BERNAMA October 15, 2012 17:46 PM
By Mohd Razman
Abdullah
KOTA KINABALU, Oct 15 (Bernama) -- The Kota Kinabalu Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN) base here is set to become the world's first training centre for Scorpene submarines.
RMN Chief Admiral Tan Sri Abdul Aziz Jaafar said a second simulator training facility, costing about Euro 27 million (RM135 million), would be built for the purpose.
He said work to build the training facility would begin next month, and was scheduled for completion in either January or February, next year.
"When the facility is completed, it will be the world's first training centre for Scorpene submarines," he told Bernama here today.
Abdul Aziz said, upon completion of the facility, RMN would also open its Kota Kinabalu base to accept foreign trainees.
So far, India and Chile had offered to send their trainees for training with RMN, he added.
The Kota Kinabalu RMN base here is where the two French-made Scorpene submarines, purchased by the Malaysian Government for RM7.3 billion, are based.
The submarines are named 'KD Tunku Abdul Rahman' and 'KD Tun Razak'.
Abdul Aziz said the first simulator for Scorpene training at the base was limited for internal use by RMN.
He said the building of the simulator facility at the base could reduce the government's expenditure in sending RMN personnel abroad for training.
-- BERNAMA
KOTA KINABALU, Oct 15 (Bernama) -- The Kota Kinabalu Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN) base here is set to become the world's first training centre for Scorpene submarines.
RMN Chief Admiral Tan Sri Abdul Aziz Jaafar said a second simulator training facility, costing about Euro 27 million (RM135 million), would be built for the purpose.
He said work to build the training facility would begin next month, and was scheduled for completion in either January or February, next year.
"When the facility is completed, it will be the world's first training centre for Scorpene submarines," he told Bernama here today.
Abdul Aziz said, upon completion of the facility, RMN would also open its Kota Kinabalu base to accept foreign trainees.
So far, India and Chile had offered to send their trainees for training with RMN, he added.
The Kota Kinabalu RMN base here is where the two French-made Scorpene submarines, purchased by the Malaysian Government for RM7.3 billion, are based.
The submarines are named 'KD Tunku Abdul Rahman' and 'KD Tun Razak'.
Abdul Aziz said the first simulator for Scorpene training at the base was limited for internal use by RMN.
He said the building of the simulator facility at the base could reduce the government's expenditure in sending RMN personnel abroad for training.
-- BERNAMA
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