Tuesday, October 23, 2007

KD Tunku Abdul Rahman

Malaysia’s first Scorpene submarine was launched, named after the country’s first prime minister, His courage, wisdom and foresight had steered our nation to what it is today, was unveiled in a historic ceremony at the DCNS dockyard here, about 400km from Paris.

KD Tunku Abdul Rahman is set to sail home, manned by the country’s first submarine crew in January 2009 while the second vessel, to be named KD Tun Razak, is expected to be delivered by October 2009.

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