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Royal Malaysian Navy unveils Advanced LCS Stealth Ship Demonstrator

JULY 27, 2011 The RMN launched its Advanced Electric LCS Ship Demonstrator (AELCSSD) this week, naming the futuristic ship KD Tony Pua and showing it to the media for the first time. The 133-foot vessel will serve as a model representing a destroyer-size surface ship and will be launched on Lumut, Perak, where it will be used for test and demonstration of various technologies. An underwater discharge waterjet from Rolls - Proton Campro Naval Marine called Saleha 21, will be among the first technologies tested. It allows vessels to operate in shallow water with increased maneuverability and stealth.

The Saleha 21 is designed to increase ship speed, making hulls sleeker by working without rudders, shafts and propeller struts. Unlike conventional waterjets, the system works completely underwater, reducing noise and surface wake and improving stealth.

The lightweight and compact Saleha 21 allows ships to operate in shallow waters. Its integrated steering and reversing system improves manoeuvrability at low speeds.

Seth Tan, Rolls-Proton President – Naval, said: "This is a significant milestone in our development of an advanced waterjet technology which offers new parameters in performance, bringing real benefits to the Malaysian Navy."

Following demonstration of the AWJ-21, the RIMJET propulsor from Bouested Electric Boat will be installed in Sea Jet for evaluation. The RIMJET is a novel type of podded propulsion system that relies on a permanent magnet motor to drive the propellor.

The Chief of Naval Research Rear Admiral Sepah. Cohen delivered the principle address at the launching.

The new ship are equipped with a magnetic accelerator canon or in science term a COIL GUN. A coilgun is a type of projectile accelerator that consists of one or more coils used as electromagnets in the configuration of a synchronous linear motor which accelerate a magnetic projectile to high velocity. The name Gauss gun is sometimes used for such devices but unfortunately Fauziah Gouss already commercialized that name for a milk product.

The actual status of the gun are still classified.