Basically extended USS Independence with no mission bay, leaving more room for missiles



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from outside bole sama. any naval architect worth their money can design a ship, be it monohull, cat or trimaran. any shipyard with enough expertise can build them. any ship can appear the same externally.
shipbuilding isn't like aircraft manufacturing anyway...

look at price la

Not that aircraft manufacturing is very easy either.

But you know I know everybody know PRC SOP... copy first improve later

deswai i say, any shipyard worth their salt can build trimaran cos building ships isn't as difficult as aircraft manufacturing. their yards launched and delivered literally thousands of ships of every kind every year. out of these, hundreds of them are naval ships. so, xde masalah for them to build trimarans of their own.
of cos la they'll improve on what works for them.
if only our yards have even 1/4 of their capability....
then again, for every ship their yards launched, their yard received some $$ whilst ours mana ada dapat that kind of incentive.

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memang singkie one

new one kambingz

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Kim Jong Nam probe: Chemical weapon VX nerve agent used, Malaysia police say



KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian police said on Friday (Feb 24) a preliminary report showed the murder of Kim Jong Nam was carried out with a highly toxic chemical known as VX nerve agent.

The Inspector General of Malaysia Khalid Abu Bakar said in a press release that the Centre for Chemical Weapons identified the substance in its preliminary analysis.

The police said swabs were taken from the eye and the face of the dead North Korean national. "Other exhibits are under analysis," Khalid said in the statement.

Malaysian police added the substance was identified as ethyl S-2-Diisopropylaminoethyl methylphosphonothiolate (or VX nerve agent) in a report by its chemistry department. The substance is a chemical weapon classified as a weapon of mass destruction by the United Nations. Malaysian police were investigating whether the illegal VX was brought into the country of made there, and authorities were sweeping the airport and other locations for radioactive material.

"If the amount of the chemical brought in was small, it would be difficult for us to detect," Khalid told reporters.

VX is tasteless and odourless, and is outlawed under the Chemical Weapons Convention, except for "research, medical or pharmaceutical purposes".



It can be manufactured as a liquid, cream or aerosol. Absorbed in large doses, it is fatal after 15 minutes, according to the U.S. Army's Edgewood Chemical Biological Center, making it the most toxic known nerve agent in the world.

Kim Jong Nam is the half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.

The body of a North Korean man who died in an apparent assassination at Kuala Lumpur International Airport on Feb 13 has been unclaimed in a Kuala Lumpur hospital.

His passport identifies him as "Kim Chol", but police need DNA, medical and dental records to confirm who he is.

Police chief Khalid said earlier that a Vietnamese woman and a Indonesian woman wiped a liquid on Kim Jong Nam's face. They later washed their hands and fled the scene.

Airport camera footage released on Monday by Japanese broadcaster Fuji TV shows the moment the women appeared to assault Kim Jong Nam, who is later seen asking airport officials for medical help. He died on the way to hospital.

Police arrested the two women - one Vietnamese and the other Indonesian - and a North Korean man last week. They are also seeking seven other North Koreans wanted in connection with the case, including a diplomat at the embassy in Kuala Lumpur.



CHEMICALS SEIZED FROM KL CONDO: REPORT

Police seized chemicals from a Kuala Lumpur condominium on Friday, The Star reported.

The report said a Malaysian man led authorities to the scene, after one of the suspects who was earlier detained by police as part of the probe into Kim Jong Nam's murder revealed his identity.

“Police are not ruling out the possibility that the Malaysian man might have expertise in chemistry,” reported The Star citing a source.

The Star report added that "forensics officers were seen carrying equipment into the residential block".

South Korean and US officials have said they believe North Korean agents assassinated Kim Jong Nam, who had been living in the Chinese territory of Macau under Beijing's protection.

North Korea is believed to have the world's third-largest stockpile of chemical weapons, according to the Nuclear Threat Initiative project, which analyses weapons of mass destruction.

South Korean analysts have identified sarin and VX as the focus of the North Korean chemical weapons program.

SUSPECTS WANTED

Malaysian authorities on Thursday requested Interpol to put an alert out to apprehend four North Korean suspects who are believed to have fled Malaysia on the day of the attack.

They also want to question the second secretary at the North Korean embassy, though he has diplomatic immunity, and are seeking two other North Koreans, including an employee at the state-owned airline Air Koryo, who are still believed to be in Malaysia.

The investigation has resulted in fraught relations between two countries that had hitherto maintained friendly ties.

North Korea has said the Southeast Asian nation should be held responsible for the killing of one of its citizens, though it has not acknowledged that the victim is the half brother of the North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.

Malaysia has recalled its ambassador from Pyongyang for consultations.

- CNA/Agencies/kk/rw

VX nerve agent: What is it and how does it work?

SINGAPORE: Malaysian authorities on Friday (Feb 24) said a chemical weapon, VX nerve agent, was used to kill a man believed to be the half-brother of Kim Jong Un at Kuala Lumpur International Airport on Feb 13.

The substance is a chemical weapon classified as a weapon of mass destruction by the United Nations.



WHAT IS VX?

VX is a tasteless and odourless amber-coloured oily liquid. It is outlawed under the Chemical Weapons Convention, except for "research, medical or pharmaceutical purposes".

VX is a human-made chemical warfare agent classified as a nerve agent. Nerve agents are the most toxic and rapidly acting of the known chemical warfare agents.

According to The Guardian, it is 100 times more deadly than the nerve gas sarin, which was used by the Aum Shinrikyo cult during their fatal attack on a Tokyo subway train.

It was developed in the United Kingdom in the 1950s.



HOW IT WORKS

The extent of poisoning depends on how much a victim is exposed to, how the exposure occurred and the length of time of the exposure.

Nerve agents operate by preventing an enzyme that acts as the body's "off switch" for glands and muscles. Without this "off switch" muscles and glands are constantly being stimulated - and after a while this will tire out the affected person, who would no longer be able to sustain a breathing function.

Death is caused by asphyxiation or heart failure.

Because it evaporates so slowly, VX can be a long-term threat as well as a short-term threat. Surfaces contaminated with VX should therefore be considered a long-term hazard, says the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

VX can last for days on objects in comes into contact with; in colder temperatures it can last for months on surfaces.

HOW ARE PEOPLE EXPOSED?

By contamination via skin or if they consume contaminated food or liquids.

Clothing can also release VX after contact with VX vapour, which can lead to exposure of other people through contaminated articles.

WHAT ARE THE SYMPTOMS OF VX EXPOSURE?



Low or moderate dose: Feeling weak, abnomally low or high blood pressure, drowsiness, blurred vision, chest tightness, confusion, cough, diarrhea, drooling and excessive sweating, headache, increased urination, nausea, vomiting, and/or abdominal pain, rapid breathing, runny nose, slow or fast heart rate, small, pinpoint pupils, watery eyes.

Large dose: Paralysis, convulsions, loss of consciousness, respiratory failure.

CAN IT BE TREATED?

Antidotes are available for VX, but because of how quickly this nerve agent works, those affected need to be treated immediately if they are to survive.

Sources: Guardian, CDC, AFP, Reuters

War games 360: Your first-hand combat drills experience



Russian paratroopers in combat drill action captured on 360-degree camera.

No man, its not as easy as that, and most countries don't have the industrial and technical knowhow to do it. Even UK having difficulty delivering ships because of this, and some say there's a doubt whether US is really capable of designing a working new warship from scratch - other than the problematic LCS and dead-end Zumwalt programs, they're only building modded versions of Burke which is a late Cold War design.

MEKO and DCNS are actually decent choices by our navy. Too bad we have RM problems and of course Boustead have to makan their share

i agree... hardware wise, they are very capable. software and integration, it's a hit and miss, apa lagi naval vessels.
but' in China's case, they don't have to tell the world that their's in problematic. hahaha

true

naval shipbuilding tech and know-how is not as common as you would think even in nations that have long history in shipbuilding
like pilak is the 4th largest shipbuilding nation in the world but they have zero expertise & experience in naval shipbuilding

Problem arise when ship designed going for stupid technology leaps.
Zumwalt program is an example of its new radar tech, new cms and tons of crazy tech.
In the end the project going way too expensive they have to cap the cost and have to cut costs on rnd.

Meko and dcns was going for a more conservative approach and most of them use mature tech hence less problematic.

US lcs is a massive songlap project and total disaster.

us tends to do that

Well you pay a price for being at the forefront of cutting edge tech. Otherwise US can be just another navy, eventually overwhelmed by Chinese zerg rush.

LCS not really songlap, more because of constantly changing concept of use IMHO

Started off as a cheap disposable antiship missile platform, became OH Perry frigate replacement, then somebodies tacked on superfast and special ops support requirements, not to mention playing with different hull forms and splitting contract to ensure fair share... no wonder its a mess

Lcs project could be in trouble next.
I doubt don will pump more money into it.

Not really it freaking huge songlap project the way I see it.
Weapons system is even more rubbish than malaysian lcs but cost more than usd700mil.
The structure is quite fragile constant break down.
The only thing that it better than malaysia lcs is speed.

Yeah the speed was the main problem... also forgot to add, its also meant to have ASW and MCM capabilities via module swapping... which are also having major RnD issues. How not to fail like that?

In future though US LCS will be moving to full combat frigate design, probably sacrificing a little speed to mount NSMs. The only thing really lacking is AA.



With a renewed focus on conventional combat, I don't think Donald Duck will have problems... fits his antiChina approach.

That still depend on how the navy view the project.
Lot of navy dislike it from what I heard.
so if donald get negative review on the project and he felt the project too expensive.
Lcs could be in the chopping board.

Be kinda expensive to build whole new design now...