Buying used assets 'common practice' in defence sector – minister

PARLIAMENT | Defence Minister Mohamed Khaled Nordin today said purchasing used assets from other countries is a common practice in the defence sector and is neither unusual nor detrimental.

Khaled, in his winding-up speech at the end of debates on the Supply Bill 2025, responded to MPs who questioned the Defence Ministry’s plan to purchase used F/A-18 Hornet fighter jets from Kuwait...