▁is ▁now ▁a ▁highly ▁compet ent ▁special ▁forces ▁unit ▁with ▁respons ib ilities ▁to ▁secure ▁all ▁strateg ic ▁areas ▁and ▁conduct ing ▁other ▁counter - ter ror ism ▁operations ▁in ▁cargo ▁ship ments , ▁oil ▁rig s ▁and ▁the ▁terrain . ▁Some ▁of ▁its ▁personnel ▁are ▁station ed ▁in ▁man - made ▁' is lands ' ▁in ▁the ▁Spr at ly s ▁and ▁in ▁strateg ic ▁areas ▁within ▁the ▁country ' s ▁Ex clus ive ▁Econom ic ▁Zone ▁( EE Z ). ▁P AS K AL ▁is ▁equ ipped ▁with ▁the ▁latest ▁hi - tech ▁weapon ry ▁as ▁they ▁are ▁also ▁fund ed ▁by ▁an ▁oil ▁cons ort ium ▁( one ▁of ▁P AS K AL ' s ▁main ▁miss ions ▁is ▁to ▁protect ▁oil ▁rig s ▁in ▁Malays ian ▁waters ) ▁and ▁sh ipping ▁companies . ▁ ▁P AS K AU ▁▁ ▁The ▁Royal ▁Malays ian ▁Air ▁Force ▁once ▁had ▁a ▁special ▁operations ▁force ▁to ▁secure ▁the ▁R MA F ▁strateg ic ▁air base ▁which ▁was ▁known ▁as ▁Special ▁Air ▁Service ▁of ▁Air ▁Force ▁( ). ▁In ▁its ▁first ▁establishment , ▁the ▁name ▁of ▁this ▁unit ▁was ▁known ▁as ▁H AN DA U ▁( A ir ▁and ▁Land ▁Def ense , ▁) ▁and ▁at ▁that ▁moment , ▁it ▁did ▁not ▁have ▁any ▁counter - ter ror ism ▁roles ▁yet . ▁The ▁tent ative ▁" special ▁forces " ▁design ation ▁was ▁probably ▁due ▁to ▁the ▁unit ' s ▁air bor ne ▁cap ability . ▁This ▁unit ▁was ▁established ▁after ▁the ▁cover t ▁attacks