SHAH ALAM: Frigate KD Lekiu – pennant number 30 – has arrived in Pearl Harbour, Hawaii on June 26 to take part in RIMPAC 24. Her arrival at Pearl was captured by ship spotter Ed Schaefer who posted the picture of the arrival on social media. Royal Malaysian Navy Lekiu-class […]
SHAH ALAM: It appears that RMN will be taking part in the 2024 RIMPAC exercise in Hawaii, later this July. Two years ago, corvette KD Lekir – pennant 26 – took in the exercise and made history by firing an Exocet surface-to-surface missile, the first time such firing had taken […]
SHAH ALAM: Foreign Minister DSU Mohamad Hasan was the guest of honour when KD Lekiu -pennant number 30 – fired two MBDA Exocet Block 2 missiles, north of Malacca Straits on December 14. The missile firings were the culmination of RMN Eks Taming Sari 22/2023. It is likely Mohamad was […]
SHAH ALAM: Prime Minister DS Anwar Ibrahim on June 17 said he was embarrassed to see RMN ships from the 70 and 80s taking part in LIMA 2023. Anwar was the guest of honour for the fleet review at LIMA 2023 where fourty ships – half of them Malaysian – […]
SHAH ALAM: The Dewan Rakyat on March 30 approved the RM60.5 billion supplementary allocation for the 2022 budget. It is the highest supplementary budget in history. For more information, go here. From the supplementary allocation, the Defence Ministry got RM303.7 million. This means that the 2022 defence budget is RM16.4 […]
SHAH ALAM: The Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN) deputy chief Admiral Abdul Rahman Ayob took over as the service’s 18th chief today replacing retiring Admiral TS Reza Sany. Prior to taking over the post, Rahman was promoted as admiral from the rank of vice-admiral. Rahman, 59, is the first submariner to […]
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