INS Kolkata is the lead ship of the Kolkata-class stealth guided-missile destroyers of the IndianNavy and was designed & built in India. Launched in 2006 and commissioned in 2014, it significantly advances the Indian Navy’s surface warfare capabilities. The ship is equipped with state-of-the-art weapons and sensors, including the BrahMos missiles (being test-fired above) and advanced radar systems. Image source: Naval News
In Black Myth: Wukong, Sun Wukong, also known as the Monkey King, is a central character in the classic Chinese novel “Journey to the West,” written by Wu Cheng’en during the 16th century. This mythical figure is born from a magical stone on the Mountain of Flowers and Fruit and acquires supernatural powers through Taoist practices. After a rebellion against heaven, Sun Wukong is imprisoned under a mountain by the Buddha, only to be released 500 years later to accompany the monk Tang Sanzang on a quest to retrieve Buddhist sutras from India. Image source: South China Morning Post
I have always appreciated Syed Akbar Ali’s posts in his blog “OutSyed The Box” (OTB) as being critical and something to ponder on when it comes to national politics and economy but when it comes to military-related matters, you may want to hold back your horses. His latest post unfairly attacks India‘s HAL Tejas which is being considered by RMAF for the light combat aircraft requirements. Image source: Twitter / Wikipedia.
When it comes to guarding the illegalrefugees, illegal fishermen and terrorists from intrusions of the borders of this nation, one can say that the Malaysian military such as RMN has been done rather quite well. Of course, there are some shortcomings in the form of coordination enforcement and equipment that need to be fine-tuned. Image source: Wikipedia
One of the benefits of staying in a designated hotel is that we don’t have to go far for food – everything is delivered to the room. It is the same case here considering that we are not allowed to venture out for food and other shopping.
(The potential flashpoint for the next regional war is in the South China Sea where in recent years, the ChineseGovernment has been very aggressively building naval bases complete with missile launch silos, gun emplacements, radar stations, communications towers, runways for heavy bombers and helipads. Photo source: The Sun UK)
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Recently the Chinese Government sent 8 doctors to assist our Ministry of Health on the war to contain and improve the recovery from COVID-19 infections. Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah on April 10 said a team of medical professionals from China would be in Malaysia to lend a helping hand and look at the performance of Malaysia’s hospitals in handling the pandemic.
Malaysia recorded its highest increase of the COVID-19 cases today with 212 cases to a total of 1,518 cases and 14 deaths. As at now, 943 cases or 63% of the infection cluster was from the tabligh gathering at a mosque in Sri Petaling. The tabligh gathering was held late February when Malaysia already got COVID-19 confirmed cases and medical screening have commenced. Image source: MOH
The 53rd anniversary of our independence is just around the corner, and yet we continue to read this nonsense that causes us to go after the wrong bogeyman – we should be ashamed of ourselves.
