Talk:Military of Malaysia

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Contents 1 Malaysia not first country to have purchased warplanes from both east and west 2 Conscription 2.1 Annual Defense Budget 3 Chinese desciption?

[edit] Malaysia not first country to have purchased warplanes from both east and west

I removed the sentence: "Malaysia was also the first country in the world to have purchased warplanes from both sides of the cold war, when she also acquired MiG-29N Fulcrum from the Russia"

It is factually incorrect, during the Cold War, Finland operated both western and soviet aircraft --2006-02-12 14:22:52 86.41.205.66

[edit] Conscription

Does it exist in Malaysia? If yes, shouldn't it be mentioned? --84.129.248.163 15:51, 17 August 2006 (UTC)

Conscription currently does not exist in Malaysia. The National Service programme, although under the purview of the Ministry of Defence, is not a military programme and "draftees are not soldiers, and instead participate in a wide range of exercises aimed at encouraging physical fitness, discipline, and service to the country". Provision exists in legislation for the drafting of citizens into the armed forces but this has not been invoked since the early 1970s. -- Bob K 10:07, 18 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Annual Defense Budget

Based on a local defence magazine, Malaysia defense budget for the year 2006 is USD 3.08 billion. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ryan darknight (talk • contribs) 07:14, 1 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Chinese desciption?

I felt it is no appropriate to add Chinese description to the headlines. Although Chinese language do play an important role in Malaysia, but Bahasa Malaysia (Malaysia Language) is the official language for the Malaysian. If no one else have any comment on it, I will delete these Chinese words. ChowHui (talk) 22:47, 21 March 2008 (UTC)