The Russian-made MIGs were meant to last a long period of time under the harshest of conditions so it is odd that the Malaysian military has chosen to replace them after only 10 years of service.
A statement by the Minister of Defence Ahmad Zahid Hamidi that they were planning to replace the 10 MIGs with the Eurofighter Typhoon because the Eurofighter was a multi-role combat aircraft sounds rosy and nice until you look into the details of the aircraft which were conveniently left out of the picture.
It is also rather presumptuous of the defense minister to simply say Malaysia will consider purchasing new hardware at a time when the country should be looking at keeping its expenditures low and returning more money into the hands of its citizens.
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