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China launches third Malaysian LMS

3rd November 2020 - 22:00 GMT | by Dzirhan Mahadzir in Kuala Lumpur

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Malaysia's third Littoral Mission Ship has been launched, with COVID-19 throwing a spanner in the works for the original delivery schedule

The Royal Malaysian Navy’s (RMN) third Keris-class Littoral Mission Ship (LMS) was launched at the Wuchang Shipbuilding Industry Shipyard in Wuhan, China on 28 October.

The RMN announced that a ship-naming ceremony had been postponed due to COVID-19 travel restrictions, and this would be carried out simultaneously with the delivery and handover ceremony at the end of September 2021.

Earlier RMN statements had placed delivery of the third and fourth LMS in mid-2021, but unsurprisingly this has been delayed owing to Wuhan being the epicentre of the COVID outbreak. Malaysia also said that the third ship’s crew is scheduled

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Dzirhan Mahadzir

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Dzirhan Mahadzir is a freelance defense journalist and analyst based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, who …

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