Malaysian Fighter Pilots Train With Indigenous Threat Simulator

Credit: F/A-18: Boeing
KUALA LUMPUR—Malaysia has fielded a locally developed threat simulator to train its fighter pilots to deal with ground-based defensive systems such as surface-to-air missiles and radar-guided guns. The threat simulator, called the Radar Threat Emitter (RTE), was developed by the Royal Malaysian Air...
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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