SHAH ALAM: The Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN) needs some RM40 million a year to operate the four Keris class ships, the so called Littoral Mission Ship (LMS). The figure is derived from an answer given by Senior Defence Minister DS Hishammuddin Hussein on July 27 in response to a question […]
SHAH ALAM: Radio mods for KD Rencong. In a post in January, Malaysian Defence wrote about the tender to repair/modify the radios on KD Rencong. I posted that it was likely that Rencong will have a new U/VHF radio, just like her sister ships, KD Keris; KD Sundang and KD […]
SHAH ALAM: Ammo for Keris class, Part 3. Last July and November, I wrote about the tenders for ammunition for the 30 mm CS/AN3 Single Barrel Rapid Fire Naval Gun on the Keris class. There were at least three tenders, one for 30mm High Explosive Incendiary (HEI) rounds, being sourced […]
SHAH ALAM: Communications mods on Keris class. It appears that apart from the modification of ultra/very high frequency radios from China made ones to Rohde & Schwarz ones, the Keris class 11th LMS squadron had and are also getting GPS receivers. The installation of the GPS receivers was revealed when […]
KOTA KINABALU: The fourth and the last LMS, KD Rencong was commissioned into RMN service here today (January 28, 2021). The ceremony was conducted by RMN chief Admiral Reza Sany who read out the commissioning declaration before handing it over to the Rencong first CO, Commander Khairuddin Ahmad. Like her […]
SHAH ALAM: LMS Badik home. RMN’s third China made warship, LMS Badik, arrived at the Kota Kinabalu naval base in Teluk Sepanggar in the capital city of Sabah today (September 25, 2021). It took seven days for the ship to sail from Qidong, China to Kota Kinabalu, says the Eastern […]
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