Malaysian Defence

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1. So that is exactly what a commenter has said before here (in july), that gading marine won that tender, way before the official announcement… how did that be? maybe they are so confident that they will win, or they are the only qualified tenderer.

   http://www.malaysiandefence.com/six-fics-for-ops-benteng/#comment-431036

2. The gading marine fic is a joint unikl-mimet and gading marine project… So maybe unikl mimet is also involve in this project for TLDM

3. @ Zamrij59

   Would be interested to know what actually Unikl-mimet brought to the table on this project. Hopefully something substantial and would develop more local naval design architect and engineers and also a start for having our own local designs for something like the FIC without needing to buy designs from overseas.

   What i know is that the FIC is based on the Polis marin FIC, which was designed by a foreign design office (which has designed most of the FIC built by various shipyards in malaysia before).
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   anyway off topic

   Romania has been approved for US DSCA FMS sale of 2 batteries of NSM coastal system for USD300 million. Very expensive compared to buying direct from Norway.

   Poland bought 2 NSM coastal battery for just USD120 million direct from Norway. It later ordered a second batch to have a full regiment of 4 batteries of NSM Coastal.

   US FMS battery has only 2 launcher per battery (8 ready missiles) compared to buying direct from Norway like Poland with 3 launcher per battery (12 ready missiles)

   Poland NSM coastal battery is also inclusive of targeting radars (which the romanian offer lacks and replaced by link 16 equipped forward observers only). Each Poland NSM battery consists of:
   – 3x MLV (Missile Launch Vehicles)
   – 1x BCV (Battery Command Vehicle)
   – 3x CCV (Combat Command Vehicles)
   – 1x MCC (Mobile Communication Center)
   – 1x MRV (Mobile Radar Vehicle) with TRS-15C radar

   If we are going for NSM coastal (which IMO we should, to create the 3rd missile regiment of our rocket artillery brigade), we better go direct with Norway, and get similar batteries like Poland.

4. @ Zamrij59

   ” The gading marine fic is a joint unikl-mimet and gading marine project ”

   Hmmm…

   So I would like to know who designed and put this on top of the roof of a very fast boat and thinks that it is a good idea?

   http://www.malaysiandefence.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/PM.jpg

   That is the only point that really makes me go facepalm on otherwise a very nicely designed boat (which is by LOMOcean New Zealand BTW)

5. I never knew our army have its own watercraft fleet. Can I know what else watercraft owned by our army other than this 12 new RHIB?

   BTW congrats for the new asset 🙂

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   Most are small boats for assault work

6. The FIC model design can be seen on FB Naza Model Art @ Nazaruddin Hashim.. maybe same hull as Police Marine,, but different Superstructure..

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   Yes, based on the post it is likely there will be a function very soon…

7. Already seen the FIC model on Naza page..so the design will be same as Gading Marine FAC PC 31 of Malaysia Police.

8. Yes. I have seen the basic layout model builr by Naza model art too. Its very basic model as not enough tume given to put details . Small craft.

9. A,

   Various types of aluminium, fibre glass and other boats have been used for decades. During the Confrontation sone wee used along the rivers of Sabah. During the 2nd Emergency they were also used along rivers and various dams the army (mostly TA units) had a presence at. “Coxswains” we’re armed with Sterlings.

10. as a unikl mimet student i would say that almost every year there will at least one boat been carried to our shipyard back there either for refit or repair .. at least we know that unikl mimet got some capabilities to do it .. one of my friend got contract here and is working on some police boat now .. don’t know he work for which company