tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22326747089331461962024-02-19T10:56:41.906+08:00A Secure Malaysia - Malaysia MilitariumThis blog will be a repository of the postings of a military nature from my other blog and new ones since then, especially about the Malaysian Military in particular. Hopefully such knowledge about the hardworking men and women who tirelessly work for the security of Malaysia will be acknowledged and appreciated in this way.
"We sleep soundly in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would do us harm."
- Winston Churchillmumuchihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11639055259683199675noreply@blogger.comBlogger296125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2232674708933146196.post-13874577378497057032017-03-24T16:06:00.000+08:002017-03-24T16:08:33.356+08:00Some LMS Details From LIMA 2017<div style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.498039); bottom: 0px; color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: 1rem; max-width: 100%; padding: 0.5rem; position: absolute; width: 310px;">
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The design incorporates containerised system modules that provides the ship the flexiblity to be configured for a variety of missions including SAR and humanitarian assistance and disaster relief. The weaponary is basic where it will be primarily armed with a small calibre remote weapon system quite similar in capability with the Samudera class training ships. </div>
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I guess gunboats are again the trend for the navy based on their limited financial capabilities though the specifications provide it more patrol range and capabilities to provide the LMS more sea legs than the patrol crafts of old.</div>
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A model of the LMS shown in LIMA 2017. Source : IHS Markit / Ridzwan Rahmat</div>
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mumuchihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11639055259683199675noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2232674708933146196.post-16616018845443164712017-03-21T11:43:00.001+08:002017-03-21T12:16:08.388+08:00Second Batch Of LCS coming into the Horizon?The RMN's 15-to-5 Armada Transformation Program plan seems to have gained some tailwind with the receipt by BNS of the <a href="http://www.thestar.com.my/business/business-news/2017/03/21/boustead-gets-rm117bil-ministry-contract/" target="_blank">LOA</a> for the supply of four China designed Littoral Mission Ships (LMS) that is due to be delivered from 2019 with two locally built units to be delivered in 2021.<br />
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As for the LMS's big brother the LCS, a new program, presumably for a second batch of the Gowind based LCS should be formally announced in August or September this year. This was mentioned by the CNO Admiral Tan Sri Ahmad Kamarulzaman in an interview by <a href="http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-malaysia-defence-idUKKBN16R1SF" target="_blank">Reuters</a> and reported in the <a href="http://www.nst.com.my/news/2017/03/222884/msia-mulls-naval-upgrade-amidst-threat-south-china-sea-standoff" target="_blank">NST</a> that they are in the final stages of negotiations with the French shipbuilder DCNS.<br />
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The Navy is still hoping to acquire three multi role support ships (MRSS) which purchase plan is <a href="http://www.bernama.com/bernama/v8/ge/newsgeneral.php?id=1325141" target="_blank">reportedly</a> approved by the Defence Minister and two additional submarines to complete their fleet plans. This is despite the country cutting its total defence budget as the Navy aims to use the cost savings from the 15-to-5 plan to purchase the assets as off budget procurement as <a href="http://securemalaysia.blogspot.my/2016/11/diambil-terus-daripada-twitter-ptl-akan.html" target="_blank">reportedly</a> being done with the LMS programme.<br />
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As LIMA 2017 kicks off today, hopefully more procurement programs for the Armed Forces will be announced during the event.mumuchihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11639055259683199675noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2232674708933146196.post-40856427580587389752017-02-15T12:02:00.001+08:002017-02-15T12:45:30.484+08:00Go By Ferry, Return By PVThis incident should illustrate why not only our Navy but Coast Guard needs Patrol Vessel sized assets to operate in our maritime areas, especially in monsoon season<br />
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Photos shows KD Terengganu evacuating 123 stranded tourists and delivering food supplies to Tioman Islanders who were cut off by poor weather conditions and strong waves.<br />
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http://www.thestar.com.my/news/in-other-media/2017/02/15/tourists-stranded-on-tioman-island-due-to-bad-weather/<br />
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mumuchihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11639055259683199675noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2232674708933146196.post-12900609716140778322017-01-20T21:55:00.000+08:002017-01-20T21:58:51.757+08:00THHE, Destini bag RM739mil deal to supply offshore vessels to MMEAFurther to the <a href="http://www.thestar.com.my/business/business-news/2016/07/29/th-heavy-receives-letter-of-intent-from-mmea/" target="_blank">LOI</a> that THHE initially received in July last year, THHE with their partner <a href="http://www.thesundaily.my/news/2041438" target="_blank">Destini</a> has finally received the <a href="http://www.thestar.com.my/business/business-news/2017/01/19/thhe-and-destini-bag-rm739mil-deal-to-supply-offshore-vessels-to-mmea/" target="_blank">award letter </a>from the Malaysian government yesterday for three units of 83 metre offshore patrol vessels for the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency.<br />
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We understand that the vessels are based on a Damen design, and following are the photos of the winning offshore patrol vessels design as we were made to understand.<br />
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<br />mumuchihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11639055259683199675noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2232674708933146196.post-1790915984287984652016-12-08T12:50:00.001+08:002016-12-08T23:27:50.017+08:00Perjuangan Kelasi Watan Sewaktu Perang Dunia Ke-Dua<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;"><br /></span></span>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">Sewaktu saja menyelidik untuk hari bermulanya serangan Jepun ke Kota Baru sebagai permulaannya Perang Dunia ke-2, terjumpa rencana ini di website TLDM yang sungguh menarik tentang penglibatan anak watan sebagai kelasi di dalam peperangan Perang Dunia ke-2.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">Saya pos semula di sini untuk tatapan semua dengan sedikit karangan semula, juga dengan harapan tidak lenyap sekiranya digubah semula website TLDM nanti. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">Dengan ucapan Bismillah!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><b>PENUBUHAN PASUKAN STRAITS SETTLEMENT NAVAL VOLUNTEER RESERVE</b></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><br /><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br />Oleh
kerana keadaan politik semasa yang bergolak, bermula dari tahun 1920
hingga 1931 beberapa cadangan telah disarankan oleh pihak Royal Navy dan
pegawai-pegawai tempatan supaya ditubuhkan satu pasukan simpanan
sukarela tentera laut demi menampung pertahanan perairan Tanah Melayu.
Pada tahun 1926 satu skim dikemuka untuk menubuhkan Pasukan Royal Naval
Volunteer Reserve (RNVR) bagi seluruh Tanah Melayu, yang menelan belanja
sebanyak $260,000.00. Cadangan tersebut tidak dilaksanakan kerana
kekurangan wang. Sebagai alternatif, pada bulan Februari 1932 Pemerintah
Tertinggi Tentera di Tanah Melayu (GOC Malaya) dengan persetujuan Ketua
Tentera Laut (Captain-in-Charge) di Singapura telah mencadangkan Skim
Pasukan Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve untuk Negeri-Negeri Selat sahaja.
Di antara butir-butir cadangan itu adalah seperti berikut:<br /><br />1.
Buat permulaan pasukan sukarela simpanan ditubuhkan untuk Singapura
sahaja dan akan dibiayai oleh Kerajaan Negeri-Negeri Selat. Pasukan
tersebut dinamakan Straits Settlement Naval Volunteer Reserve Singapura.
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Bilangan anggotanya terhad kepada 18 pegawai British dan 54 anggota
lain-lain pangkat berbangsa Melayu. Bilangan ini kemudian akan
diperbesarkan kepada 50 pegawai dan 200 anggota lain-lain pangkat dalam
tempoh 4 tahun. </span></span></div>
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Kerajaan Negeri-Negeri Selat dikehendaki membeli dua buah kapal kecil
untuk latihan, sementara Admiralty London dikehendaki memberikan
pinjaman peralatan khas. </span></span></div>
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Admiralty London dikehendaki meminjamkan sebuah sekoci untuk latihan di
pelabuhan dan senggaraannya akan ditanggung melalui Colonial Government
Local Defence Vote. </span></span></div>
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Pentadbiran pasukan tersebut diletakkan di bawah GOC Malaya dan beliau
dikehendaki mendapatkan peruntukan kewangan bagi mengurus, dari Colonial
Government Local Defence Vote. Ketua Tentera Laut di Singapura
dipertanggungjawabkan dalam pengurusan harian pasukan itu. </span></span></div>
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Jurulatih pasukan terdiri dari seorang Pegawai Royal Navy yang telah
bersara dan dua orang Chief Petty Officer (CPO) dari Royal Navy. Dalam
cadangan asal, pembangunan pasukan sukarela akan terlaksana dalam tempoh
4 tahun. Tetapi oleh kerana gesaan Ketua Tentera British di negeri
China (China Fleet Commander), kesemua perjawatan pasukan Straits
Settlement Naval Volunteer Reserve Singapura telah dipenuhkan menjelang
tahun 1934. Di antara tahun 1937 dan 1938, Gabenor British telah
mencadangkan supaya pasukan Straits Settlement Naval Volunteer Reserve
diperbesarkan umuk merangkumi pertahanan perairan Johor. Seterusnya
beliau juga mencadangkan supaya satu pasukan ditempatkan di Pulau Pinang
dan satu unit kecil pula ditempatkan di Port Swettenham bagi menjaga
perairan Selangor dan Negeri Sembilan. Cadangan pembesaran itu telah
mendapat persetujuan semua pihak termasuk kerajaan Negeri-Negeri Melayu
yang membantu membiayai pasukan tersebut. Walau bagaimanapun, oleh
kerana anomali di dalam Colonial Defence Act 1931, Pasukan Straits
Settlement Naval Volunteer Reserve hanya ditempatkan di Negeri-Negeri
Selat sahaja, walaupun pada hakikatnya diberi kuasa bergerak di dalam
perairan Negeri-negeri Melayu. Pasukan Straits Settlement Naval
Volunteer Reserve cawangan Pulau Pinang telah ditubuhkan pada bulan
Oktober 1938. Ia dianggotai oleh 20 orang pegawai dan 100 orang anggota
lain-lain pangkat, dan cawangan itu diletakkan di bawah pentadbiran
Pegawai Memerintah Straits Se<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">ttl</span>ement Naval Volunteer Reserve di
Singapura. </span></span></div>
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Straits Settlement Naval Volunteer Reserve (SSNVR) Singapura telah
ditubuhkan pada 27hb April 1934. Pegawai Memerintahnya yang pertama
ialah Commander L.A. W. Johnson MVO, RN. Beliau dibantu oleh dua orang
jurulatih dari Royal Navy. Seorang jurulatih Melayu, Sergeant Major
Adnan bin Raji dari Straits Settlement Volun<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">t</span>eer Corps (SSVC) telah
dipinjamkan untuk menjadi jurulatih kawad, dengan menyandang pangkat
Chief Petty Officer. Sebagaimana yang telah dinyatakan, penubuhan
Pasukan Straits Settlement Naval Volunteer Reserve telah dipercepatkan.
Semasa anggota-anggota baru diambil, pasukan itu masih belum memiliki
kapal sendiri. Justeru itu anggota-anggota baru seramai 25 orang pegawai
dan 150 anggota lain-lain pangkat telah ditempatkan di Markas Straits
Settlement Volunteer Corps di Beach Road, Singapura. Latihan amali telah
dijalankan di atas kapal SS SEA BELLE. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><b>KAPAL-KAPAL STRAITS SETTLEMENT NAVAL VOLUNTEER RESERVE SINGAPURA</b></span><br /><br />Pada
18hb Februari 1935 kerajaan British telah bersetuju memberi sebuah
kapal yang sedang digunakan oleh Royal New Zealand Navy untuk kegunaan
latihan anggota Straits Settlement Naval Volunteer Reserve. Kapal itu
ialah dari kelas Flower Corvette seberat 2,000 ton dan ditauliahkan
dengan nama HMS LABURNUM. la dilengkapi dengan berbagai peralatan yang
perlu untuk latihan. Beberapa peralatan HMS LABURNUM telah ditanggal dan
ditempatkan di Gudang Nombor 2 di Teluk Ayer Basin untuk kegunaan
latihan amali. Di antara peralatan itu ialah penangkis ranjau, meriam
three-pounder dan meriam 4.7 inci. HMS LABURNUM akhirnya telah dijadikan
markas, pusat latihan, dan pejabat bagi pengurusan anggota-anggota
Straits Settlement Naval Volunteer Reserve Yang dipindahkan dari Markas
Straits Settlement Volunteer Corps. </span></span></div>
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dari HMS LABURNUM sebuah kapal kecil yang dinamakan PENYENGAT telah
digunakan untuk melati<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">h</span> rekrut dalarn ilmu pelautan dan pelayaran. Pada
tahun 1937, dua buah motor launch HMS PANGLIMA dan HMS PAHLAWAN yang
berukuran 75 kaki panjang dan mampu bergerak lebih laju dari PENYENGAT
telah dimasukkan ke dalam perkhidmatan untuk latihan anggota-anggota
Straits Settlement Naval Volunteer Reserve, Singapura. Kapal-kapal
tersebut telah dibina di Limbungan Thornycroft Singapura. Setelah
ditauliahkan oleh Admiralty London, persenjataan kapal-kapal tersebut
ditambah, termasuk pemasangan Lewis Gun, kerana ia kemudian digunakan
sebagai kapal peronda pesisir pantai. Anak-anak kapalnya terdiri dari
pegawai-pegawai dan anggota-anggota Straits Settlement Naval Volunteer
Reserve, Singapura.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><b>PASUKAN STRAITS SETTLEMENT NAVAL VOLUNTEER RESERVE PULAU PINANG</b></span><br /><br />Setelah
Pasukan Straits Settlement Naval Volunteer Reserve Singapura di HMS
LABURNUM berjalan lancar, satu cawangan baru telah ditubuhkan di Pulau
Pinang dalam bulan Oktober 1938.11 Cawangan itu berpangkalan di Sungai
Gelugor, Pulau Pinang dan diletakkan di bawah pemerintahan Commander
Alexander RN, dibantu oleh Sub-Lieutenant Hall RNVR, dan CPO Mohd Rais
yang dipinjamkan dari cawangan Singapura. Pada mulanya cawangan tersebut
dinamakan Straits Settlement Naval Volunteer Reserve Pulau Pinang.
Walau bagaimanapun tidak lama kemudian namanya ditukar kepada Pasukan
Malayan Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Pulau Pinang. Kapal HMS PANJI dan
Singapura telah dibawa ke Pulau Pinang untuk kegunaan latihan amali
anggota-anggota Malayan Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve di cawangan itu.
Beberapa orang anggota, termasuk jurulatih dari HMS LABURNUM telah
ditukarkan ke cawangan Pulau Pinang. Pada tahun 1940 dua buah kapal
ronda dan lima buah kapal penyapu ranjau, termasuk HMS TRANG dan HMS
JERAM telah ditempatkan di Pulau Pinang. Seorang anggota lain-lain
pangkat di cawangan Pulau Pinang yang kemudiannya menjadi terkenal di
dalam Pasukan Force 136 ialah Mohd Zain bin Hussain. Beliau ialah
seorang anak watan yang pertama menerima tauliah sebagai pegawai Malayan
Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve dalam Perang Dunia Kedua, tetapi
tauliahnya hanya diterima pada tahun 1946 di Pulau Belakang Mati,
Singapura.</span></span></div>
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kerana peperangan di Eropah telah meletus, Kerajaan British telah
mengambil keputusan menggunakan seberapa ramai tenteranya untuk
mempertahankan tanah air mereka. Rakyat tempatan yang telah diberi
latihan melalui pasukan simpanan sukarela telah diberi kesempatan
memainkan peranan untuk mempertahankan tanah air sendiri. Kapal-kapal
dagang yang didaftarkan di United Kingdom atau tanah jajahan British
telah diambil alih, diubahsuai dan dilengkapi dengan machine gun, atau
alat penyapu ranjau untuk tugas rondaan dan pertahanan perairan Tanah
Melayu. Nakhoda dan pegawai-pegawai kapal dagang juga dikerah tenaga.
Nakhoda kapal kecil ditauliahkan dalam pangkat Lieutenant dan nakhoda
kapal besar diberi pangkat sama ada Lieutenant Commander atau Commander
mengikut saiz kapal. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Bahang Perang Dunia Kedua semakin dirasai di Tanah Melayu
dan Singapura apabila tentera Jepun mara menduduki Indochina.
Pihak British telah meramalkan bahawa mereka tidak berupaya
mempertahankan<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span>Singapura<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span>dan Tanah Melayu sekiranya diserang. Kemungkinan<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span>Royal Navy<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span>datang ke <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">S</span>ingapura untuk menyelamatkan keadaan tidak boleh diharapkan <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">k</span>erana peperangan di Eropah lebih besar dan kapal<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span>perangnya<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span>lebih<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span>diperlukan
untuk mempertahankan negara mereka
sendiri. Pihak Jepun menyedari bahawa Britain tidak dapat
menempatkan armadanya di Singapura kerana penglibatan dalam
perang di Eropah, dan dalam <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">m</span>asa yang sa<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">m</span>a Britain pula
menyedari bahawa mereka akan menghadapi satu tentangan yang
hebat untuk mempertahankan<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span>Singapura dan Tanah<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span>Melayu. Pada
ketika itu Singapura<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span>hanya mernpunyai sebuah pasukan<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span>Straits<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span>Settlement Naval Volunteer Reserve - (SSNVR)<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span>yang berpangkalan di
HMS LABURNUM di Teluk Ayer Basin, Singapura.</span></span>Pada 4hb September 1939, anggota Straits Settlement
Naval Volunteer Reserve telah dikerah tenaga untuk bertugas sepenuh
masa. Pada ketika itu kedua-dua cawangan pasukan, iaitu HMS LABURNUM dan
Malayan Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Pulau Pinang telah mempunyai
keanggotaan seramai 650 orang pada bulan September 1940 dan 740 orang
pada bulan Mac 1941.Kesemua anggota tersebut telah bertugas di beberapa
buah kapal kecuali segelintir sahaja yang bertugas di pangkalan. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Walaupun </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Anggota
pasukan Malayan Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve telah pun dikerah bertugas
sepenuh masa, tetapi langkah itu masih tidak dapat menyelesaikan
masalah kekurangan anggota. Oleh yang demikian Kerajaan British terpaksa
membuat pengambilan anggota-anggota baru yang kesemuanya terdiri
daripada belia Melayu. Pasukan itu ditubuhkan pada bulan September 1939
dan dikenali sebagai Royal Navy Malay Section atau nama ringkasnya Royal
Malay Navy, atau lebih singkat lagi dikenali sebagai Malay Navy sahaja. </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Lieutenant
Commander H. Vickers RN. ialah seorang pegawai Royal Navy yang dilantik
menjadi Pegawai Memerintah Royal Malay Navy yang pertama. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Semasa tentera Jepun mula
menyerang negara-negara Asia Timur, pihak British telah mengalami
kekurangan anggota pasukan tentera laut dan juga kapal perang untuk
mempertahankan perairan Tanah Melayu dan Asia Tenggara. Hanya ada
kira-kira sebanyak 80 buah kapal sahaja yang sempat ditempatkan di
Singapura. Kapal-kapal itu terdiri dari kapal dagang yang diubahsuai
mengikut kehendak Royal Navy, diperlengkapi dengan meriam berkaliber 3
atau 4 inci, dan Lewis Gun. Kapal-kapal itu dikenali sebagai Armed
Merchant Ship yang diambilalih oleh Royal Navy dari syarikat-syarikat
perkapalan di Singapura, Sarawak dan Hong Kong. Di antara 18 hingga 20
orang anggota Pasukan Royal Malay Navy bersama anggota Royal Navy
ditempatkan di setiap kapal. Walaupun bagaimanapun, hampir 400 orang
anggota Royal Malay Navy pada ketika itu masih menetap di pangkalan HMS
PELANDOK kerana ketiadaan kapal perang untuk mereka ditugaskan. HMS
PELANDOK telah dilengkapi dengan meriam 4 inci, Pom-Pom Gun dan juga
Lewis Gun bagi tujuan menangkis serangan pesawat terbang musuh. </span></span></div>
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Pasukan Royal Malay Navy tetap cekal untuk menghadapinya. Mereka
menyedari bahawa senjata yang dibekalkan tidak dapat menghalang kemaraan
musuh. </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Pada
pertengahan tahun 1940, pihak Admiralty London telah menambah bilangan
anggota Pasukan Royal Malay Navy. Sehingga akhir tahun 1940 anggota
Royal Malay Navy berjumlah seramai 800 orang. Penambahan anggota pasukan
ialah sebagai persediaan untuk menghadapi Perang Dunia Kedua yang
sedang melanda negara-negara Asia. Di samping itu Royal Navy juga sedang
menghadapi kekurangan anggota di pangkalan tentera lautnya di
Singapura.<br /><br />Pengambilan rekrut baru pada akhir tahun 1941 telah
meningkatkan kekuatan pasukan Royal Malay Navy kepada 1415 orang.
Kebanyakan rekrut yang diambil hanya diberi latihan secara singkat
sahaja. Malah ada di antara mereka terus ditugaskan berkhidmat di kapal
Royal Navy dan Armed Merchant Ship tanpa menjalani latihan sama sekali
kerana menghadapi suasana perang.</span>Sebelum Perang Dunia Kedua melanda Tanah Melayu, jumlah anggota
Royal Malay Navy yang berkhidmat sepenuh masa dianggarkan seramai 800
orang, kerana ada yang telah tamat kontrak perkhidmatan sebelum perang
tiba.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">Oleh kerana kekurangan kapal perang bagi menghadapi tentera laut
Jepun, pada tahun 1935 Kerajaan British telah merancang untuk
mengambilalih dan mengubahsuai kapal-kapal dagang milik
syarikat-syarikat perkapalan di Tanah Melayu, Singapura dan
Hong Kong, untuk digunakan<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span>oleh Royal Navy<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span>sebagai<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span>sebahagian<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span>daripada <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">a</span>rmadanya. Rancangan tersebut telah
diwartakan<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span>pada 4hb September<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span>1939 sebagai Authority for
Shipping, iaitu hasil dari kerjasama Admiralty<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span>dan
Kementerian Pengangkutan Perang di London.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">Kapal-kapal yang
beratnya melebihi 3000 ton hanya dapat diambilalih pada akhir
tabun 1940 dan kemudian ditauliahkan ke dalam armada Royal
Navy sebagai His Majesty Ship (HMS).<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span>Kesemua kapal yang
diambilalih telah mengibarkan bendera Royal Navy dan dilengkapi
dengan beberapa<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span>buah meriam<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">,</span> Lewis Gun, Depth Charges dan ranjau.
Sehingga akhir tahun 1941 kira-kira sebanyak 51 buah kapal<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span>telah
diambilalih sepenuhnya oleh pihak British.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">Di antara<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span>kapal yang mula-mula sekali diambilalih oleh Royal
Navy pada 28 Ogos 1939 ialah HMS KAMPAR.<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span>Sebulan<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span>kemudian<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span>lebih
banyak lagi kapal<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span>dari Syarikat Straits Steamship seperti HMS CIRCE,<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span>HMS MEDUSA,<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span>HMS PANGKOR, HMS TAPAH dan HMS JERAM<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span>telah
diambilalih. Sementara<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span>HMS KUALA<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">,</span> HMS GEMAS, HMS KEDAH,<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span>HMS
MELAKA,<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span>HMS JERANTUT,<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span>HMS TUNG SONG, HMS RAHMAN,<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span>HMS TRANG dan
HMS <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">HUA </span></span>TONG telah diambilalih<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span>pada akhir ta<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">h</span>un<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span>1939. Pegawai-pegawai
dan anak-anak kapal yang diambilalih terus diserap sebagai<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span>anggota Royal Naval Reserve (RNR) setelah menandatangani
perjanjian T124X.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">Berikut ialah armada kapal-kapal dari Syarikat Straits Steamship (1940):</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">KEDAH 2499 ton KAMPAR 971 ton</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">KAJANG 2082 Ion KUALA 954 ton</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">KAMUNING 2076 ton LIPIS 914 ton</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">DAR<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">V<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">I</span></span>L 1929 ton LARUT 894 ton</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">MARUDU /9/9 ton KRIAN 857 Ion</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">KEPONG /874 ton MEDUSA 793 ton</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">KUDAT /725 ton CIRCE 778 Ion</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">MATANG 1463 ton TUNG SONG 549 ton</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">KATONG 146/ ton RHU 264 ton</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">KLANG ]451 ton R<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">E</span>LAU 223 ton</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">IPOH 1279 ton JERANTUT 217 ton</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">PANGKOR 1250 ton RASA 217 ton</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">KINTA 1220 ton RlMAU 214 ton</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">PERA<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">I</span> 1188 ton AMPANG 213 ton</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">RAUB 1159 ton MELAKA 210 ton</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">PAHANG 136 ton JERAM 210 ton</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">KELANTAN 106 ton TAPAH 208 ton</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">RAHMAN 206 ton JARAK 208 ton</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">TRANG 205 ton GEMAS 207 ton</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">RAWANG 198 ton KLIAS 207 ton</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">PANDAl 166 ton RANTAU 197 ton</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">SUBOK 148 ton ROMPIN 189 ton</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">RIMBA 139 ton RENGAM 185 ton</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">JITRA 122 ton PETANG 168 ton</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">INTAN 117 ton BRUNEI 101 ton</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">Kapal-kapal tersebut telah dilengkapi dengan meriam 4 inci di
bahagian hadapan (Forecastle) dan belakang (Aft), sementara di kiri
dan kanan<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span>anjungan (Bridge) dipasang dengan Lewis Gun untuk menangkis
serangan pesawat terbang.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b>P</b></span><b><span style="font-size: 12pt;">ENGLlBATAN PASUKAN MALAY NAVY DAN MALAYAN ROYAL NAVAL VOLUNTEER RESERVE DALAM PERANG</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Anggota-anggota
Pasukan Malay Navy dan Pasukan Malayan Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
telah ditugaskan di kapal-kapal perang Royal Navy dan kapal-kapal Armed
Merchant Ship untuk meronda dan memasang ranjau di perairan Tanah Melayu
dan Singapura. Di samping itu kapal-kapal Armed Merchant Ship terus
menjalankan tugas perdagangan dalam aktiviti mengangkut barangan ke
pelabuhan-pelabuhan di Tanah Melayu.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Pada
akhir tahun 1941 rondaan serta latihan seringkali diadakan di sekitar
perairan Tanah Melayu dan Singapura hingga melewati Utara Borneo dan
Sarawak. Oleh kerana kekurangan kapal perang, tidak semua
anggota-anggota Malay Navy dapat ditempatkan di kapal. Anggota-anggota
yang tidak bertugas di kapal diarahkan bertugas di pangkaIan HMS
PELANDOK.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Selain
dari anggota-anggota Pasukan Malay Navy, pemuda-pemuda Melayu dari
Pasukan Straits Settlement Naval Volunteer Reserve juga sama berkhidmat
di Armed Merchant Ship. Adalah berkemungkinan besar bahawa Armed
Merchant Ship yang pertama diserang oleh tentera udara Jepun pada 13hb
Disember 1941 ialah HMS LIPIS, iaitu semasa dalam pelayaran dari Kuching
ke Singapura. Nakhodanya ialah Captain O.G. Jones, RNR. Seramai tiga
orang anak-anak kapal telah terkorban dan 14 orang lagi luka parah.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Pada
30hb Disember 1941, HMS KUDAT pula telah diserang ketika berada di
Selat Kelang berhampiran Pelabuhan Swettenham. Ia merupakan kapal Armed
Merchant Ship yang pertama ditenggelamkan oleh Jepun. Ada empat orang
anggota Malay Navy berkhidmat di kapal itu. Seorang daripadanya ialah
Able Seaman Abdul Kadir bin Said yang telah menangkis serangan pesawat
Jepun dengan menggunakan Lewis Gun. Beliau mengalami kecederaan semasa
kapal terbakar, tetapi sempat terjun ke laut sebelum ia tenggelam dan
berenang menyelamatkan diri ke darat.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Ramai
anak-anak kapal HMS KUDAT telah terkorban, sementara yang terselamat
mengalami kecederaan. Able Seaman Abdul Kadir bin Said telah dimasukkan
ke Hospital Daerah Kelang dan beberapa hari kemudian dipindahkan ke
Hospital Besar Kuala Lumpur. Keberanian
dan semangat Able Seaman Abelul Kadir bin Said diperakui oleh Kerajaan
British dan beliau telah dianugerahi Pingat Distinguished Service Medal
(DSM) pada tabun 1947. Beliau ialah anak Melayu yang pertama di dalarn
tentera laut yang menerima penganugerahan dari Kerajaan British.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Sebuah
lagi Armed Merchant Ship, iaitu HMS LARUT telah diserang pesawat Jepun
berhampiran Pulau Sabang pada 20hb Januari 1942. Nakhodanya pada ketika
itu ialah Captain C. E. Cleaver RNR. Dalam serangan itu HMS LARUT telah
dimusnahkan dengan mudah dalam beberapa minit sahaja dan akhirnya karam
ke dasar laut bersama beberapa orang anak kapalnya. Hanya 10 orang
sahaja yang berjaya menyelamatkan diri berenang kira-kira tiga batu ke
darat, termasuk dua orang anggota Pasukan Malay Navy, iaitu Able Seaman
Syed Abdullah bin Syed Alwee dan Able Telegraphist Ahmad bin Vaity.
Semasa kapal diserang mereka cuba menangkis pesawat musuh dengan
menggunakan Lewis Gun tetapi gagal mengenai sasarannya. "diceritakan
oleh Tuan Syed Abdullah bin Syed Alwi, beralamat di No. 12 Lorong Dua,
Jalan Sentosa, Taman Dato Onn, Johor Bahru".</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Setelah
berada di Pulau Sabang selama hampir tiga minggu, akhirnya
anggota-anggota Pasukan Malay Navy dan Royal Navy yang terselamat telah
dipindahkan ke sebuah markas Tentera Belanda di Kota Raja Pada masa itu
HMS PANGKOR yang diperintah oleh Captain T. Sutherland RNR, telah sedia
berada di sana. Ada seramai tujuh orang anggota Pasukan Malay Navy,
terrnasuk seorang anggota Pasukan Malayan Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
bernama Able Seaman Johari bin Mohd Amin sedang berkhidmat di kapal itu.
Misi HMS PANGKOR ialah membawa beratus-ratus orang anggota tentera dan
penumpang awam berundur dari Singapura ke Colombo. Kapal itu selamat
tiba di destinasinya pada akhir bulan Januari 1942.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Salah
sebuah kapal yang paling digemari oleh anggota-anggota Pasukan Malay
Navy ialah HMS VYNER BROOKE, kerana kebanyakan pelatih telah menjalani
latihan di kapal itu. Dalam pelayaran latihan kapal ini sering belayar
berulang-alik dari Kuching ke Singapura. Nakhoda HMS VYNER BROOKE ialah
Captain R. E. Borton RNR. Kali terakhir kapal meninggalkan Singapura
ialah pada malam 12hb Februari 1942 membawa 64 orang jururawat Australia
dan 128 orang anggota tentera yang berundur. Seramai 20 orang anggota Pasukan Malay Navy adalah di antara anak-anak kapalnya, </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Pada
pagi Sabtu 14hb Februari 1942, ketika sedang belayar memasuki Selat
Bangka, kapal itu dibom bertubi-tubi oleh sembilan buah pesawat tentera
Jepun sehingga anak-anak kapal tidak berpeluang sama sekali hendak
menyerang balas. Kapal telah mengalami kerosakan teruk dan terbakar
menyebabkan ramai penumpangnya terkorban. Captain Borton dapat
menyelamatkan diri ke rumah api Muntok di Pulau Bangka setelah
terapung-apung di air selama 18 jam."</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Dalam
peristiwa sedih HMS VYNER BROOKE itu, semua anggota Pasukan Malay Navy
terkorban kecuali Leading Seaman Abdul Samad bin Ali. Walaupun Leading
Seaman Samad mengalami kecederaan akibat terbakar tetapi beliau berjaya
menyelamatkan ramai jururawat Australia sehingga tiba ke pantai Muntok
di Pulau Bangka. Kira-kira 22 orang jururawat telah terselamat dalam
peristiwa tersebut. Dua hari kemudian satu pasukan tentera darat Jepun
telah mendarat di pantai Muntok. Semua rakyat Australia dan British yang
terselamat telah diperintahkan oleh tentera Jepun berbaris di gigi air
di Pantai Muntok dan ditembak hingga mati.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Walau
bagaimanapun seorang jururawat bernama Sister Vivien Bullwinkle hanya
mengalami kecederaan ringan dan terselamat dari pembunuhan itu.
Kekejaman Jepun itu tidak boleh dilupakan oleh Leading Seaman Abdul
Samad. Beliau telah dibawa ke Pulau Bangka dan kemudian ke Belawan untuk
dijadikan buruh paksa bersama tawanan perang yang lain. Pada bulan
April 1943, beliau telah dibebaskan dan pulang ke Tanah Melayu dengan
menumpang sebuah bot.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Peristiwa
Leading Seaman Abdul Samad menyelamatkan jururawat Australia itu tidak
mendapat sebarang penghargaan dari pihak British mahupun Australia.
Malah di dalam buku berjudul Home Port Singapore," tidak ada disebut
nama Leading Seaman Abdul Samad yang menyelamatkan Sister Bullwinkle.
Buku itu juga tidak mencatatkan penglibatan Malay Navy atau kehadiran
anggotanya di HMS VYNER BROOKE semasa diserang Jepun, sungguhpun pada
hakikatnya anggota-anggota Pasukan Malay Navy telah terkorban semasa
bertugas di kapal tersebut. Ada kemungkinan anggota-anggota yang
terkorban itu diperakui sebagai sebahagian dari anggora-anggota Royal
Navy.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Dalam
peristiwa lain, sebuah lagi kapal perang British, HMS SYLVIA telah di
serang oleh beberapa buah pesawat terbang Jepun semasa meronda perairan
Mersing, Johor. Dalam serangan bertubi-tubi itu seorang anak kapal, Able
Seaman Hamidon bin Talib telah terkena tembakan dan mendapat luka parah
di bahu dan lengan kanan. Dua orang rakannya telah terkorban tetapi
kapal tidak dapat ditenggelamkan oleh Jepun. Sebuah dari pesawat terbang
yang menyerang telah ditembak jatuh oleh anggota kapal. Dalam keadaan
cedera parah Able Seaman Hamidon telah diheret ke dalam bilik jentera
untuk diberi rawatan segera oleh seorang rakannya. Setelah suasana reda
beliau dihantar ke Hospital Mersing dan kemudian ke Hospital Besar Johor
Bahru untuk rawatan selanjutnya.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Peristiwa
HMS SURVEYOR diserang pula telah diceritakan oleh Able Seaman Manaf bin
Basir. Seramai lima orang anggota Pasukan Malay Navy termasuk Able
Seaman Manaf berkhidmat di kapal tersebut. HMS SURVEYOR diserang tetapi
anggota kapal tidak dapat menangkis serangan kerana kekurangan senjata.
HMS SURVEYOR mengalami kerosakan pada alat radar dan enjin, di samping
kebakaran di beberapa bahagian kapal. Ramai anak-anak kapal, termasuk
anggota Pasukan Malay Navy cedera dan terkorban dalam peristiwa
tersebut. Di antara mereka yang terkorban ialah Petty Officer Adam, Able
Seaman Osman dan Able Seaman Hashim. Sernentara yang tercedera ialah
Able Seaman Hamudin dan Able Seaman Manaf bin Basir.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Dalam
peperangan di laut banyak Armed Merchant Ship telah karam atau
mengalami kerosakan kerana serangan bom pesawat terbang Jepun. Di antara
kapal-kapal yang berjaya ditawan oleh tentera Jepun ialah HMS JITRA.
HMS lNTAN. HMS PANDAI. HMS PETALIN<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">G</span>, HMS RENGAM, HMS RIMBA dan HMS
RIMAU. Dua buah kapal dari Syarikat Straits Steamship, HMS RAUB dan HMS
LARUT yang telah diubahsuai semula untuk dijadikan kapal penangkis
ranjau juga diserang oleh pesawat Jepun. HMS RAUB diserang pada 20hb
Januari 1942 di Belawan. sementara HMS LARUT dibom hingga karam sewaktu
berada di Pulau Sabang.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Satu
peristiwa telah diceritakan oleh Sheikh Hussin bin Sheikh Ali, seorang
anggota Pasukan Malay Navy yang bertugas di HMS KELANA yang diperintah
Oleh Lieutenant C. J. Windsor RNR. Semasa meronda di kawasan Endau,
Pahang pada 8hb Disember 1941 (hari pertama Singapura dan Selatan Johor
dibom oleh tentera Jepun), kapal beliau turut dibom dan tenggelam di
Sungai Endau, di mana tiga orang rakannya terkorban. Sheikh Hussin telah
berenang ke darat walaupun terkena tembakan di betis dan punggung.
Beliau dirawat di Hospital Besar Johor Bahru dan kemudian di Hospital
Besar Singapura. Secara kebetulan beliau bertemu isteri Lieutenant
Windsor di sana. <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">T</span>entera Jepun di Singapura amat pantas. Lieutenant
Windsor bersa<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">m</span>a isterinya tidak sempat berundur dari Singapura dengan
kumpulan yang lain. Mereka terpaksa membeli sebuah bot layar yang
dilengkapi dengan jentera kecil.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Sebelu<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">m</span>
Singapura jatuh ke tangan Jepun pada 15hb Februari 1942, Lieutenant
Windsor. isteri, dan seorang sahabat mereka (berpangkat Lieutenant RNR),
bersama tukang masak </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">berlepas dari Singapura </span>menuju ke arah barat Ceylon dan juga mencari
tempat Sheikh Hussin, yang telah selamat untuk
berlindung di Sumatra. Dari situ mereka menaiki kenderaan
tentera Belanda menuju ke Padang , di Sumatra Barat untuk bertemu
pasukan tentera British lain yang sedang berundur. Sheikh Hussin
berpisah dengan Lieutenant Windsor di sana, setelah beliau bertemu
dengan pasukan tentera yang berundur tadi .</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Sheikh
Hussin kemudian bertemu dengan Kapten Tengku Mahmud Mahyuddin dan Encik
Jamaluddin, kedua-duanya anggota Pasukan Federated Malay States
Volunteer Force (FMSVF), dan Encik Rahmat Haji Salleh, seorang anggota
Pasukan Malay Navy. Mereka sama-sama rnenaiki kapal HMS TENEDOS dan
belayar ke Lautan Hindi, kemudian bertukar ke kapal HMS HOBART menuju
Colombo dan tiba di pertengahan bulan Mac 1942.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Kerajaan
British telah membuat rancangan kontinjensi untuk berundur sekiranya
keadaan pertahanan Royal Navy di Singapura tenyata dapat dipatahkan oleh
Jepun. Kesemua kapal dirancang berundur ke Sumatra dan kemudian ke
Betawi di Pulau Jawa. Pergerakan pertama bermula sebaik sahaja Tanah
Melayu jatuh ke tangan Jepun.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Pada 27hb Januari
1942 semua anggota tentera British dan Australia yang masih berada di
Johor Bahru telah diarahkan berundur ke Singapura untuk bertahan habis-
habisan, kerana beberapa daerah di Negeri Johor sudah pun ditawan oleh
tentera Jepun. Pada 8hb Februari 1942 Singapura mula diserang dari udara
oleh tentera Jepun, yang mana Pangkalan Royal Navy di Sembawang telah
menjadi sasaran utama. Turut menjadi sasaran ialah HMS PELANDOK yang
terletak berhampiran dengan Naval Base. Anggota-anggota Malay Navy telah
mempertahankan HMS PELANDOK dengan menggunakan <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">m</span>eriam penangkis pesawat
terbang, tetapi tiada sebuah pun yang dapat dimusnahkan.<br /><br />Pada
11hb Februari 1942 sekali lagi Naval Base dan HMS PELANDOK menjadi
sasaran serangan udara tentera Jepun. Serangan kali kedua itu telah
memusnahkan HMS PELANDOK dan ramai anggota Malay Navy cedera parah dan
terkorban.<br /><br />Oleh kerana HMS PELANDOK musnah, anggota-anggota
Pasukan Malay Navy diarahkan berpindah untuk berlindung buat sementara
waktu di dalam gerabak- gerabak keretapi yang kosong. Dua hari kemudian
mereka berpindah ke HMS LABURNUM, iaitu sebuah pangkalan Malayan Royal
Naval Volunteer Reserve di Telok Ayer Basin, di mana seramai 300 orang
anggota Pasukan Malay Navy dikumpulkan semula. Semasa berada di san
mereka telah diserang sekali lagi yang mengakibatkan ramai terkorban dan
cedera. Semasa diserang mereka terpaksa berlindung di kawasan sekitar
pangkalan tanpa dapat membuat serangan balas.<br /><br />Pada malam 14hb
Februari 1942, semua anggota Pasukan Malay Navy telah diberi taklimat
oleh Lieutenant Commander Vickers. Tentera British mengaku bahawa mereka
tidak dapat bertahan lebih lama lagi dan lambat laun Singapura akan
jatuh ke tangan Jepun. Pada malam itu juga tentera Jepun telah mengebom
sekitar C<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">h</span>angi, Pasir Panjang dan Sembawang. Lieutenant Commander
Vickers memberikan pilihan sama ada anggota-anggota Pasukan Malay Navy
hendak terus tinggal di Singapura di bawah perintah tentera Jepun
ataupun berundur dari Singapura bersama anggota tentera British.<br /><br />Seperti
yang diceritakan oleh beberapa orang anggota Pasukan Malay Navy, di
antara 60 orang yang hadir dalam taklimat itu, hampir separuh memilih
untuk terus tinggal di Singapura, sementara yang lainnya memilih ikut
berundur menaiki beberapa buah kapal yang telah disediakan. Kapal-kapal
itu meninggalkan Singapura hanya beberapa jam sahaja sebelum ia jatuh ke
tangan tentera Jepun. Sungguh pun tujuan berundur ialah untuk
menyelamatkan diri tetapi tidak semua selamat tiba di destinasi mereka,
sama ada di Betawi atau Colombo.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Anggota-anggota
Pasukan Malay Navy yang berundur bersama tentera British pada malam 14hb
Februari 1942 juga tidak terselamat dari padah serangan tentera Jepun.
Kebanyakan dari mereka telah diserang ketika kapal berada di Sabang dan
di Tanjung Periok.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Kebanyakan
kapal telah meninggalkan Singapura dalam bulan Disember 1941, apabila
pesawat terbang Jepun mula menyerang. Kumpulan kapal yang pertama
diserang ialah HMS TRANG, HMS <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">LI</span>PIS, HMS KUALA, HMS JARAK, HMS REDANG dan
HMS VYNER BROOKE. Kapal-kapal itu terus diserang semasa melalui Selat
Singapura. Serangan yang paling hebat berlaku pada 14hb Februari 1942,
di mana sebanyak 11 buah kapal Royal Navy telah musnah dan tengggelam.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Di
antara peristiwa sedih yang telah di<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">c</span>eritakan oleh beberapa orang
anggota Pasukan Malay Navy ialah mengenai nasib Lieutenant Commander
Vickers. Beliau adalah di antara pegawai Royal Navy yang terakhir
meninggalkan Singapura. Mengikut cerita Encik Idris bin Md Yunus, pada
12hb Februari 1942 beliau telah menaiki HMS SlANG WHO untuk berundur ke
Australia bersama-sama dengan Lieutenant Spillman. Semasa dalam
pelayaran menuju ke Pulau Bangka pada 14hb Februari 1942, HMS SIANG WHO
telah dibom dan mengalami kerosakan. Anggota-anggota Pasukan Malay Navy
telah menanggalkan pakaian seragam dan menyembunyikan senjata mereka. Di
sebelah malamnya Polis Marin Belanda telah membawa semua
penumpang-penumpang dari kapal ke darat untuk berlindung.
Anggota-anggota tentera British telah diberi perlindungan di dalam
hospital. Pada keesokan harinya tentera Jepun telah mendarat di Pulau
Bangka dan memerintahkan semua anggota tentera British keluar dari
hospital untuk berbaris di tengah panas sepanjang hari.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Nasib
anggota-anggota Pasukan Malay Navy agak baik. Mereka <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">t</span>elah beberapa
kali didatangi oleh seorang pegawai tentera darat Jepun berpangkat
Kapten bersama beberapa orang askar untuk merisik mengenai tentera
British. Able Seaman ldris bin Mohd Yunus, seorang anggota Pasukan Malay
Navy dan rakan-rakannya turut tertangkap dan dijadikan buruh paksa.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Able
Seaman Idris ada temampak Lieutenant Spillman dipaksa oleh tentera
Jepun mengandar air bersama-sama anggota-anggota tentera British yang
ditawan. Walau bagaimanapun Lieutenant Commander Vickers, iaitu Pegawai
Memerintah mereka tidak kelihatan di mana-mana. Selepas dua hari dalam
tawanan, Able Seaman ldris dan rakan-rakannya telah dibebaskan oleh
tentera Jepun dan mereka menrantau ke kampong yang berhampiran lalu
terus menetap di sana. Semasa di kampung itulah beliau diberitahu oleh
penduduk-penduduk di situ yang Lieutenant Commander Vickers telah
kelihatan mati di dalam semak belukar berhampiran kampong itu.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt;">TAWANAN PERANG</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Sebaik sahaja Jepun
dapat menawan Singapura, satu perintah telah dikeluarkan oleh Markas
Tentera Jepun mengarahkan supaya semua bekas tentera yang ada di Tanah
Melayu dan Singapura melaporkan diri ke markas tersebut untuk dihantar
balik ke kampong masing-masing. Tetapi malangnya mereka yang melapor
telah tertipu oleh dakyah tentera Jepun. Kebanyakan dari mereka telah
dipenjara dan kemudiannya dijadikan buruh paksa di Siam, Burma atau
Indonesia. Kira-kira seramai 25 orang anggota Pasukan Malay Navy yang
masih berpakaian seragam Royal Navy telah dibunuh oleh tentera Jepun di
Tanjung Pagar.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Ketika
Perang Dunia Kedua me<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">l</span>etus di Tanah Melayu, Able Seaman Yahaya bin
Mohamad sedang berkhidmat di atas kapal HMS RAUB yang ditugaskan meronda
perairan antara Belawan dan Sabang. Pada suatu hari kapal tersebut telah
dibom oleh pesawat terbang Jepun dan terus tenggelam berhampiran jeti
di Belawan. Dalam peristiwa itu Able Seaman Yahaya telah mengalami
kecederaan parah di dalam telinga sehingga berdarah. Beliau dihantar ke
Hospital Medan oleh tentera Belanda dalam keadaan tidak sedarkan diri.
Selepas sebulan berada di hospital, Able Seaman Yahaya telah dibenarkan
keluar dan ditempatkan bekerja di Pejabat Konsul British di Medan.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Tidak
berapa lama kernudian tentera Jepun mendarat di Sumatra. Able Seaman
Yahaya bersama-sama rakannya Abdullah bin Haji Baharin, Kamaruddin bin
Dieu, Ibrahim bin Ahmad, Salehuddin bin Mohd Radzi dan Mohd Hashim bin
Busu telah ditawan. Mereka dijadikan tawanan perang dan ditempatkan di
sebuah kem yang merupakan bekas Rumah Sakit Otak Glugur berhampiran
bandar Medan.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Able
Seaman Yahaya dan rakan-rakannya dapat balik ke Pulau Pinang menaiki
sebuah tongkang dengan pertolongan seorang India Muslim yang berniaga di
antara Medan dan Pulau Pinang. Selepas tiga hari pelayaran mereka tiba
di Pantai Sungai Glugur, Pulau Pinang tetapi ditangkap dan hamp<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">i</span>r
dipenggal kepala mereka oleh askar Jepun kerana mendarat tanpa
kebenaran. Mereka terselamat kerana dapat menunjukkan sekeping surat
dalam tulisan Jepun yang<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> </span>menyatakan mereka telah dibebaskan dari kem
tahanan perang Glugur, di Medan. Mereka kemudian diarah melaporkan diri
di Pelabuhan Swettenham untuk bekerja sebagai buruh kasar dengan gaji
sebanyak 50sen sehari. Oleh kerana mereka tidak sanggup lagi menahan
penderitaan dan kesihatan mereka yang semakin terganggu akibat kurang
makanan berkhasiat selama setahun di kem tahanan, mereka melarikan diri
dan bersembunyi di kampong berdekatan.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt;">KAPAL KAPAL YANG TERSELAMAT</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Kebanyakan
dan kapal yang terselamat telah diarahkan pergi ke Colombo. HMS
KELANTAN di bawah perintah Captain H. W. Richardson RNR, merupakan kapal
yang pertama <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">b</span>erjaya meninggalkan perairan Tanah Melayu pada 13hb
Disember 1941. Turut serta diatas kapal itu ialah seorang anggota Malay
Navy iaitu Leading Seaman Ismail bin Hassan. Semasa berada di perairan
Indonesia dekat Pulau Aruah, HMS KELANTAN telah diserang oleh dua buah
pesawat terbang Jepun. Seorang anak kapal telah terkorban dalam serangan
itu, tetapi kapal hanya mengalami kerosakan kecil dan dapat diperbaiki
semula oleh anak-anak kapal. Keesokan harinya tentera Jepun rnenyerang
HMS KELANTAN sekali lagi, tetapi kapal <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">b</span>erjaya menyelamatkan diri dan
terus belayar ke Colombo.</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Walaupun
banyak kapal yang musnah oleh serangan Jepun tetapi sebanyak 21 buah
kapal telah terselamat. Di antaranya termasuk HMS CIRCE, HMS MEDUSA.
KAJANG. HMS KELANG, HMS PERAK, HMS MATANG, HMS PAHANG, HMS HONG KENG,
HMS HONG PENG, dan HMS HONG SIANG. Beberapa buah kapal, iaitu HMS KEDAH,
HMS KINTA, HMS CIRCE dan HMS MEDUSA telah dikekalkan tauliahnya di
dalam Royal Navy hingga selepas perang.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt;">KAPAL-KAPAL YANG MUSNAH.</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Kapal
Armed Merchant Ship dari Syarikat Straits Steamship yang musnah dari
tahun 1941 hingga 1945 ialah HMS AMPANG, <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">HMS</span> BRUNEI, HMS GEMAS, HMS
INTAN, HMS IPOH, HMS JARAK, HMS JERAM, HMS JERANTUT, HMS JITRA, HMS
KAMPAR, HMS KEMUNING, HMS KATONG, HMS KLIAS, HMS KUALA, HMS KUDAT, HMS
LARUT. HMS LIPIS, HMS MELAKA, HMS PAHANG, HMS KINTA, HMS PANDAI, HMS
PETALING, HMS RAHMAN, HMS RAUB, HMS RAWANG, HMS RIMBA, HMS RENGAM, HMS
ROMPlN, HMS SUBOK dan HMS TRANG.</span></span></div>
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Sarawak Steamship pula telah kehilangan sebanyak enam buah kapal,iaitu
HMS ANGBY. HMS GLADYS, HMS KIM CHIN SENG, HMS MARGARET, HMS RAJANG dan
HMS VYNER BROOKE.</span></span></div>
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seperti HMS RANTAU, HMS RASA, HMS RELAU, HMS RI<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">M</span>AU dan HMS TAPAH
telah <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">b</span>erjaya ditawan oleh tentera Jepun tetapi diambilalih semula
selepas perang tamat pada tahun 1945.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Selain
dari kemusnahan Armed Merchant Ship itu, pihak British juga mengalami
kerugian besar kerana kehilangan kapal-kapal perang yang musnah akibat
serangan pesawat terbang Jepun. Peristiwa penenggelaman HMS PRINCE OF
WALES dan HMS REPULSE <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">t</span>elah benar-benar menjejaskan imej Royal Navy yang
mengaku unggul dan tidak boleh dikalahkan.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Dikarang semula daripada rencana -rencana yang berikut di website <a href="http://www.navy.mil.my/index.php/component/k2/itemlist/category/26-sejarah" target="_blank">Tentera Laut Diraja Malaysia</a>:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.navy.mil.my/index.php/component/k2/item/3246-penubuhan-pasukan-straits-settlement-naval-volunteer-reserve" target="_blank">PENUBUHAN PASUKAN STRAITS SETTLEMENT NAVAL VOLUNTEER RESERVE</a></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.navy.mil.my/index.php/component/k2/item/3277-penubuhan-pangkalan-royal-navy-di-singapura" target="_blank">PENUBUHAN PANGKALAN ROYAL NAVY DI SINGAPURA </a></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.navy.mil.my/index.php/component/k2/item/3278-penubuhan-royal-navy-malay-section" target="_blank">PENUBUHAN ROYAL NAVY MALAY SECTION </a></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.navy.mil.my/index.php/component/k2/item/3279-penglibatan-anak-melayu-dalam-perang-dunia-kedua" target="_blank">PENGLIBATAN ANAK MELAYU DALAM PERANG DUNIA KEDUA </a></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Rencana-rencana saya yang berkaitan adalah seperti berikut :</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://securemalaysia.blogspot.jp/2009/01/malay-navy-in-world-war-ii.html" target="_blank">THE MALAY NAVY IN WORLD WAR II </a></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://securemalaysia.blogspot.jp/2009/02/malay-navy-in-wwii-casualty-roll.html" target="_blank">Malay Navy In WWII - Casualty Roll </a></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Senarai terlengkap tentang kapal-kapal terlibat ==> <a href="http://www.cofepow.org.uk/pages/ships_list.html" target="_blank">LIST OF SHIPS INVOLVED IN SE ASIA</a> </span><br />
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<br />mumuchihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11639055259683199675noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2232674708933146196.post-53587568451246011072016-11-03T16:00:00.001+08:002016-11-03T16:44:32.979+08:00LMS Baru adalah dari PR ChinaDiambil terus daripada <a href="https://twitter.com/mykamarul/status/793750875881648128?lang=en" target="_blank">twitter PTL</a> akan perkembangan perolehan Littoral Mission Ships daripada PR China.<br />
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Dikatakan kelas kapal ini dibina berdasarkan kelas yang telah dibina oleh Wuchang Shipyard berdasarkan korvet Type 056 PLAN yang paling banyak dibina dalam armada moden mereka.</div>
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Butiran mengenai kapal yang seangkatan itu di ==> <a href="http://www.wuchuan.com.cn/enwuchuan/Product/Militarytrade/310006.htm" target="_blank">sini</a></div>
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Saya anggap ini perkembangan yang baik kerana limbungan ini mempunyai kepakaran membina kapalselam dan kapal pemburu ranjau, dua cabang ilmu kapal laut yang bakal menjadi sebahagian misi kapal2 LMS ini berdasarkan konsep 'fit to mission'.</div>
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<br />mumuchihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11639055259683199675noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2232674708933146196.post-68596376198999697262016-04-27T10:03:00.003+08:002016-04-27T11:00:33.157+08:00Selamat HUT ke 82 TLDM<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Sempena HUT TLDM yang ke 82 hari ini, saya sahaja ingin berkongsi dua rencana berkaitan TLDM yang disiarkan bersempena HUT ini.<br />
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Yang pertama ialah " Selepas 82 Tahun, TLDM bertaraf dunia" daripada BERNAMA yang menulis tentang perutusan Panglima TLDM.<br />
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http://www.bernama.com/bernama/v8/bm/ge/newsgeneral.php?id=1239156<br />
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Kedua ialah artikel berkenaan cadangan perolehan kelas LMS dalam perancangan pengurangan kelas armada TLDM daripada 15 kepada 5 kelas. Bagi saya amat menarik bila nampaknya tertulis seperti empat friget sedia ada dikelaskan bersama enam unit LCS yang bakal diperolehi mulai 2019.<br />
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Wallahualam.<br />
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mumuchihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11639055259683199675noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2232674708933146196.post-60087212230254127122016-02-19T16:23:00.002+08:002016-02-19T16:32:24.931+08:00Cubalah Pertimbangkan<div style="text-align: justify;">
Dah lama tak tulis kat sini fasal tak ada topik yang menarik nak
komen. Cuma terlihat gambar away team TLDM ni buat operasi amfibi dengan
uniform biasa tergerak nak komen bila lah agak nya nak tukar ke unform
kerja yang lebih sesuai yang sudah dipraktikan oleh tentera-tentera laut
yang lain seperti RSN, USN dan RAN di bawah.</div>
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Agak janggal melihat topi dan
backpack ada corak camo, tapi uniform itu sendiri terang-benderang
senang untuk dilihat. Bayangkan kalau dalam operasi sebenar, bagaimana
nak mengabui mata musuh. Tentera darat sudah mempunyai uniform yang
bersesuaian bukan sahaja untuk operasi di sini tetapi di asia timur,
bila agaknya TLDM nak menyediakan uniform untuk anggota untuk operasi
masakini yang lebih mencabar? Takkan nak tunggu pasukan amfibi
ditubuhkan baru nak kaji uniform baru. Lagipun ini untuk semua warga
kerja TLDM, tu saya cakap away uniform iaitu untuk operasi luar kapal.
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mumuchihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11639055259683199675noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2232674708933146196.post-2252609388010730492014-07-21T12:31:00.000+08:002014-07-21T12:35:18.399+08:00New Interceptor Crafts For The Malaysian Navy<div style="text-align: justify;">
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The BM5 which will serve as a forward sea base equipped with high-speed interceptor boats, radar surveillance and helicopters. The three interceptor combat boats (CB90) will be used together with
the rigid hull inflatable boats (RHIBs) that are currently being used
by the navy’s elite sea commando unit (Paskal) and two new boats that
were recently acquired by the navy – the Silver Brize and P38 craft.“The <i>Bunga Mas 5</i> is the right choice to be placed in the
area as it has a surveillance radar system and is equipped with
helicopters to carry out night operations over long distances,” said
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<a href="http://www.uesoman.com/press_realease.html" target="_blank">The P38 craft seems to have been purchased from UES Marine,</a> a division of United Engineering Services LLC, Oman. Their Signature Interceptor Vessel the P-38, these UES interceptor boats can be tailor made as per the customers' requirements. The P38 is a high performance interceptor craft designed for
interdiction of hostile vessels in coastal and offshore waters. It is an
open boat well-suited for boarding, beaching and interdiction
operations. It features advanced deep V step design hull which is 3D
infused with advanced composite materials in epoxy resin for optimum
power to weight ratio and maximum strength. The hull form and design
affords maximum comfort for this type of craft allowing the crew to
operate effectively with minimum fatigue. The P38 is designed to
accommodate up to 12 crew and is equipped for missions of 12 to 24
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The P38 can be fitted to meet customised mission requirements, such as
triple 50 caliber machine gun mounts. To protect your crew, ballistic
NIJ Level lll extended height paneling can be installed into the sides
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Unfortunately the Silver Brize boats I am unable to identify but once I do i will surely include details of it here later. mumuchihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11639055259683199675noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2232674708933146196.post-74931528316076817132014-07-15T15:54:00.000+08:002014-07-15T15:54:05.660+08:00Jangan Jadi Jahil Lah!<br />
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Walaupun hanya dilengkapi dengan kenderaan perisai usang kerana pihak pembangkang selalu tanya, "mau bili itu senjata mau lawan siapa", pada dasarnya bila negara-negara Islam bersatu satu masa nanti dan akhirnya mengisytiharkan jihad, berbanggalah yang negara kita dan negara serantau iaitu Indonesia dan Brunei(yang menempatkan anggotanya bersama kontijen kita) akan beraksi dari awal lagi.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Tak percaya? Tanyalah bekas-bekas tentera-tentera pengaman kita yang pernah bertugas di Bosnia-herzegovina kenapa Harimau Malaya digeruni pihak serbia dan croatia. Ingat fasal bola ke?</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Tidak perlulah elemen-elemen sokongan termasuk dari TUDM berada di sana kalau setakat tentera kita setakat nak "bersiar-siar" di sana. Bila jihad sebenar berlaku, bala tentera kita tidak akan masuk medan dengan mata buta nanti, InsyaAllah.</span></div>
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<br />mumuchihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11639055259683199675noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2232674708933146196.post-18997884097123505282014-05-12T11:27:00.001+08:002014-05-12T11:32:40.584+08:00Sea Basing ? Not Such A New Concept<div style="text-align: justify;">
When the navy chief Admiral Tan Sri Abdul Aziz Jaafar <a href="http://www.thestar.com.my/News/Nation/2014/05/09/Navy-plans-beefup-of-assets-to-intercept-intruders/" target="_blank">espoused the concept of Sea Basing </a>and then <a href="http://www.thestar.com.my/News/Nation/2014/05/10/Hisham-Seabasing-is-vital-System-will-ensure-tighter-security-in-waters-off-Sabah-says-minister/" target="_blank">further elaborated </a>by the Minister of Defence himself, many has jumped on the comment bandwagon as if it is such a new concept. Many may have forgotten that the Navy has used their MPSS for such a purpose at a time in their history before as evidenced by this photo off the Sabah coast where the Inderapura played the role of mothership for the Jerong class FAC-Gs.</div>
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It has also been reported that a decommissioned oil rig has been proposed to be used as a logistics base or mothership but to me that is a bit wild as such oil rigs typically ride high over the water and easy ingress and egress for the vessels that they are supposed to support may be difficult, amongst others.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>The Oil Rig Solution as mentioned in the MOD tweet "<a class="account-group js-account-group js-action-profile js-user-profile-link js-nav" data-user-id="132630648" href="https://twitter.com/HishammuddinH2O"><strong class="fullname js-action-profile-name show-popup-with-id">Hishammuddin Hussein</strong>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Kita boleh! “<a class="twitter-atreply pretty-link" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/mykamarul"><s>@</s><b>mykamarul</b></a>: H2O: ESSCOM:"Sea Basing" suggested by TS PTL doable wit designated route by <a class="twitter-atreply pretty-link" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/Zahid_Hamidi"><s>@</s><b>Zahid_Hamidi</b></a> <a class="twitter-timeline-link" data-pre-embedded="true" dir="ltr" href="http://t.co/ZaCuvQvChV">pic.twitter.com/ZaCuvQvChV</a>”</i></span></div>
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As for using the existing remaining MPSSs or the Auxilliary ships BM5 and BM6 as the motherships, I quite agree but the lead time may take a long time as the MPSS would surely need to be replaced by a new class of MRSS in their current logistics role while the BM5 and BM6 are still preoccupied with their missions in the far oceans. </div>
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So what is the navy to do to then to materialise the creation of a small naval base offshore on urgent basis? There is another methodology of sea-basing that the Navy has successfully implemented in their efforts to safeguard our territory before, that is to build up artificial reefs like <a href="http://securemalaysia.blogspot.com/2009/05/royal-malaysian-navy-offshore-eez.html" target="_blank">we have in the Spratlys </a>where we created some of the bases overnight in fact by grounding barges and building up the land around it. In fact since the land borders for the ESSCOMM is clearly defined, we could even build it at a proper but quick pace and give it a proper naval base functionality than a rush job like the proposed oil rig solution.</div>
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I initially did not want to attend the show this year as I suspected that there is nothing much new that will be on show. Nonetheless a relative asked me to attend as he wanted to ask me for assistance in business networking so I relented and attended on the third day, the first time doing so. It was as I suspected but since it was already at the tail end of the show, nothing much was being announced when I was there.Therefore this time I will just make a pictorial of what captured my attention the most during my brief visit.</div>
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The star of the show would surely be the AV8s on show where both the AFV-30 and IFV-25 variant is on show. I was informed that 11 units are now ready to be inducted into the army in the near future as the first delivery.</div>
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And from the DEFTECH representative that I met that was premiering their AV6 or actually the rebadged<a href="http://www.fnss.com.tr/en/product/pars-6x6" target="_blank"> PARS 6x6,</a> I was informed that there will finally be a field testing of 6x6 armoured vehicles in order to fulfil the UNIFIL requirements. No wonder there was a lot 6x6 units being displayed except for a particular brand from a neighbouring country that previously claimed the contract was already awarded to them. Hopefully this will be a nucleus order for the full replacement of the Condor fleet of battle taxis.<br />
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<a href="http://www.aselsan.com.tr/en-us/capabilities/weapon-systems/remote-weapon-platforms/25-mm-stop-remote-controlled-stabilized-naval-gun-system" target="_blank">25 mm STOP Remote Controlled Stabilized Naval Gun System</a></h4>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The emblem although different from PARS belies its origins, mayhaps now in the form of an ODE to Proton?</td></tr>
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Deftech also took the opportunity to showcase their HMMWV in partnership with AM General which a friend informed me was trialed in the north sometime last year.</div>
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Also in association with Bell Helicopters, an USMC UH-1Y 'Huey" made an appearance as the solo static helicopter being openly displayed to public although an AW139 was in one of the booths. The Huey was flown all the way from Afghanistan in a C5 and assembled in Subang before being flown in to the PWTC open carpark where it was displayed.</div>
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And now lets continue to the eye candies shall we. The local agent for <a href="http://www.rotinor.com/company.html" target="_blank">Rotinor's</a> divescooter for use by the Malaysian Special Forces creative costuming of their promoters certainly attracted a lot of visitors to their booth. Hopefully it is accepted into service soon.</div>
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<br />mumuchihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11639055259683199675noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2232674708933146196.post-53755149504680483392014-04-14T11:01:00.000+08:002014-04-14T11:21:58.174+08:00And Yet Some Asks Our Navy To Use Prahus To Patrol<div style="text-align: justify;">
An interesting read on how the MH370 incident and subsequent SAR efforts has revealed the capability gaps of the nations' military involved, in this case in particular the China's maritime capabilities.However China's booming military spending as detailed in this<a href="http://www.thestar.com.my/News/Regional/2014/04/11/Chinas-booming-military-spending-belies-caution/" target="_blank"> other article</a> may rectify the gaps in the long run.<br />
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Yes China will learn from this incident but pity Malaysia's own military. I personally do not think that <a href="http://www.thestar.com.my/News/Nation/2014/04/12/RMAF-wants-better-equipment-for-search-and-rescue-ops/" target="_blank">our military will get what they need </a>even
though their shortfalls are now plain to see with only a single navy
frigate and three C-130H involved in the SAR efforts in the Indian Ocean
even though we are the primary nation affected. Nonetheless the <a href="http://www.dsaexhibition.com/" target="_blank">DSA 2014 </a>has just started today and hopefully we can get some good news on military procurement despite the odds.</div>
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<i><a href="http://www.thestar.com.my/News/Regional/2014/04/13/Chinas-tech-gap-exposed-in-MH370-search-mission/" target="_blank">China’s tech gap exposed in MH370 search mission </a></i></h2>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Ability in doubt: Chinese patrol ship 'Haixun 01' picked up electronic
pulsing signals in the Indian Ocean on April 4 and again on April 5. But
some foreign experts are sceptical about whether China's equipment is
advanced enough to obtain signals from as deep as 4,500m under the sea. -
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<i>BEIJING: China has the ability to detect signals
sent from deep in the sea, but the month-long hunt for missing Malaysia
Airlines flight MH370 has exposed technological drawbacks in China’s
maritime search and rescue outfit, experts said.</i></div>
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<i> Chinese patrol ship Haixun 01 picked up electronic pulsing
signals in the Indian Ocean on April 4 and again on April 5. But some
foreign experts are sceptical about whether China’s equipment is
advanced enough to obtain signals from as deep as 4,500m under the sea.</i><br />
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<i> The ship is equipped with maritime detection equipment, including
one black box sonar detector and two underwater robots, said Wang
Liangyu, head of maritime survey at the Donghai Navigation Safety
Administration under the Transport Ministry.</i><br />
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<i> “All of them were imported,” he said. “The black box detector, which
was made by the same company that produces black boxes, has a maximum
detection range of 5,000m.”</i><br />
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<i> The adoption of such advanced technologies has enabled China to
catch “ping” signals from the black boxes, he told Shanghai newspaper Jiefang Daily.</i><br />
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<i> However, searchers need more time to analyse and verify the signals
to see whether they are consistent with the black boxes – the flight
data recorder and the cockpit voice recorder.</i><br />
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<i> Many Chinese applauded Haixun 01’s findings, but say China still lags behind other nations when it comes to maritime search and rescue equipment.</i><br />
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<i> “I’m proud that it was our ship that first detected the (suspected)
signals,” said an Internet user who goes under the name biedong1925,
“but it is a pity that none of the equipment used was made in China”.</i><br />
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<i> Some experts said more resources and investment should be allocated to China’s maritime search and rescue outfit development.</i><br />
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<i> “There are a lot of things that China should do to upgrade its
equipment used in maritime search and rescue operations,” said Cui
Yiliang, an expert on ships and naval armament in Beijing.</i><br />
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<i> “We must speed up the research and development of autonomous underwater vehicles, or AUVs,” he said. </i><br />
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<i> “High-tech underwater vehicles such as the Bluefin-21 play an
irreplaceable role in deep-sea detection and retrieval operations, but I
haven’t read any reports about similar equipment developed in China.”</i><br />
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<i> The Australian navy vessel Ocean Shield is carrying a Bluefin-21 in its current search and will use the sub to scan for wreckage once the black box is located.</i><br />
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<i> AUV played a critical role in locating a lost Air France jet in
2011, two years after it crashed in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. A
team from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in the United States
used an AUV equipped with side-scan sonar to locate the aircraft about
3,900m underwater. In China, the AUV is still in its infancy and far from being operational, Cui said.</i><br />
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<i> In November, the Qianlong-1 unmanned autonomous underwater vehicle completed its first application test in the eastern Pacific Ocean.</i><br />
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<i> Co-developed by the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Harbin
Engineering University, it can travel to a depth of 6,000m, and is
tasked to explore the seabed and collect hydrological data. The vehicle
is on a trial run and marks the first time a Chinese AUV has been used
for a scientific expedition, according to the academy.</i><br />
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<i> Meanwhile, a military observer said the Chinese navy should improve
its use of sea-based air platforms in maritime search and rescue
operations.</i><br />
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<i> The PLA navy’s missile destroyer Haikou, replenishment ship Qiandaohu, and amphibian landing craft Kunlunshan and Jinggangshan are taking part in the search mission led by Australia in a remote part of the Indian Ocean.</i><br />
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<i> However, the fleet “apparently failed to bring enough helicopters”,
said the observer in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, who declined to be
named.</i><br />
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<i> The two Arleigh Burke-class destroyers of the US Navy that had participated in the early search for MH370, the USS Pinckney and USS Kidd, each carried two MH-60R Seahawk helicopters, which flew sorties from dawn to dusk.</i><br />
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<i> “Each Arleigh Burke-class destroyer can carry up to four
helicopters, which means it has a strong capability to search on the
sea,” the observer said, adding Chinese destroyers and frigates can
carry only one helicopter.</i><br />
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<i> The amphibian landing craft Kunlunshan and Jinggangshan can each embark up to four helicopters, he said. </i><br />
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<i> “But judging from news reports, they didn’t bring that number of
helicopters. The only guess I can make is that our navy still needs to
learn from the US Navy in the use of sea-based air platforms.” </i></div>
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mumuchihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11639055259683199675noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2232674708933146196.post-32115632193126717022014-04-04T10:48:00.002+08:002014-04-04T10:48:40.216+08:00Littoral Combat Ship - Finally ?<div style="text-align: justify;">
I myself cannot remember when was supposed to be the actual launch date :-)</div>
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Friday April 4, 2014 MYT 12:00:00 AM
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Friday April 4, 2014 MYT 7:27:55 AM
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<a href="http://www.thestar.com.my/Business/Business-News/2014/04/04/BHIC-to-build-first-littoral-combat-ship-in-2015/" target="_blank">BHIC to build first littoral combat ship in 2015 </a></i></h2>
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<i><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">KUALA LUMPUR: Boustead Heavy Industries Corp Bhd (BHIC)
expects to build the first littoral combat ship (LCS) early next year, under a
RM9bil contract awarded to its associate company.</span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">This, coupled with the group’s growing maintenance, repair
and overhaul (MRO) business, will help the company improve its financial
performance in the current financial year ending Dec 31, 2014.</span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">“We are confident of doing much better this year. BHIC’s order
book for shipbuilding and MRO for this year is more than RM500mil,” managing
director Tan Sri Ahmad Ramli Mohd Nor told reporters after the company’s AGM
yesterday.</span></span></i></div>
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actual work at the group’s shipyard in Lumut, Perak was expected to commence
once the LCS project contract was finalised.</span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">“We are already more or less at 35%. A lot of pre-planning
is being done,” he said. Project revisions and cost overuns related to the LCS
project hit the group last year as its associate company Boustead Naval
Shipyard Sdn Bhd reported loss of RM23.2mil in the financial year of 2013.</span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">Ahmad Ramli said the revisions took into consideration the
negotiated scope of work with various stakeholders, including the navy and
original equipment manufacturers (OEMs). He added that 80% of contracts with
the OEMs was already in place.</span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">The building of the ships required a lot of imported
high-end equipment, something which the company was wary about, he said, adding
that the projected cost could vary with the value of the ringgit fluctuating
against major currencies.</span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">“We purchased a lot of equipment from overseas. So the
movements of the ringgit do have a big impact on our shipbuilding business. But
the project is on track and will start in the first quarter of next year,”
chairman Tan Sri Lodin Wok Kamaruddin said.</span></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">According to <a href="http://www.theedgemalaysia.com/business-news/283505-boustead-heavy-eyes-oag-exploration-and-extraction.html" target="_blank">The Edge Financial Daily</a> on this matter, 35% of the project has already been completed as follows ;</span></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">On the RM9 billion littoral combat ship contract from the Defence Ministry, Ahmad Ramli said Boustead Naval Shipyard Sdn Bhd, an associate of BHIC, has progressed around 35% of the project, mostly on the aspects of the design work, training of manpower and improvement of infrastructure.</span></span></i></div>
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mumuchihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11639055259683199675noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2232674708933146196.post-11146717901404091862014-04-02T10:29:00.000+08:002014-04-02T10:29:28.053+08:00Yup Now It Is A Real Submarine, But...<div style="text-align: justify;">
Yes ladies and gentlemen, a full fledged submarine has finally joined the Task Force for SAR MH370 as reported below. Nonetheless before you start asking why our own submarines are not joining, do take note that The Trafalgar Class HMS Tireless is a nuclear attack submarine that is far more capable than our own diesel submarine as you can read <a href="http://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/The-Fleet/Submarines/Fleet-Submarines/Trafalgar-Class/HMS-Tireless" target="_blank">here</a>. So unless you allow Malaysia to follow <a href="http://www.janes.com/article/35901/brunei-announces-record-defence-budget?utm_campaign=E14%20DF%20NL%20DEFENCE%2004_01_2014&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Eloqua" target="_blank">Brunei footsteps</a> and increase our defence budget to record of more than 10% of our national budget, please hold your tongue as this incident has clearly shown our defence capabilities shortfalls due to petty sniping of our defence spending prior to this. Anyway Malaysia even if we can afford it will never be allowed to join the nuclear submarine navy club so let's be clear about that shall we. But who knows, maybe our own Perdana class SSK diesel submarines are actually steaming towards the SAR area as it is their nature to announce their journey before arriving at their destination, exactly as HMS Tireless has done when her arrival was only announced upon arrival around a week after being ordered to move from an operational tasking to the search area. See how much details are left out even the this <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2014/04/01/missing-malaysian-plane-submarine-hms-tireless_n_5071208.html" target="_blank">article</a> gives much more information than article posted here.</div>
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Published:
Wednesday April 2, 2014 MYT 8:30:00 AM
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Updated:
Wednesday April 2, 2014 MYT 8:32:19 AM </div>
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<a href="http://www.thestar.com.my/News/Nation/2014/04/02/MH370-search-Sub-joins-hunt-ahead-of-Najibs-visit-to-Perth/" target="_blank">MH370 search: Sub joins hunt ahead of Najib’s visit to Perth </a></h2>
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PERTH: The protracted search for missing Malaysia Airlines (MAS)
flight MH370 was boosted Wednesday by the arrival of a British submarine
in the Indian Ocean ahead of a visit to Australia by Malaysian Prime
Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak.</div>
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The personal jet of Oscar-winning New Zealand movie director Peter
Jackson is also now reportedly being used in the multinational hunt for
the plane that vanished on March 8 with 239 people on board.</div>
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Despite extensive scouring of remote Indian Ocean waters by planes
and ships southwest of Perth where Malaysia believes the plane went
down, nothing has been found so far that would indicate a crash site.</div>
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“No significant developments to report,” the Australian Maritime
Safety Authority tweeted after 10 planes returned from flying sorties on
Tuesday evening in a now familiar update on drawing a blank.</div>
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But in a boost to the search effort, Britain’s Royal Navy said
submarine HMS Tireless has arrived in the area and “with her advanced
underwater search capability will be able to contribute to the attempts
to locate the missing plane”.</div>
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While planes, ships and helicopters have all been deployed, it is the first submarine to be drafted in.</div>
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Britain’s HMS Echo is also due in the search zone shortly to assist
Australia's Ocean Shield naval vessel, which is fitted with a
US-supplied black box detector and is expected to arrive on Friday.</div>
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The battery-powered signal from the black box – which records flight
data and cockpit voice communications that could indicate what happened
to the plane – usually lasts only about 30 days, with time fast running
out to find it.</div>
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Australia has warned against expectations of quick success in the
difficult task of recovering the black box from the deep and vast seas.</div>
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Retired Australian air chief marshal Angus Houston, who is heading a
new coordination centre in Perth, reiterated Wednesday that the odds
were stacked against them.</div>
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“The reality is it’s the most complex and challenging search and recovery operation I’ve ever seen,” he told national radio.</div>
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“If we don’t find anything on the surface, we’ll have to think about what we do next.” </div>
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Prime Minister Najib is due in Perth on Wednesday evening to tour the
air base being used as a staging post and meet with his Australian
counterpart Tony Abbott, as well as Houston. – AFP</div>
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mumuchihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11639055259683199675noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2232674708933146196.post-81640961294834932192014-03-30T21:06:00.004+08:002014-03-30T21:13:11.770+08:00Lost In The Noise<div style="text-align: justify;">
I would like to share something here that speaks volumes about the unsung heroes in aviation, and how a tragedy affects them as they are human after all. And it is also a great illustration of how something can get lost in the noise or tuned out in the great flood of information as this article was published one week prior to me reading it. So before casting the first stone, ask yourself if you are worthy.</div>
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<a href="http://www.thestar.com.my/News/Nation/2014/03/23/What-happened-on-March-8-still-haunts-personnel-on-duty/">What happened on March 8 still haunts personnel on duty</a> </h2>
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Published:
Sunday March 23, 2014 MYT 12:00:00 AM
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Sunday March 23, 2014 MYT 7:19:30 AM </h3>
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<i>PETALING JAYA: A sense of responsibility for the
missing MH370 has taken a toll on Air Traffic Controllers on duty the
morning the plane disappeared on March 8.</i><br />
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<i>There were 40 personnel
on duty during the shift, including the Radar Controller, Flight
Planner and Flight Data officers, who were directing the aircraft before
handing over responsibility to their Vietnamese counterparts.</i><br />
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<i>A senior Department of Civil Aviation officer told The Star some
of those on duty can’t help but dwell on what happened to the plane.</i><br />
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<i>“They have come to talk to me and kept asking why, why why, this had
happened,” said the officer. “Despite assuring them they had carried out
their duties, some can’t let go of the incident.”He said all emergency protocol was followed immediately after MH370 disappeared off the radar.</i><br />
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<i>During such emergencies there are three phases which must be followed. The initial Alert phased in this case required the air traffic controllers or ATCs to contact their counterparts in Vietnam. Subsequently Changi (Singapore) is contacted to determine if they had
MH370 on their radar or if they were in communication with the missing
aircraft.“This had to been done within three minutes of the emergency.”</i><br />
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<i>In the subsequent Uncertainty phase, ATCs will contact all aircraft in
the vicinity to determine if they were in communication with MH370 or
had the plane on their radar or had visual sighting of it.</i><br />
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<i>This must be done within 15 minutes and when no one could detect the plane the final Distress phase was activated.</i><br />
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<i>Two search and rescue trained officers are on standby during every
shift and they immediately opened the Aeronautical Rescue Coordination
Centre or ARCC. “The officers called the air force, which
confirmed they had detected the plane on their military radar but it had
diverted from its path.“We tried communicating with MH370 again but it didn’t work.“By the time it dropped off military radar, we had already begun planning where to search for the plane,” he said.</i><br />
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<i>Two weeks on, the DCA officer, who is among those coordinating the
search and rescue mission at the ARCC, said he is baffled by the
incident.“We are working hard to follow up on every lead we get
and we’ve been grateful for all the help we’ve been getting from other
countries,” he said.However he expressed concern that time was running out.“I am worried, the decisions we make involve people’s lives and so many countries and public sentiment,” he said.</i></div>
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mumuchihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11639055259683199675noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2232674708933146196.post-46456674240623996042014-03-27T17:55:00.002+08:002014-03-30T21:16:34.437+08:00You Should Be More Careful.<div style="text-align: justify;">
A Deputy Minister should be more careful when answering in Parliament, especially on matters of national security.</div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); text-align: left;">KENYATAAN MEDIA YB DATUK ABD RAHIM BAKRI,</span>TIMBALAN MENTERI PERTAHANAN </blockquote>
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Unit Komunikasi Korporat, Kementerian Pertahanan telah mengeluarkan kenyataan berikut:</blockquote>
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Jawapan Pada Sesi Parlimen<br />
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Berhubung kenyataan saya dalam perbahasan titah Di Raja di Parlimen semalam (26 Mac 2014) yang mengatakan pesawat MH370 berpatah balik (turn back) berkemungkinan setelah menerima arahan daripada pusat kawalan, saya ingin menjelaskan bahawa ia hanya merupakan andaian saya semata-mata serta kemungkinan-kem<wbr></wbr>ungkinan yang boleh berlaku.</div>
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Selepas membuat semakan, saya ingin tegaskan bahawa andaian saya adalah tidak tepat.</div>
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mumuchihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11639055259683199675noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2232674708933146196.post-3878561283289561862014-03-25T10:50:00.000+08:002014-03-25T14:52:43.365+08:00Finally The NGOs Are Getting Into The Act<div style="text-align: justify;">
Many believed that the world navies' combat submarines are the most suitable to conduct the search for MH370 wreckage. Believe me they are not. Never mind let them live with their delusions. There is now good news, finally the most suitable submersibles to conduct such deep sea searches are being readied pending identification of the most suitable search area according to this news report by <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/malaysia/10717323/Worlds-only-three-Abyss-submarines-sent-to-Indian-Ocean-for-plane-search.html" target="_blank">the Telegraph UK</a>. Three ABYSS deep sea search submarines which can dive to depths of 6,000 metres and stay submerged
for up to 24 hours will be deployed by German and and American oceanographers from the Helmholtz Oceanography
Institute and Woods Hole Institute once wreckage of flight MH370 is sighted. </div>
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The ABYSS submarine, which is equipped with special sensors, cameras and an
ultra sensitive Sonar system, resembles a torpedo and is painted yellow to
make it easier to identify. The submarine's comparatively small size means
that it can be flown in for deployment.
In the spring of 2011, the three submarines were used successfully to track
down the wreckage of the lost Air France flight 447 Airbus passenger plane
which disappeared without trace over the Atlantic in 2009 with 228
passengers on board. </div>
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I can only hope that this is only the first of many future NGOs that will join the search effort complementing the Navies'own assets that are being deployed to the operations. Good Luck!<br />
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Edited 1430H 25/March/2014.<br />
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Unfortunately it only came out in an Norwegian articles <a href="http://www.aftenposten.no/nyheter/iriks/Norsk-firma-lette-etter-Air-France_-er-na-klar-til-nye-sok-7510796.html#.UzEiMKLYHBo" target="_blank">here</a> but it seems another deep sea recovery organisation that was involved in the AF447 search has also offered their assistance. At this time, any offer including the offer by Swire Seabed Mr. Frode Gaupås, who is operations director at Swire Seabed , who said "We are ready to join the search if we are asked about it". The Bergen-based company Swire Seabed AS owns one of the few mini submarine that can dive to 6,000 meters and thus can be used for this type of mission.We are ready to send it down on a cargo plane to Australia. said Gaupås. (<a href="http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=no&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.aftenposten.no%2Fnyheter%2Furiks%2FEt-kinesisk-fly-skal-ha-funnet-mistenkelige-gjenstander-i-Det-indiske-hav-7513461.html%23.UzEhHaLYHBo&act=url" target="_blank">From the translated article</a>) In this time of need, methinks its best we take up on any such offer given to us don't you think.</div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); text-align: left;">We have six of the RMNs assets on the way to station equipped with active sonar. Other units are expected to be mobilised soon once the sweep area based on the new findings are identified. This does not include the other nations' assets already on station or enroute. Spare a thought for these brave souls now trying to do the near impossible in sea conditions that we may not experience in our own lifetime. Stop all speculations on their activities or worse degrading their efforts with your mindless remarks. Never you mind me laddies, stay your course and may fair winds assist your endevours!</span><br />
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A very interesting article commenting on the region's air defence radar network status as Dummies seem to think that it is working as if like some sort of a force field protecting the nation. Come on even in the movies the force field shield only comes on when the threat is detected. Sheesh!</div>
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<a href="http://www.thestar.com.my/News/Nation/2014/03/24/Missing-MH370-Air-Security/" target="_blank">Missing MH370: Malaysian air defence comes under scrutiny</a></div>
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Monday March 24, 2014 MYT 1:44:00 PM
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WAS the Malaysian air force sleeping on the job? How could an
unidentified aircraft fly through Malaysian air space without the air
force sitting up and being on high alert? Why were no jets scrambled?
How secure is our air space?<br />
<br />
Those are some of the questions many have been asking since Flight MH370 went missing.<br />
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The March 8 flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing was flying over the
South China Sea heading into Vietnam air space when someone deliberately
switched off the transponder at 1.21am making it disappear from the air
traffic control (ATC) radar screen.<br />
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The Boeing 777 passenger plane carrying 239 people including 12 crew
then made a turnaround crossing back into Malaysian airspace.<br />
<br />
Unchallenged and unidentified – although it was picked up as a blip by
the military’s primary radar at 2.15am (although not in real time) - it
flew over Penang before disappearing towards the Indian Ocean.<br />
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Aerospace Defence Consultant Ravi Madavaram insists the military did no wrong.<br />
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“From my point of view, they didn’t make a mistake. They didn’t miss a
military aircraft. They missed a commercial aircraft which is not their
job anyway (to monitor).”<br />
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He stresses that the objectives of the military’s primary radar and commercial secondary radar are very different.<br />
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The secondary radar, he says, is used by the air traffic control (ATC)
to track commercial aircraft as much as possible especially during
landing and takeoff, which are the critical stages of a flight.<br />
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It requires fast response and communication is done via a transponder in the cockpit of the aircraft.<br />
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The military, on the other hand, uses a primary radar as its purpose is to track which airplane is a friend or foe.<br />
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It does not need a transponder because typically an enemy aircraft will not respond.<br />
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The primary radar hardware is automated and gives out blips every four to 12 seconds.<br />
<br />
A military jet would give out a very small signal on the radar, says
Ravi of Frost & Sullivan, while a commercial jet will give a big
reading.<br />
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“So I can understand if nobody gets excited over the MH370 passing
because from the primary radar they can see that it’s too big to be a
military aircraft and it looks like a commercial aircraft which is
flying off route so they just ignore it.”<br />
<br />
If it is something small and moving fast, like a fighter jet, that is
when the air force will take it seriously and be on the alert, he adds.<br />
<br />
For him, overlooking that passing of MH370 is totally forgivable given
the fact that Malaysia has “not seen much territorial attacks” nor does
it face threats from neighbouring countries.<br />
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“Military and perspective work in a particular setting. If it is an
object between China and India, or India and Pakistan, then everyone is
going to put their jets up because you have that war scenario there and
everything needs to be regularly checked.”<br />
<br />
But Malaysia and its neighbouring countries are generally peaceful
countries, he says, so they are not thinking “this is war” and that
readiness might not be there.<br />
<br />
The readiness is not in isolation, he says. It goes very much hand in
hand with intelligence, which may suggest a possible incursion, or that
people are planning something.<br />
<br />
In the case of the MH370, there was nothing of that sort.<br />
<br />
Radar expert Hans Weber says normally when an unidentified plane is in
detectable range, the chain of command of the radar site will try to
contact the plane by radio and ask it to identify itself. When there is
no answer, fighter jets may be launched to try and identify it or signal
it to land at the nearest airport or, if there is still no response, to
take the tough decision to shoot it down.<br />
<br />
“But all this depends on a number of factors including whether the
nation feels threatened and whether the plane was flying towards an
important target,” he adds.<br />
<br />
Aviation analyst Gerry Soejatman points out that there is still no full
information as to how the MH370 trajectory behaved on the radar.<br />
<br />
“It does raise questions, but we must also understand that this was not
an unidentified object approaching a vital object/infrastructure/target
in a suspicious manner.<br />
<br />
“If it did, then yes, a lot of questions are going to be asked.”<br />
<br />
He notes that the military did suspect it was the MH370 turning back for
reasons unknown to them and the military protocol would be to observe
its behaviour and try to determine whether it was in distress or whether
it was going to be a threat.<br />
<br />
“The aircraft rightly so at the time was determined not to be a threat
hence not intercepted. Before they realised the full extent of the
situation, the aircraft had slipped far enough to make interception
impractical or impossible.<br />
<br />
“If this is a case of an unidentified aircraft coming out of nowhere
aimed towards the peninsula, then a threat level would exist and
possibly lead to interception.<br />
<br />
“We must answer the question whether the action of the Malaysian Air
Force was reasonable or not at that time; and not by using the benefit
of hindsight because hindsight is always 20/20.”<br />
<br />
It has been just over two weeks since MH370 went missing, and some 26
countries have now joined in the massive search and rescue operation to
find it.<br />
<br />
The last known signal from the aircraft came from an Inmarsat satellite
at 8.11am indicating that it had travelled another six hours after
leaving the west coast of Malaysia and out of the range of Malaysia’s
military primary radar.<br />
<br />
Countries in the northern arc and southern arc where the aircraft might
have headed have been asked to check their own radar data to see if the
plane had passed over their air space.<br />
<br />
But therein lies some difficulties, some which might be potentially embarrassing or revealing.<br />
<br />
If MH370 did cross into the airspace of other countries unnoticed, Weber
says, it would also mean that the air defence in those countries might
be a bit lax in the wee hours of the morning.<br />
<br />
“But it might have flown a normal flight path at a normal altitude in a
heavily travelled air corridor and thus did not get anybody to raise an
alarm.”<br />
<br />
Soejatman says that if the aircraft did enter another country’s
territory, “we would also need to know how it did it before we can
question why no red flags were raised”.<br />
<br />
“There are tricks that can be adopted to enter a country using another
aircraft to “piggyback”, this would make it extremely difficult for the
flight to have been detected as it enters a country’s territory.”<br />
<br />
MIT aeronautics and astronautics professor Dr R. John Hansman says MH370
did not have to cross the airspace of other countries as it could have
remained over international waters away from countries or military
radar.<br />
<br />
One startling revelation to come out of this search and rescue operation
was when India admitted that its radar in Nicobar and Andaman were shut
at the time of the MH370 flight due to budget constraints.<br />
<br />
Ravi says that while this might help Malaysia try and figure out where
the aircraft has gone, India is not helping itself by giving that away.<br />
<br />
“They are showing themselves in a bad light to an enemy who can do damage to their country.<br />
<br />
“The main purpose of the military is to protect the country. I don’t
think for a missing aircraft countries are going to expose their
limitations,” he says.<br />
<br />
He points out too that if any other country had switched off their radar
to cut costs, in all likelihood they would not disclose this
information to other countries, because it would not look good on them
and their military.<br />
<br />
Ravi points out that operating a primary radar is expensive because it
beams a very strong signal which requires a lot of electricity and hence
money to keep it on 24 hours.<br />
<br />
So it would not come as a surprise to him if some of the poorer
countries with no high security threats do not have their radar switched
on all the time.<br />
<br />
“But they will just say ‘we didn’t see the plane on our radar’ which is
the truth because their radar was switched off. But it does not mean it
didn’t pass through their air space.”<br />
<br />
Dr Hansman believes that countries would not be prepared to put aside
their own security concerns and share data that might give away their
defence capabilities just to find a missing aircraft. “They would not
compromise their security,” he says.<br />
<br />
Concurring, Weber says he would not be surprised if the defence radar
systems of other countries have radar information, which they have not
yet revealed.<br />
<br />
“This would be typical for the military.”<br />
<br />
As Soejatman rightly points out, “defence is not just about capability, but also hiding such capability or the lack of it”.<br />
<br />
He notes that no country will publicly admit to using classified technologies to find the aircraft.<br />
<br />
“Such exchange of information using these special capabilities is likely
to already be happening behind the scenes among friendly nations or
through a friendly nation.<br />
<br />
“What we are seeing are the non-classified capabilities being used.<br />
<br />
“Beyond that, any country would be foolish to disclose the use of classified technology without careful consideration.”<br />
<br />
He also says that the satellite imagery data that we are seeing are of non-classified capabilities only.<br />
<br />
As for Malaysia, they have come out to say that they have revealed and
shared their raw data with other countries, even putting the country’s
intelligence second to finding the aircraft.<br />
<br />
But doesn’t this make the country vulnerable security wise?<br />
<br />
Ravi thinks it does. “But at this point of time, Malaysia doesn’t have a
choice but to give out all that information. Not finding the aircraft
will have huge repercussions in terms of the economy and the scenario of
the country and I don’t think Malaysia can run that risk.<br />
<br />
“And even with giving out that information, they can’t find the
aircraft. Imagine if they didn’t give out that information? It does
impact a bit on Malaysia’s military capabilities but you cannot not give
out the information,” he says.<br />
<br />
Ravi also points out the irony is that the aviation industry is one of
the most high tech industries in the world. Yet, despite all the
advances in technology, the aircraft is still missing.<br />
<br />
“It is unprecedented,” he says.</div>
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mumuchihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11639055259683199675noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2232674708933146196.post-5167687496432296652014-03-19T15:05:00.001+08:002014-03-19T15:10:23.718+08:00This I Think Makes Sense<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Yes I am breaking my own rules but here I am linking a theory on
MH370 that I find most credible and sensible to date. Who knows if it is
proven true, it may have assisted somewhat.</div>
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<a href="https://plus.google.com/106271056358366282907/posts/GoeVjHJaGBz" target="_blank">MH370 A different point of view. Pulau Langkawi 13,000 runway.</a></div>
<br />mumuchihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11639055259683199675noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2232674708933146196.post-17333421305393609962014-03-09T11:50:00.001+08:002014-03-10T10:36:32.308+08:00Here Are Your "Submarines" You So Called Experts.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<i>Credit : <a href="http://mymil.forums2u.com/t1422-misteri-mas-mh370#171568" target="_blank">Mymil Forum</a></i></div>
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I understand that some "experts" are querying why other navies' "submarine' are being used and why we are not using ours instead.</div>
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I do not want to be drawn into an argument but just for everybody's information these are the deep sea rescue vessels being deplored in the search.</div>
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From the Republic Singapore Navy, the MV Swift Rescue a submarine support and rescue vessel.</div>
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<i>Reference ==> <a href="https://m.facebook.com/singaporenavy/photos/pb.501718186559038.-2207520000.1394336067./679856928745162/?type=1&source=54" target="_blank">Republic Singapore Navy Facebook</a></i></div>
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Though unverified, it is also reported that our own <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Submarine Escape and Rescue vessel MV Mega Bakti has also been despatched from its home base in Kota Kinabalu to join the save and rescue efforts. </span></div>
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So don't go around saying that submarines being deployed. It just shows your ignorance more.</div>
mumuchihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11639055259683199675noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2232674708933146196.post-71919673799452578172014-03-09T08:57:00.001+08:002014-03-09T08:57:19.794+08:00PRAY!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />mumuchihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11639055259683199675noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2232674708933146196.post-40546454443719069782014-02-17T12:46:00.003+08:002014-02-17T15:36:41.721+08:00Bell AH-1Z For Malaysian "Marines"? Nope Don't Think So!<div style="text-align: justify;">
Shepard in their<a href="http://www.shephardmedia.com/news/rotorhub/sga14-industry-preps-malaysian-attack-helo-require/" target="_blank"> report</a> on the recent Singapore Air Show has stated that that Industry players are ready to respond to a Malaysian RFP for attack helicopters if issued due to a perceived urgent requirement to handle insurgents and intrusions with a better platform like combat helicopters rather than fixed wing aircraft which may be an overkill response.</div>
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France has reportedly offered their EC665 Tiger HAP while Boeing is offering their Bell AH-6 Little Bird that was said to be flown by the Malaysian Armed Forces Chief during the show and the Big Brother AH-64 Apache could be offered too. I have my doubts on the desirability for the Little Birds since the Army Air Corps is already operating the A109 LOH that just needs to be armed to make it similarly potent. I believe what would be urgent is for the introduction of a suitable rotary winged platform to replace the Air Force's S-61A4 Nuris that are now taking on the role of the gunship to safeguard the Eastern Coast of Sabah with three<a href="http://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/singapore-air-show/2014-02-07/malaysia-struggles-update-military" target="_blank"> reportedly </a>now armed with .50 calibre door guns to provide fire support.</div>
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Even though the Malaysian Minister of Defence recently announced that Malaysia will cooperate with the USMC to develop Malaysian Marine Force doctrine and followed<a href="http://www.malaysiandefence.com/?p=4057" target="_blank"> up with a visit to Bell</a> during the airshow to be briefed on the AH-1Z, and this may indicate that Bell is a favorite to equip the "Marines" with the Super Cobra and UH-1Y that Bell later announced Malaysia are interested in, I have my doubts.</div>
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I sincerely believe that we will not follow to the T the USMC's doctrine as they are an expeditionary force, while our combat helicopters are more for defence against incursions. As such such a a gunship would not be for the navy as the RMN would also not jeopardize their requirements for ASW helicopters that is now seems to be a race between Seahawks and Super Cougars, as a marine force modeled on the USMC would naturally be put under the Navy.</div>
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Instead like I have previously proposed I believe the "amphibious forces" would be called out from army units, and in the event that the "amphibious forces' is to be equipped with attack helicopters, these will come from the Army Air Corps same as the amphibious trained army regiments that will make up the nucleus of the amphibious forces. What will the navy do with the Hueys if the amphibious force is put under their command, as it is a more natural fit if they are under the Army Air Corps as an Air Cavalry unit. If necessary the units can be jointly operated by the MAB instead for amphibious operations.</div>
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Personally I would welcome the the inclusion of the Super Cobra as Malaysian guinships as it is more versatile and possibly cheaper than Apache or Tiger, but then I am biased as I want to see them being used for the planned amphibious force rather than just tank killers. But then I guess the Army would take the lead and will tailor it to their requirements which they would not give up so easily right?</div>
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