KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia's government said Tuesday that it was seeking $251 million in compensation from Norwegian company Kongsberg Defense & Aerospace AS after Norway abruptly revoked an export permit that scuttled a naval missile defense deal for Malaysia's combat ships.
Defense Minister Mohamed Khaled Nordin said that the government had issued a formal notice of demand to Kongsberg following the cancellation, which blocked the delivery of the Naval Strike Missile system, or NSM, and launcher components that Malaysia had already largely paid for.
"We are claiming both direct and indirect costs. The direct cost amounts to 126 million euros ($146 million) which has already been paid," he said. "We are also seeking substantial indirect costs, bringing the total claim to about 1 billion ringgit ($251 million)."
