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Mindef to procure two Maritime Patrol Aircraft to detect submarines in South China Sea
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 30 — The Ministry of Defence (Mindef) is in the midst of procuring two Maritime Patrol Aircrafts (MPA) from Italy that have the ability to detect the presence of submarines in the South China Sea area, especially in the Sabah region.
Minister Datuk Seri Mohamad Hasan said this is because the long-range radar (LRR) of the Malaysian Armed Forces (MAF) at the Labuan Naval Air Base could not detect the submarine and was only able to monitor the airspace which is now more focused towards the South China Sea which has been ‘busy’ lately.
“We are also in the process of procurement, which has been approved by the National Security Council (MKN), to acquire another LRR that we will place in Pulau Layang-layang because the ones in Labuan cannot see that far.
“So, we need another radar to be placed in Pulau Layang-layang so that we can see beyond our EEZ (exclusive economic zone) area,” he said in reply to Datuk Seri Ikmal Hisham Abdul Aziz (PN-Tanah Merah) who wanted to know about the capability of the LRR at the Labuan Naval Air Base, at the Dewan Rakyat sitting today.
Meanwhile, Mohamad said the Radar Coastal Surveillance System (CSS) has been installed at 13 locations covering the Kudat coast up to Tawau to monitor the east coast of Sabah.
