03 August 2011

News Story: Mindef says RM 493.3m additional budget necessary to ‘maintain’ Scorpene subs

By Shazwan Mustafa Kamal

The Defence Ministry received an additional RM493.3 million allocations this year, and said today the amount was needed to maintain the country’s two Scorpene submarines.

The additional amount raises the ministry’s total budget to whopping total of RM11 billion.

“The main purpose is to maintain our Scorpene submarines as that expense was not included in the budget,” The Star quoted Defence Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi as saying.

Read More at MalaysiaToday