He said six LCS will patrol the nation's waters especially in areas of high economic activity.
At the same time, he said the Defence Ministry will also procure critical assets from countries which have a close relationship with Malaysia in the defence industry.
"Procuring defence assets this way is more cost effective and faster with lower risks as compared to developing an an indigenous (defence) industry)," he told a media group, including from
Bernama, that was specially invited to tour two of the ships here Thursday.
The LCS were the KD Kelantan and KD Laksamana Tun Abdul Jamil.
