Land Warfare
Malaysia inaugurates counterterrorism unit
Malaysia launched a new special operations unit – the National Special Operations Force (NSOF) – on 27 October. It will be the prime response unit for any terrorist incidents.
The move to establish NSOF is part of the Malaysian government’s overall restructuring of its security laws and apparatus to ...
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