Brunei
Navy at BRIDEX 2011 |
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Friday,
July 8, 2011, 04:11 PM |
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Brunei Navy Celebrates 46th Anniversary at International
Defence Exhibition BRIDEX 2011. |
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International
Defence Exhibition in Brunei, BRIDEX 2011 is also a military
event dedicated to the Navy sector. This year at BRIDEX
2011 Royal Brunei Navy Celebrates is 46th Anniversary, with
a fleet review and exhibition in the Brunei Navy Base of
Muara with more than 24 ships and vessels from 10 countries.
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Ijhtihad
Class Fast Patrol Boat at Royal Brunei Navy base of Muara.
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In its 46 years, the Royal Brunei Navy
now has acquired four new Ijhtihad Class Fast Patrol Boats
(41 metres) and two Darussalam Class Patrol Vessels (80
metres).
The arrival of these vessels began in 2010 and was part
of the modernisation process for the present assets.
The Royal Brunei Navy plays a vital role in maintaining
peace and prosperity of our nation's territorial waters
and also acts as one of the most important government
law enforcement agency at sea.
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Chinese
Type 052B destroyer Wuhan at Royal Brunei Navy base of Muara
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One
of the main guest at this International fleet review at
Bridex 2011 was the Chinese Type 052B destroyer Wuhan from
the PLA (People's Liberation Army) Navy.
The stealthy Wuhan missile destroyer is armed with the Russian-made
9M38 Buk-M1-2 (SA-N-12 Grizzly) air defence missile system,
four quad YJ-38 anti-ship cruise missile launchers, a 100
mm gun, two 30 mm Type 730 close in weapons systems, two
triple 324 mm Yu-7 torpedo tubes and two 18 barrel Type
75 240 mm antisubmarine rocket launchers. It also carriers
a Kamov Ka-28 helicopter.
The
Wuhan will be send in the Gulf of Aden and the waters off
Somali after they participate in the Brunei Darussalam International
Defence Exhibition (BRIDEX 2011) as member of the Task Force
and to escort ships off Somalia’s pirate-infested
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