KUALA LUMPUR: The countrys two French-made Scorpene submarines are expected to be deployed to the narrow Straits of Malacca - one of the worlds busiest shipping routes and a favourite haunt of pirates.
This will be the first time Malaysia would use its newly-acquired submarines, named KD Tunku Abdul Rahman and KD Tun Abdul Razak, to protect the countrys important sea routes, given its geographical setting as a maritime nation.
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