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Tuesday, April 26, 2011

Thai navy wins big battle for U-boats

Type-206AThe Defence Council yesterday approved a navy plan to buy six second-hand submarines from Germany for almost 8 billion baht.

Council spokesman Col Thanatip Sawangsaeng said council members, who include the defence permanent secretary and supreme commander, were satisfied with the submarine procurement plan that navy commander Kamthorn Phumhiran outlined during a one hour and 40 minute presentation.

They were also satisfied with the navy's choice, the U-206 A German-made submarines, he said.

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