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Source: Bernama
January 30, 2005 18:03 PM
M'sian Navy Pioneer Submariners Begin Training In France
From Openg Onn
PARIS, Jan 30 (Bernama) -- A group of six Royal Malaysian Navy officers have started their training in Brest, a French naval base some 500km west of here, under a programme to prepare them as submariners following Malaysia's move to purchase two diesel-powered Scorpene submarines from France.
Malaysian Defence Attache in France Capt Musa Omar said the officers with the rank of lieutenants and lieutenant-commanders arrived here early this week and later proceeded to Brest for the training.
The officers were the first batch of 156 naval officers and personnel to be sent to France to undergo the four-year training programme, with the rest coming in two batches in March and October.
He said they would train with similar type submarines known as "AGOSTA" of the French navy to adapt themselves to Scorpene whose construction was slated for completion in 2008.
The navy officers and personnel forming Malaysia's pioneer submariners in the newly formed force under the Royal Malaysian Navy would bring home the underwater combat vessel when they are completed.
The two Scorpene submarines are being built at the Cherboug coastal town, some 300km north-west of here, by DCN Cherbourge Shipyard, a French contractor.
Malaysia sent a team of 19 senior naval officers and men, accompanied by their families, since two years ago to monitor and oversee the progress of the submarine construction after it signed the contract in June 2002.
The Submarine Force Project Team comprising all RMN units - executives, engineering (electrical and mechanical) and logistics -- is headed by First Admiral Datuk Kamal Darus.
Acquisition of the state-of-the-art submarines marked another milestone for the Malaysian Armed Forces, especially the navy, being in the forefront to safeguard the country's territorial waters.
-- BERNAMA
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DCN Downplays Scorpene SSK Incident (Jan. 20)
(Source: DCN; dated Jan. 12, web-posted Jan. 19, 2005)
PARIS --- On 1st November 2004 the O'Higgins, the first submarine of the new Scorpene type and the first of two for the Chilean Navy, was undergoing tests off Lorient, France.
One test dive resulted in a so-called "falling leaf" ascent, a well-known physical phenomenon to which all submarine designs are susceptible under certain conditions. This abnormal ascent occurred under test conditions designed specifically to explore the submarine's operating envelope.
Overall, the test results confirm the submarine's excellent seakeeping.
The O'Higgins is proceeding with sea trials as originally planned to the complete satisfaction of partners DCN and Izar and their customers, the Chilean Navy.
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wonder will our SAF start to consider buying a new sub... last time heard rumours that they consider the agosta and scorpene... now malaysia got it... if they wanna get a new sub, wonder who they'll get from... don't tell me from the yanks but too bad they don't have diesel sub unless SAF wants a nuke sub
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Originally posted by ah_kwang:wonder will our SAF start to consider buying a new sub... last time heard rumours that they consider the agosta and scorpene... now malaysia got it... if they wanna get a new sub, wonder who they'll get from... don't tell me from the yanks but too bad they don't have diesel sub unless SAF wants a nuke sub
The US have SSKs....but for export...the USN doesnt use SSKs..they prefer SSNs and SSBNs....but they fear the SSKs
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