Royal Malaysian Navy Plans To Acquire Anti-submarine Helicopters

The Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN) has proposed for the government to acquire anti-submarine helicopters to increase the force's capabilities.
Navy chief Admiral says "At least six anti-submarine aircraft are needed to form a squadron.
The Kota Kinabalu RMN Base in Teluk Sepanggar, Sabah will house the squadron where two of the country's submarines are also stationed.
The Kota Kinabalu RMN Base currently has two French Scorpene submarines, the KD Tunku Abdul Rahman and KD Tun Razak.
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Llega a Malaysia segundo Scorpene/ KD Tun Razak, the Royal Malaysian Navy second of two Scorpene submarines, entered the national waters

El submarino se dirige a la base naval de Lumut para ceremonia oficial de bienvenida.
Tiene una tripulación de 31 personas y alcanza los 300 metros de profundidad. El KD Tun Razak procede de España, donde realizó las pruebas de mar. El primer Scorpene llegó a Malaysia el pasado tres de septiembre.
Malaysia adquirió los dos Scorpene en 2002 y fueron construídos entre la DCNS de Francia y Navantia de España.
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The submarine, is heading for the Lumut naval base for an official homecoming ceremony, Friday, July 2nd.
Manned by a crew of 31, KD Tun Razak, which was named after second prime minister Tun Abdul Razak Hussein, can reach diving depths of up to 300 metres.
KD Tun Razak left for home from Spain after successful sea trials. The country's first submarine, KD Tunku Abdul Rahman, arrived at Port Klang on Sept 3 last year.
Malaysia acquired both Scorpene submarines in 2002 and they were built jointly by France's Direction des Constructions Navales Services and Spain's Navantia.
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La Marina de Malaysia necesita 18 buques/The Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN) plans to have 18 warships

La Real Armada de Malaysia(RMN) planea disponer de hasta 18 buques de guerra en us esfuerzo para igualar sus efectivos a otras armadas de la Región.
Seis buques serán construídos bajo el plan quinquenal nº 10, y otros seis lo serán en el plan quinquenal nº 11.
La RMN dispone de seis buques de combate actualmente.
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The Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN) plans to have 18 warships in an effort to make the armada competitive to others in the regions, Navy Chief Admiral Tan Sri Abdul Aziz Jaafar said.
He said six warships would be built under the Tenth Malaysia Plan (10MP) while the remaining six would be built under the Eleventh Malaysian Plan (11MP).
RMN had six warships of which five had been commissioned while the other would be commissioned by year end.
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