weird, i think i just saw an typhoon pass by my house here in Langkawi near the airport. had a triangular shape wing as typhoon does

Menarik tertarik betui la dgn product turkey ni......

still think my apmm carrier task force moar strong 

Bajet 2015 now

660m for esscom/esszone

APMM under JPM la bro, not MINDEF. So they don't touch the 17.7 bil allocation. Also they already got RM393 mil funds to buy 7 new boats & 'meningkatkan kecekapan operasi', whatever that means.

17mil usd for 1 ship, 17 mil can buy what 

There is a bigger version of cb90s aka cb2010.
50tonnage and 24.1 meter lengths.

The CB2010 concepts are those designed by the FMV, the Swedish procurement agency, and though they did put out a RFP to build a prototype cancelled it due to funding shortfalls. Dockstavaret

labuan shipyard convenient location plus enough skills 

Acquisition budget for APMM new patrol vessels should be enough, good patrol vessels should still be within the budget involved. Better still if can gov can encourage local shipbuilders to design our own design for small, simple naval ships such as FAC or medium-sized Patrol vessels.

No fancy-nancy revolutionary tech stuff like stealth features, catamarans hulls or those other nonsense. A dependable, seaworthy 20-30 meter long patrol vessel with decent electronic gear and good speed & endurance is sufficient enough for APMM coastal patrol use. Patrol vessels like this can even be adapted from civilian designs with no major problems since they don't really need mil-spec technology or specifications. Probably don't even need big shipyards like Boustead, a shipyard with good experience building small civilian ships probably would already have enough expertise for this type of design.

DCNS to unveil new conventional submarine with aip at euronaval, 4700 tons, 3 months endurance  , if we buy can go patrol shanghai sea 

25000 km range, can reach anywhere on earth, based on barracuda nuclear sub hull.

"The SMX OCEAN concept is fitted with an impressive load of up to 34 weapons for action in the four domains: anti-air, anti-surface, anti-submarine & action against land targets."

"The SMX OCEAN SSK is fitted with one large modular VLS tube that may launch up to six MdCN vertically (much like the Virginia payload module developed by GDEB for the US Navy’s Virginia class of SSN). The submarine may also deploy F21 heavy torpedoes, SM39 Block 2 anti-ship missiles and a submarine launched version of the Mica missile (A3SM Underwater Vehicle Version) for self protection against air threats."

"The focus of DCNS engineers in developing this concept was put on endurance and high sustained speed. We learned that the 4,700 tons SSK was designed for an endurance of 14,000 nautical miles (3 months autonomy) and a continuous transit speed of 14 knots for 1 week thanks to its Air Independent Propulsion (AIP) system fitted with two fuel cells. The original nuclear propulsion system of the Barracuda design was also replaced with six diesel engines and three sets of Li Ion batteries."

Seems like this badass sub is only gonna be affordable to countries with big defence budget

Difference between VLS launchers of Type 052C (left) and Type 052D (right).

Instead of using the Type 052C's 'hot-launch' system (where a missile's rocket is ignited inside a launch tube) with an exhaust vent located at the center of each missile cluster (can be seen in the pictures above), the Type 052D is using a new, more modular system in which each individual missile container has its own exhaust vent, as used by modern western VLS systems. This reduces the stresses and potential damage due to the shock and heat of 'hot-launch'systems can do to a ship's superstructure.

This system also enables some missiles to use a 'cold-launch' system, where the missile is ejected out of the container by a canister of propellant gas before the rocket system of the missiles is ignited. This system allow some types of missiles, such as those with sensitive guidance systems that cannot endure a 'hot-launch' method to be carried and launched safely by the Type 052D DDG's. Each of these ships have space to house 64 canisters in any combination that is needed for the mission (smaller SAM missiles can be packed into two or four sub-canisters into a single canister space, while larger missiles such as cruise missiles or anti-ship missiles usually occupy the entire canister).


The various combination of missiles that can be loaded onto a VLS system

anybody know if boustead naval shipyard is right next to rmn lumut base?? or is it somewhere else in the lumut area bcos google maps doesnt seem to show the rmn base

Hahaha just 2 days since PM announced, I don't think they even have a working plan yet.

wow so many ships in base.

I tot most of the ships if not half wont be in the base at any one time due to away for patrol or sumthing?

coz mcm perfect scenario for Pear harbor attack msia edisi.

Do our lekius/kasturis patrol scs or do they just go up and down selat melaka, wait is kasturi even base in lumut

Oh ya and anybody know where our kedah class are based?? Always see them everywhere like off terrenganu looking for mh370 and enforcing naval blockade in sulu sea