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FIVE POWER DEFENCE ARRANGEMENTS
established in 1971 through a series of
bilateral exchanges of notes between Malaysia, Singapore, Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom.
The purpose of Five Power Defence Arrangements is to
provide external defence support for Malaysia and Singapore.
The Five Power Defence Arrangements
multilateral arrangements
The only multilateral arrangements that has the elements of conventional war-fighting. Since 2004, the FPDA has incorporated non-conventional domain such as counter terrorism, maritime security and humanitarian assistance and disaster relief
regular exercises
Conducts regular exercises namely Bersama Shield, Bersama Lima, Suman Protector and Suman Warrior. All FPDA exercises are conducted based on a joint approach comprising of the navy, air force and army elements
operational arm
Known as Headquarters Integrated Air Defence System (HQIADS) headed by a Commander. HQIADS is situated at RMAF Butterworth Air Base, Penang

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FIVE POWER DEFENCE ARRANGEMENTS
KEMENTERIAN PERTAHANAN MALAYSIA
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