KD Pendekar nearly 50 years old at time of sinking, says Defence Minister

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The Royal Malaysian Navy vessel that sank completely on Sunday (Aug 25) at a position two nautical miles southeast of Tanjung Penyusop has been in service for nearly 50 years, says Defence Minister Datuk Seri Mohamed Khaled Nordin.

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00:00The investigation has already begun to understand the sources and so on.
00:10But one more thing is that these ships are old ships.
00:14It started operating in 1979, if I'm not mistaken, almost 50 years ago.
00:21So that's why the government is now trying to ensure that the new ships that we are building can be prepared according to the schedule while we buy new ships.
00:34And we will continue this process.
00:39We do not deny that the age of our ships is too old.
00:46But that may not be one of the sources.
00:49The source, as it is said, was hit by an object.
00:53So this is being investigated.
00:55What is also important, thank God, is that it does not involve any casualties.
01:02We will ensure that the age of the ships is more than 40 years.
01:09How many new ships are you going to buy?
01:11There are LCS that are being built by us and LMS that we bought from Turkey.
01:17When is the budget ready?
01:21LCS 2026 is the first ship.
01:25There are five ships in total.
01:27There should be one every year.
01:29LMS in October 2027.
01:31One more in November and one more in December.

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