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| Malaysia Taking Delivery Of Submarines In 2009 |
| 2005-06-11 |
| CHERBOURG (France), June 11 (Bernama) -- Malaysia will take delivery of its two Scorpene submarines in 2009, Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said here... one of the submarines was expected to arrive in the country in the middle of that year and the other at the end. Najib, who is also Defence Minister, said the construction of the two submarines was proceeding according to schedule, with 35 per cent of work completed. He spoke to Malaysian journalists after a visit to the construction site at the DCN dock here, about 300 km from Paris, yesterday. The two submarines are being built jointly by DCN International, the French shipbuilder, and Izar, the Spanish shipbuilder. |
| Posted by:Pappy |
| #9 I think the sub purchases are intended as a warning to the neighborhood powers who seem to be engaged in a naval build-up. Singaore has four ex-Swedish Sjöormen class subs. Thailand was looking into buying boats, but nothing yet confirmed. Indonesia may acquire two submarines from South Korea by 2008. Lastly, there's the big neighbor to the north... |
| Posted by: Pappy 2005-06-11 22:02 |
| #8 SteveS :) I just figure any nation sitting on the most important shipping choke point in the Pacific might want 2 or 3 different ways to to exert control. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2005-06-11 14:44 |
| #7 I think the sub purchases are intended as a warning to the neighborhood powers who seem to be engaged in a naval build-up. A diesel sub purchase decreases the likelihood of a carrier encroachment. Patrol boats would be more practical to combat piracy .... unless you intend to have the pirates disappear. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2005-06-11 14:28 |
| #6 Just wait, jihadis. Those subs will be AQ subs some day. Right there in the Straits. The stinkin frogs would sell to the devil if they could get the contracts. |
| Posted by: Tom 2005-06-11 14:01 |
| #5 Malaysia not Mali. Right. Predominately muslim nation consisting of a couple peninsulas between Indonesia and Thailand. I could see them buying maritime patrol aircraft or more traditional well-armed cutters/frigates for dealing with pirates, but subs? |
| Posted by: SteveS 2005-06-11 11:46 |
| #4 I hear they are the only subs that can run on palm oil and when at surface the conning tower doubles as a mineret. |
| Posted by: Jack is Back! 2005-06-11 10:32 |
| #3 Malaysia not Mali. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2005-06-11 08:30 |
| #2 The temptation to play off the old joke about "why do they call a camel the ship of the desert?" is almost irresistable, but rather than make puns about muslim seamen, I'll try to be serious and ask what the hell does Malaysia need a submarine for? |
| Posted by: SteveS 2005-06-11 02:11 |
| #1 "Yo ho, yo ho! A |
| Posted by: mojo 2005-06-11 01:04 |