RMN SEA SKUA MISSLE MISFIRES - FAILS LIVE FIRING TEST
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Haha, why don't you ask him a few things - in Malay - about Malaysia that cannot be checked on the internet?Originally posted by idwar:I was here first...........
I believe got abang here claiming to be mat brudder........nah.......he smells like Singaporean ............ TV Dog has grounds for his suspicions.....
I am the only true abang here.......tested and true....... -
Maybe forgot take out safety firing pin...
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The test is more like 'pre-delivery' test. Conducted by both MBDA and RMN.
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you sounds like a Singaporean too ...Originally posted by idwar:I was here first...........
I believe got abang here claiming to be mat brudder........nah.......he smells like Singaporean ............ TV Dog has grounds for his suspicions.....
I am the only true abang here.......tested and true.......
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Source: Bernama
March 28, 2006 21:32 PM
Failed Missile May Be Destroyed, Says RMN
LUMUT, March 28 (Bernama) -- The ‘Sea Skua’ guided-missile which failed in its test which was carried out for the first time in the waters of Kuala Beruas last March 16 may be destroyed as a safety precaution, Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN) Fleet Commander Laksamana Muda Datuk Abdul Aziz Jaafar said.
He added that the missile, submerged about 62 metres under the sea bed, would be destroyed either at the test site or be transferred to the RMN base here.
"The RMN scuba team had determined the location of the missile which is about 32 nautical miles north of Kuala Beruas and we are awaiting further instruction on the action to be taken," he told reporters after a function here Tuesday.
Abdul Aziz said a report on the missile test had been handed over to RMN Chief Laksamana Datuk Ilyas Din.
On whether the missile would pose a danger to fishermen in the area, he said the fishermen need not worry because the missile would not explode on its own unless its tip was struck violently.
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Source: Bernama
March 27, 2006 17:30 PM
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EXCERPT OF ARTICLE
Asked on the failure in the first firing test of the Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN)'s Sea Skua guided missile on March 16, Najib said the Government would address the problem in accordance with the arms purchase contract.
The firing test using the Superlynx 300 helicopter, from a distance of eight nautical miles from its target - a damaged vehicle measuring 40 metres - failed due to technical error. It was conducted around 32 nautical miles in the west coast of Kuala Beruas near Pantai Remis, Perak.
The test was to gauge the extent to which the Superlynx helicopter system and the guided missile system could operate effectively.
The Sea Skua acquisition agreement was entered into with Matra Bae Dynamic (MBDA) from the United Kingdom in 2001. The RMN was equipped with the guided missile last year, with the full package costing 16 million pound sterling. - Bernama
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Source: New Straits Times
Navy: Missile lying on seabed not a threat to fishermen
P. Chandra Sagaran
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LUMUT, PERAK: Fishermen here have been assured that the missile lying somewhere on the seabed off the Perak coast will not pose a threat to them.
Lumut Navy Fleet Operations commander Datuk Abdul Aziz Jaafar said the fishermen need not be worried that it would explode.
He said the navy had located the missile the day after it was fired on March 16, about 50km west of Kuala Beruas.
The British-made Sea Skua guided missile dropped like a stone when its rocket booster failed to ignite, missing its target by several kilometres.
"We have taken all necessary precautions," Aziz told reporters after attending the closing of a nine-day joint naval exercise between the navies of Malaysia and the Philippines at the Maritime Tactical Centre at the RMN base here yesterday.
Fishermen in the area expressed fears that the misfired missile, which was yet to be salvaged from the seabed, may explode. He said a report had been submitted to RMN chief Admiral Datuk Ilyas Din pending salvage operations or demolition of the missile.
The missile, measuring 2.5m in length and 25cm in diameter, and weighing 145kg, has been used by Brazil, Germany, South Korea and Turkey.
Malaysia purchased the missiles and firing system from Britain through manufacturers Matra Bae Dynamics four years ago.
A Super Lynx, named Rentap Missile, fired the Sea Skua guided missile, intending to hit a 40-metre surface target barge eight nautical miles away.
The armed helicopter fired its starboard missile from an altitude of 90 metres but the booster failed to ignite as it should have, within 2.5 seconds of separation from the helicopter.
On the Malaysia-Philippine naval exercise, Aziz said it had given both navies a chance to be involved in war games. Among the objectives of the exercise was to enhance co-operation between the two navies and test their capabilities. Philippine Navy Fleet commander Rear Admiral Alfredo O. Abueg Jr said the exercise provided an opportunity for the two navies to co-operate on common objectives. -
Source: Bernama
March 29, 2006 15:40 PM
BAE Systems To Submit Report On Failed Missile To RMN
From Nor Baizura Basri
LONDON, March 29 (Bernama) -- BAE Systems, a UK-based transatlantic defence and aerospace company which manufactured the Sea Skua guided missiles, will submit its report from investigation into the March 16 failed test of a missile.
Its regional managing director for Asia Pacific, Steve Meighan, said the investigation had been completed and the report would be presented to Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN) chief Admiral Datuk Ilyas Din tomorrow.
"We took this very seriously and have investigated all aspects of the incident. Hopefully, this will not happen again," he told reporters at a dinner reception here.
On March 16, a Sea Skua guided missile failed in the first test conducted in Southeast Asia, in the waters of Kuala Beruas near Pantai Remis in Perak.
In the test conducted by BAE Dynamics, the missile was fired at 11am from a Super Lynx 300 attack helicopter at the wreckage of a ship eight nautical miles away. It failed to hit the target and fell into the sea without exploding.
The RMN later located the missile about 32 nautical miles north of Kuala Beruas.
According to Meighan, all the anti-ship missiles produced by the company have always been in top form, including those supplied to RMN and ready for use at any time.
"We find that the problem was not the operator or the helicopter. It was the missile. We find this quite hard to believe as the Sea Skua missiles have been successful elsewhere," he said.\
The 2.5-metre-long Sea Skua, weighing 145 kilograms, is an all-weather, day-and-night sea skimming anti-ship missile equipped with a semi-active radar homing head that can sink a ship from a distance of 18 kilometres.
Sea Skua missiles were used in the Gulf War of 1991 and 2000, fired from the Lynx helicopters of the British Royal Navy.
The missiles are being used by the armed forces of Brazil, Germany, South Korea and Turkey.
The missile test was the first to be conducted in Southeast Asia because Malaysia is the only country in the region to purchase the missiles under a package costing about 20 million pounds.
An agreement to purchase the missiles was signed in 2001 and the supply to RMN began last year.
Asked about the possibility of a second test, Meighan said this would be carried out after the company was satisfied with the system's capability and able to overcome the problems which contributed to the failure of the first test.
However, he added, the second test is expected to be held before the Defence Services Asia Exhibition in Kuala Lumpur in April 24 this year.
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Bugger the Brits for selling missiles with questionable innards. Wonder where they outsource those electronics. Penang maybe.
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there's always a % of failures........guess they were just suay
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not bad .... their NDU chaps can locate a small missile in 62 metres of water ....
and we had to call in commercial divers to root around the tail section of RSS courageous ......... hmmmmm ............ -
We call commerical divers does means our divers cant find it
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Because if i recall we did not have deep sea diving capability. Then again our NDU did go down but they dint do much other then poke ard.Originally posted by Fatum:not bad .... their NDU chaps can locate a small missile in 62 metres of water ....
and we had to call in commercial divers to root around the tail section of RSS courageous ......... hmmmmm ............ -
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So you were expecting the few NDU guys to do what?
1) Blow up the tail end of RSS Courageous.
2) Lift up the entire tail section.
If you had any common sense obviously their immediate task was
3)to locate the 4 missing sailors and if possible retrieve them. I do not believe they have means of salvaging the section thus explaining the utilization of commercial services.
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i am sure you know the difference between a SMALL missile and RSS Courageous tail section. they found it! they just don't have the machine to recover it..Originally posted by Fatum:not bad .... their NDU chaps can locate a small missile in 62 metres of water ....
and we had to call in commercial divers to root around the tail section of RSS courageous ......... hmmmmm ............