Austerity drive, politics clipping RMAF’s wings, says analyst

Putrajaya’s aim to trim its chronic budget deficit and an increasingly vocal opposition are forcing the country to defer updates to existing military assets that are already behind schedule, according to an international aviation news site. Some programmes such as the Royal Malaysian Airforce’s (RMAF) plan to retire some long-serving combat aircraft have already been put on hold and may not be revived before 2016.

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