A400Ms Perform Well, But Malaysia Has Other Defense Priorities

Credit: Marhalim Abas/AW&ST
A boon and a bane may be the best way to describe Malaysia’s four new Airbus A400M airlifters. Ordered in 2005, the first was delivered in 2015 and the fourth last year. They are a boon to the military because they are proving to be outstanding airlifters, Defense Minister Hishammudin Hussein says...
Marhalim Abas

Marhalim Abas, based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, covers Southeast Asian defense. He has worked as a journalist specializing in Southeast Asia defense and security since 1994, initially with the New Straits Times newspaper.

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