Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN) update

Ananda

Ananda

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Lunas X account shown photos on 3 Maharajalela Frigates already launch and working on finishing and system integration. This is already years late due the predecessors (Boulstead Shipyard) miss management. However Lunas manage to work out and now seems in line to finishing those hulls.

From planned 6, now Lunas going to finish 5 of them, as from what I gather from Malaysia media and forums, those 5 already have most parts available. Building sixth vessel means doing from scratch, something that Malaysia MinDef decide not to finance it. Thus basically Lunas now task to finish all the available parts that Boulstead already source and assembly.
 
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koxinga

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MICA for Maharaja Lela class FFG.

Unsure if it is the new NG version, but 29 is a very small batch. Considering 5 x LCS and each one with a 16 VLS, this means just 5 per ship. Probably an initial batch.

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Ananda

Ananda

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www.businesstoday.com.my

First LCS KD Maharaja Lela Set For December Delivery

The Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN) expects to take delivery of its first Littoral Combat Ship (LCS), KD Maharaja Lela, in December 2026, marking a key milestone in its long-delayed fleet modernisation programme.
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7 years late from initial 2019 schedulle, but a clear progress afterall. #2 and #3 also already launched, as they already on more advance stages before Boulstead Management debacle. Let's how LUNAS able to rectified those Boulstead misshap on schedulle.
 
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koxinga

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Norway blocks the delivery of NSMs to Malaysia. Note, this is a signed deal, dating way back to 2018. The deliveries was reported to be imminent.

Now the question would be the diplomatic fall out, given this was sprung on Malaysia at the 11th hour. Also, no mention of compensation.

www.nst.com.my

[UPDATED] Malaysia to engage Norway over naval strike missile supply for combat ships | New Straits Times

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia will engage Norway through diplomatic channels over issues linked to the supply of naval strike missiles (NSM) for the Royal Malaysian Navy’s Littoral Combat Ships (LCS).
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Sandhi Yudha

Sandhi Yudha

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koxinga said:
Norway blocks the delivery of NSMs to Malaysia. Note, this is a signed deal, dating way back to 2018. The deliveries was reported to be imminent.

Now the question would be the diplomatic fall out, given this was sprung on Malaysia at the 11th hour. Also, no mention of compensation.

www.nst.com.my

[UPDATED] Malaysia to engage Norway over naval strike missile supply for combat ships | New Straits Times

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia will engage Norway through diplomatic channels over issues linked to the supply of naval strike missiles (NSM) for the Royal Malaysian Navy’s Littoral Combat Ships (LCS).
www.nst.com.my www.nst.com.my


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1. I wonder what the reason is to block/deny the delivery of those NSMs (do the Norwegian armed forces urgently require the NSM to protect the country, is there an internal political reason, or are there Norwegian political parties against defence exports in general or only to Malaysia?)
2. Why does Norwegia wait so long with this announcement? The contract was signed almost 8 years ago.
3. This can delay even more the delivery of the Gowind Class frigates.
 
John Fedup

John Fedup

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Sandhi Yudha said:
1. I wonder what the reason is to block/deny the delivery of those NSMs (do the Norwegian armed forces urgently require the NSM to protect the country, is there an internal political reason, or are there Norwegian political parties against defence exports in general or only to Malaysia?)
2. Why does Norwegia wait so long with this announcement? The contract was signed almost 8 years ago.
3. This can delay even more the delivery of the Gowind Class frigates.
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The article mentions changes to Norway's export policies wrt NSMs. Would be interesting to know the change details. The eight year delay is kind of strange. Nevertheless I suspect demand exceeds production capacity and deliveries are going to deep pocket clients.
 
Sandhi Yudha

Sandhi Yudha

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John Fedup said:
The article mentions changes to Norway's export policies wrt NSMs. Would be interesting to know the change details. The eight year delay is kind of strange. Nevertheless I suspect demand exceeds production capacity and deliveries are going to deep pocket clients.
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Yes, for some reason many navies switch over from Harpoon and Exocet to NSM. We are just lucky that TNI-AL stays with the MM40 and C705.
 
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