Deputy Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak is in France to witness the launch of Malaysia’s first submarine.
I don’t have the exact figure how much it cost for the sub… if I remember correctly it’s around a billion Euros for 2 Scorpene-class submarines. I am not sure if we do need submarines in our defense, but I am not against government’s decision to upgrade and improve our weapons and defense system.
What I don’t wish to see though, is government leaders using this occasion to brag about how technological advance we are. Owning a sub doesn’t mean that we are technological capable of building one… it just proves that we have the money to buy one.