Navy goes high-tech with computer-simulated war games

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WAR SIMULATOR: Maritime Tactical Centre commandant Kapten Dr Mohd Hassan Omar (left) briefing L/Madya Mohamad (right) on the simulation system at the centre in Lumut yesterday.

LUMUT: After a lapse of seven years, the Royal Malaysian Navy has resumed warfare tactical training, but this time via computer simulation.
The RM21mil system from Germany, called the System Action Speed Tactical Trainer, was commissioned in April. Fleet operation commander Laksamana Madya Datuk Mohamad Nik described the system as among the most-sophisticated procured by the navy so far. He said the system was capable of strategising surface, underwater and air tactical moves in three dimension. “The objective of using the equipment is to enhance the professionalism and skill of our navy officers when facing real conflicts,” he told reporters after launching the war games using the equipment at the Maritime Tactical Centre here. The 25th Kerismas annual military exercise was between KD Jebat and KD Seri Indra Sakti. The simulation involved 16 warships from Kuantan and Labuan in the South China Sea.