How does Malaysia's SU-30MKM poised a threat to ASEAN/SG?
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Originally posted by Skye2:
It is not a bold attempt to try anything ingenius. They were prevented access to a lot of things on the F18s. They had no choice. As for their `rojak' system, it is a mess. Their skyhawks are rotting in the hot sun. They were undecided about the Migs. However, it is an indication as per how costly maintainence is when they decided to have them mothballed. They changed thier minds a couple of times about the Migs too. Now, they will use the Migs till 2010. Splendid waste of money. It is very very telling about thier logistical support when brand new Hawks are crashing. The accident record of the old Nuris is self-explanatory but even the RSAF were using old second hand Hueys. However, it is appalling that they persist in using them; relying on cozy relationships with inefficient bumi companies. And all of these happened during peace-time deployments.
Two things can be deduced here;
1) Some of thier systems are really old
2) Simply bad logistical support and possibly bad training as well
Any other air force in the region having the same problems?
You must dislike the RMAF to belittle them so. As the Chinese saying goes, every sinking ship still has 3 nails left.
