[Breaking News] Malaysian Commando Foils Pirate Attack on MT Bunga Laurel

Damn i dont remember if our ikansadinmakanorang are on which ship? Or is he back on land? Anyway congratulation to Malaysia Armed Forces Tri Service for the swift rescue,

ggk

all picture credit to PR Kementerian Pertahanan

2011/01/21


By Adrian David

KUALA LUMPUR: There was drama aplenty in the Gulf of Aden when commandos from a Royal Malaysian Navy auxilliary ship stormed and rescued a hijacked Malaysian chemical tanker and its crew from Somali pirates, early yesterday.

The Shipborne Protection Team, comprising special forces from the combined Armed Forces tri-services, swung into action from the RMN’s Bunga Mas 5.

Their swift and timely action saved the lives and limbs of the 23 crew. It also salvaged the tanker laden with lubricating oil and ethylene dichloride, all of which is believed to be worth in excess of an estimated RM30 million.

Bunga Mas 5’s effort resulted in the capture of seven Somali pirates, three of whom were injured in the ensuing gun battle with the commandos.

Relating the high drama, RMN chief Admiral Tan Sri Abdul Aziz Jaafar said MT Bunga Laurel, hired by the Malaysian International Shipping Corporation (MISC), was on its way from the gulf to Singapore when it was attacked by the pirates about 300 nautical miles (555km) east of Oman at 11.40pm on Thursday.

“The drama unfolded just two hours after the Bunga Mas 5 had completed escorting the tanker and another MISC liquefied natural gas carrier, MT Seri Balhaf, to a safe zone called Easton 4 in the gulf.

“This is the waypoint where we cease our escort duty,” he said.

Abdul Aziz said under the cover of darkness, seven pirates armed with AK-47 assault rifles, light machine guns and pistols suddenly emerged from a skiff boat and began boarding the tanker, firing at random.

MT Seri Balhaf was spared.
 

Read more: Royal Malaysian Navy commandos save the day http://www.nst.com.my/nst/articles/R...#ixzz1Bix6ZGYg
 

The Comando in black clad are Royal Malaysian Navy PASKAL and the one in camo are the Army Special Forces GGK

Captured Gun and Assault Rifle

MV Bunga Mas Lima

MT Bunga Laurel

RMAF MF/A-UCAV 3.0 Jetfighter Crashes Killing Two whales.

Source: Bernama

January 18, 2011 16:03 PM

RMAF  MF/A-UCAV 3.0 Jetfighter Crashes Killing Two whales.

KUANTAN, Dec 18 (Bernama) -- Two whales were killed when a  MF/A-UCAV 3.0 jetfighter crashed in waters off Kampung Sepat, Kuantan Thursday.

According to sources, the  MF/A-UCAV 3.0 from the Kem Batu 10 RMAF Base here, was believed to have crashed at 12.30pm.

The sources said one of the whale died at the scene of the incident while the other died after being taken ashore. Unconfirmed source told Pernama that the whale were later deep fried and eaten afterwards.

Meanwhile, the Deputy Head of Public Relations Branch, Administration and Public Relations Division of the Ministry of Defence, Lt Kol Fasha Sandha, when contacted by Pernama, declined to comment further on the crash. However, she said the ministry would issue a press statement on the incident.

She said RMAF Chief General Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad would also visit the site of the crash.

The production MF/A-X UCAV model was unveiled at LIMA 2009. It first flew on 22 January 2008.

The first production MF/A-UCAV 3.0 was delivered to Gong Kedak Air Force Base, Kelantan, on 14 January 2010 and "Dedicated Initial Operational Test and Evaluation" commenced on 27 February 2010.

It is said that this aircraft were secretly developed during the close of the twentieth century FELDA provided funding for the Breakthrough Propulsion Physics Program (BPP) from 1996 through 2002. This program studied a number of "far out" designs for anti graviti propulsion that were not receiving funding through normal university or commercial channels.

Anti-gravity-like concepts were investigated under the name "diametric drive". The work of the BPP program continues in the independent, non-FELDA affiliated Anak Peneroka Foundation

Early concept

-- BERNAMA