Second Scorpene submarine to arrive in early June

KOTA KINABALU: The country’s second Scorpene submarine KD Tun Abdul Razak is scheduled to arrive at the Sepanggar submarine base in early June.

The navy’s Submarine Commander First Admiral Mohammad Rosland Omar, said the manufacturer, Navatia, was currently putting the submarine through its second phase of trials in waters off Cartanega in Spain.

The tests are expected to be completed by March and the submarine will take about two months to make the journey to its home base.

“Come early June, we will have our two submarines here,” he told reporters at the Quality Day event at the Sepanggar Bay naval base here yesterday.

KD Tun Abdul Razak is the navy’s second submarine, the first being the KD Tunku Abdul Rahman, which arrived at its home base on Sept 17 last year.

Rosland said more personnel would be trained to man the two submarines to meet the navy’s future needs.

Region II Commander for Sabah and Sarawak First Admiral Anuwi Hassan said operations and programmes for the two submarines for the next two years had already been put in place.

Russia to lease nuclear submarine to India for decade: report

Russia to lease nuclear submarine to India for decade: report

www.chinaview.cn 2010-01-13 00:32:52

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MOSCOW, Jan. 12 (Xinhua) -- Russia will lease a multifunctional nuclear submarine to India for a decade in the second half of this year, the Itar-Tass news agency reported Tuesday, quoting a Russian Defense Ministry official. The Nerpa nuclear submarine, which successfully concluded tests last December, will be handed over to India this summer or autumn, the unidentified official told Itar-Tass. The official said Indian crew would come to Russia's military base near the far eastern port of Vladivostok to take the Nerpa on trial. "After the signing of an act of acceptance, the Nerpa will head for India," the source said. Mikhail Dmitriev, director of the Federal Service of Military and Technical Cooperation, said in December 2008 that Russia might lease a nuclear submarine to India for 10 years. The Nerpa, one of Russia's newest nuclear-powered submarines, had an accident during trials in the Sea of Japan in November 2008,killing 20 people and injuring 21 others. The submarine passed successfully several rounds of tests and was transferred to the Russian navy on Dec. 28, 2009. source: www.chinaview.cn

MILITARY VEHICLE :Pindad 33 hand over Panser to Indonesian

Panzer Pindad (Photo: Anga / AFP) Jakarta - PT Pindad (Persero) handed over 33 units of armored APS-2 (6x6) to the Department of Defense in meeting the needs of the primary means of weapons systems (alutsista) nationwide.

Of these 33 armored units will be delivered to the Army as many as 20 units, and the remaining 13 units will be used joined the Army in World Peacekeeping in Lebanon.

As quoted from a press release detikFinance Pindad, Wednesday (13/1/2010), delivery time is Panzers Phase III of a total of 150 units of APS-2 Panzer and Panzer reconnaissance unit 4 (4x4) ordered the Ministry of Defense.

Previously, the red plate company had submitted as many as 60 Panzer units with the same type in the 2008-2009 years ago and was distributed to the ranks of the army.

With the deposit of 33 Panzer units, the total combat vehicles that have been submitted as many as 93 units with 61 units left unresolved from the total 154 units.

Strategic defense industry capabilities in the country is expected to reduce dependence of foreign production. Panzer production of strategic state enterprises that have a maximum vehicle weight of 12 tons with a body made of monocoque, bulletproof plate thickness 8 to 10mm.

Despite weighing heavy, armored tersbeut can go 90km/jam, 10-meter radius around the 31-degree climb.

In addition, combat vehicles were also equipped with special equipment such as night vision facilities and Winch 6 tons. To have intercom communication tool set plus VHF / FM (anti-jamming and hopping) and GPS.

Panzer that serves as the transport of personnel was able mengankut 15 soldiers and eight glass-equipped reconnaissance and fire pit and equipped with two sets of tubes grenade launcher.

source:http://www.detikfinance.com/read/2010/01/13/101959/1277296/4/pindad-serahkan-33-panser-ke-dephan