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Wednesday, September 19, 2012

Thai cabinet okays frigate buy

"HTMS Naresuan |The cabinet yesterday approved a navy proposal to buy two top-class frigates costing around 30 billion baht within the next five years.

According to a source, the navy has turned to frigates following the government's rejection of its preferred option to purchase submarines from Germany. The navy has yet to choose a supplier.

It favours frigates from European shipyards which have good track records of building such top-quality frigates, the source said.

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