Ewah, ewah, diam tak diam, senyap senyap, tak ada sebut pun dalam Bajet 2012, rupa-rupanya kerajaan Malaysia nak beli lagi 18 buah jet Sukhoi Su-30MKM. Siapa pula rakyat Malaysia yang terpilih untuk menjadi angkasawan kali ini? MalaysiaBorong 18 Su-30MKM Dilengkapi Rudal BrahMos 15 November 2011, Moskow (Berita HanKam): Kementrian Pertahanan Malaysia berencana membeli 18 jet tempur Sukhoi Su-30MKM ((Modernizirovannyi Kommercheskiy Malaysia), dipersenjatai rudal jelajah supersonik produksi Rusia-India BrahMos, diberitakan harian Rusia Izvestia Daily, Selasa (15/11). Menteri Pertahanan Malaysia Zahid Hamidi direncanakan mengunjungi pabrik pesawat Irkut yang memproduksi jet tempur Su-30MKI untuk India, Selasa (15/11). Satu unit pesawat ditawarkan ke Malaysia sekitar 50 juta dolar termasuk perawatan, diberitakan Izvestia Daily. Menhan Hamidi diharapkan meneken kontrak pembelian 18 Su-30MKM saat kunjungan. Hamidiberencana juga mendiskusikan pemasangan instalasi rudal baru, termasuk BrahMos pada 18 Su-30MKM yang diterima Malaysia pada Agustus 2009 dibawah kontrak senilai 900 juta dolar pada 2003. Tentera Diraja Udara Malaysia (TUDM) mengoperasikan juga jet tempur buatan Rusia MiG-29N Fulcrum, jet tempur buatan Amerika Serikat F/A-18D Hornet dan F-5. http://beritahankam.blogspot.com/2011/11/malaysia-borong-18-su-30mkm-dilengkapi.html Malaysiaplans to buy 18 Russian fighter jets MOSCOW, November 15 The Malaysian defense ministry plans to buy 18 Russian Su-30MKM fighters fit to carry Russian-Indian BrahMos supersonic cruise missiles, the Izvestia daily said on Tuesday. The paper said, citing military sources, that Malaysian Defense Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi plans on Tuesday to visit the Irkut aviation plant, producing Su-30MKI fighters for India. According to Izvestia, one such aircraft would cost Malaysia about $50 million, future maintenance included. During the visit, the minister "may sign a contract to buy 18 Su-30MKM multirole fighters," the paper said. The defense minister also plans to discuss installing new missiles, including BrahMos, on the 18 Su-30MKM fighters that Malaysia received in August 2009 under the $900-million contract signed in 2003. Malaysia's mixed fighter fleet also includes Russian MiG-29N Fulcrum and the U.S.-made F/A-18D Hornet and F-5 Tiger in service. The Su-30MKM is a multi-role Flanker version based on the Su-30MKI model and features a customized avionics package built to Malaysian specifications. Su-family fighters constitute the bulk of Russia's arms exports. http://en.rian.ru/mlitary_news/20111115/168701803.html
