take the first step towards a partnership with European missile maker MBDA to develop a medium-range air-to-air missile for the F-35 stealth fighter, two people with knowledge of the matter said. By: Craig Whitlock (www.washingtonpost.com)
In most instances, military officials convened an accident investigation board to determine the cause. In 18 cases, the drone crashes were so sensitive that the military classified the names of the countries where they occurred and details of what happened. Two hundred and twenty-four drones crashed in Class B accidents that, under current standards, cost between $500,000 and $2 million. Officials withheld basic details about those mishaps, such as the dates and locations, on the grounds that the lesser damage totals did not warrant a public investigation. The military documents do not include information about drones operated covertly by the CIA. The spy agency has its own fleet of about 30 armed Predator and Reaper drones overseas, all flown remotely by Air Force pilots assigned to the CIA. The CIA also flies highly advanced RQ-170 Sentinel surveillance drones, including one that U.S. officials have acknowledged went down in Iran in December 2011. |
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