Two RMN Scorpene submarines to undergo refit

Official inspection: Hishammuddin touring the submarine dock at the RMN base in Teluk Sepanggar.

KOTA KINABALU: The two Scorpene submarines based at the Teluk Sepanggar Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN) base will be undergoing a refit or maintenance programme to ensure their operational capabilities are in good form, says Defence Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein.

At the same time, he said the naval base would undergo construction upgrades on the submarine workshops to help improve the maintenance work on the two submarines – KD Tunku Abdul Rahman and KD Tun Razak.