Originally posted by HARIMAU:
[b]Bit off topic.....abt buying the Bionix.....i guess Sg wont sell
it to us....at any cost....wanna bet??? And we already got the
knowhow to manufacture (partly the least) the M113A3 familiy.ADNAN
are much better than ULTRA with better armour,speed,firepower,BMS
etc etc.BTW last LIMA Malaysian company signed a deal with a
Swedish company (couldnt recalled names) to manufacture armour
plates and stuffs for amoured vehicles.The company also manufacture
plates for CV90.In short within a decade (to be safe) ....we'll be
able to roll out our own AFV??? 
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With regards with Malaysian debts and so on.....do you think the US
dont sit on a pile of unsettled debts themselves???Kindly check ur
facts right.....how mush do we owed and how much reserved do
Malaysia got......talking abt reserved ur PM last few weeks when
asked abt the national reserve (to help out the unemployed) replied
something like this (check with ST)...."Our reserve aint that
much.....already used half of it to bail out certain industrirs
during the crisis......and we do not have the luxury of palm
oil,rubber,gas....with out national reserve (money).....we're dead
meat"
This is a time to work together.....maybe LIMA can work with ST
on ADNAN. We can share the work? 
Btw what is ADNAN's
specs? Can share or not? Pics would be great too.
If we join forces, MAF will get their own AFV in 2 years! Together
we can make a T-90 PTM&S world class MBT for tropical terrain.
As far as I know, no such thing yet.
No need to work with other firms on armour plates, ST has a armour
plate center working with materials that excel in humid
environment.
I'm pretty sure Singapore will sell Bionix to MAF. ST can bring
your F5s online easy. Fast and cheap cheap too.
Why not form a Brigade to do peacekeeping ops?