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Thursday, April 05, 2012

Thai Navy U-boats plan sunk, but all is not lost

[Type-206A]Navy chief Surasak Rounroengrom confirmed the 7.7 billion baht proposed project to buy six second-hand U206A submarines had come to an end.

Germany was waiting for the answer from Thailand and was keen to seal the deal by extending the deadline from Feb 29 to the end of last month, but the extension was meaningless as the project had never been tabled for a cabinet meeting by Defence Minister Sukumpol Suwanatat.

A navy source said the proposed project had faced several stumbling blocks. First, there was a rumour the navy and the Defence Ministry had forwarded the plan to His Majesty the King for consideration.

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