SHAH ALAM: Almost three months after the RMN chief was appointed, the appointment of his deputy was made public today. RMN said that Vice-Admiral Shamsuddin Ludin reported work as the Deputy RMN chief at the RMN headquarters at the Defence Ministry today. Shamsuddin handed over his duty as Western Fleet […]
SHAH ALAM: RMN’s first submarine commanding officer, Admiral Zulhelmy Ithnain, 56, has been appointed as the service’s 19th chief today. Defence Minister DS Khaled Nordin announced the appointment on Twitter or X this afternoon. Setinggi-tinggi tahniah kepada Laksamana Datuk Zulhelmy bin Ithnain, Panglima Tentera Laut baharu yang menggantikan Laksamana Tan […]
SHAH ALAM: RMN has appointed a new Warrant Officer of The Navy (WOON) – the highest ranking non commissioned officer – in a ceremony on September 9. Warrant Officer 1 Mohd Osis Onan replaced Warrant Officer 1 Noorfazli Ariffin as the eight WOON. The new WOON is rated as a […]
SHAH ALAM: A RMN clearance diver has died while conducting salvage operation on the sunken KD Pendekar, southeast Johor, today. RMN identified the diver as Leading Seaman 1 Arman San Hermasan,28. His body was recovered by other RMN personnel and was sent to the Sultan Ismail Hospital in Johor Baru […]
SHAH ALAM: 45-year-old fast attack craft – KD Pendekar -pennant number 3513, sunk off Tanjung Penyusop, south-east Johor, this afternoon (August 25) almost four hours after colliding with an underwater object. The thirty-nine crew members of the Handalan-class FAC were rescued by passing a merchant ship. The ship struck the […]
SHAH ALAM: RMN’s LMS Batch 2 bigger size and better capabilities is the result of ongoing and continuous China’s intrusion into Malaysian maritime zone, Defence Minister DS Khaled Nordin said in a reply to a written question in Parliament today. Cheras MP Tan Kok Wai asked why LMS Batch 2 […]
SHAH ALAM: RMAF flew the body of former Sarawak governor and chief minister Tun Abdul Taib Mahmud from Subang airbase to the Kuching international airport today (February 21). Taib, 87, died earlier in the morning at a private hospital in Kuala Lumpur. Taib was also a former Defence Minister, serving […]
SHAH ALAM: It appears that the first RMAF Mig-29 Fulcrum to be turn into a gate guard has left Kuantan airbase. A video on Facebook by Adam Johan dated January 4 showed tail number M43-06 being taken out from the base aircraft shelters and placed on a low-loader truck. In […]
SHAH ALAM: IT appears half of the 18 Self Propelled Howitzer (SPH) – once they are procured and delivered to the Army – will be based at Camp Paradise in Kota Belud, Sabah. The SPH will be operated by the 22 Rejimen Artileri DiRaja (22 RAD) – a unit which […]
SHAH ALAM: IT appears that the Army has not repaired a Gempita IFV25 from 19 RMR (Mechanised) which got involved in a road accident in Sandakan in 2019. This was revealed in a post by the unit in its official Facebook page. 19 RMR used the vehicle in a briefing […]
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