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Ides of March

SHAH ALAM: Ides of March. According to Wikipedia, The Ides of March is the 74th day in the Roman calendar, corresponding to March 15. It was marked by several religious observances and was notable for the Romans as a deadline for settling debts. The deadline for settling of debts seemed […]

Malaysia -RMN

KD Rencong

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 […]

Malaysian Defence

Rencong Delivered

SHAH ALAM: Rencong delivered. The RMN has taken delivery of LMS Rencong – the fourth Keris-class and the last – ship today at the Wuchuan Shipyard at Nantong City in China. The delivery and naming ceremony of Rencong – pennant number 114 – was done by the ship’s sponsor, Puan […]

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Its Now KD Badik

SHAH ALAM: Its now KD Badik. As predicted in a previous post, RMN third LMS, KD Badik (113) was commissioned into service at the Kota Kinabalu naval base today (Oct.22, 2021). The ceremony was conducted by RMN chief Admiral Mohd Reza Sany. From The Borneo Post: KD Badik, the third […]

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LMS Badik Home

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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LMS Badik

SHAH ALAM: LMS Badik. The third LMS was officially named as Badik in a ceremony held at the Wuchuan shipyard at Qidong, China today. The naming ceremony for LMS Badik was conducted by the wife of the Malaysian Defence Attache to China, Puan Rohana Osman. Her husband had took physical […]

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Par The Course

SHAH ALAM: Par the course. It appears that the Ismail Sabri administration will continue with the plans formulated by the Armed Forces for the last decade which was codified into the 2019 Defence White Paper. This was expected as the administration have only some 14 months to go before the […]

Malaysian Defence

Third LMS Delivered

SHAH ALAM: Third LMS delivered. A day after the Defence Minister said that the LMS procurement will be completed by end of this month, RMN took physical delivery of the third LMS (pennant 113). The physical delivery ceremony was held at a hotel in Qidong, Shanghai on Sept 14 (today), […]

Malaysian Defence

LMS 3 Coming

SHAH ALAM: LMS 3 coming. RMN’s third China-made warship, LMS 3 is expected to be delivered by the end of this month (September), says Defence Minister Hishammuddin Hussein (though not exactly ) today while the upgraded CN-235 will be delivered by the end of November. In a press release issued […]