SAF joins anti-piracy patrol

The Republic of Singapore Navy will join international efforts to tackle piracy and protect ships that sail through the Gulf of Aden.

RSN will deploy a Landing Ship Tank (LST), with two Super Puma Helicopters on board, and 200 personnel, as part of an international flotilla that will patrol the waters off Somalia, a major flashpoint where pirates have attacked more than 100 ships last year.

For three months, the LST will work with the US-led Combined Task Force 151 and other ships to escort the vessels that ply the pirate-infested waterway everyday.

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