KD Tunku Abdul Rahman



Malaysia’s first submarine, the Royal Malaysian Nave has bought two Scorpene class submarines worth 3.4billion and these two submarines have been constructed at the harbor of Toulon, France and Cartogena, Spain.

KD Tunku Abdul Rahman has been launched on 23rd October 2007 and safely reached Malaysia on 3rd September 2009. Malaysia has been the 3rd country to own the asset after Singapore and Indonesia.

These are its specifications:
1.       The Scorpene class submarine is one of the conventional warships which is capable to carry 10 torpedo and 30 land mines destroyer. The Scorpene submarine also had been equipped with 6 tubes of missiles which are anti-ship missile and anti-submarine torpedo. Both can be launched at one time without boundaries.
2.       It can function well between 100 meters to 200 meters depth to watch over the Malaysia Ocean, the Straits of Melaka, the South China Sea, the Sulu Sea, and the Celebes Sea.
3.       The submarine used a new version of the electric-diesel engine.
4.       The speed of this submarine is 20 knot and it has been armed with advanced navigation system which is known as SUBTICS.

The developer of the submarine is the Defence Conseil National which is a France ship firm with its partner from Spain, Navantia.

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