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Friday, August 02, 2013

SA Navy crippled by lack of qualified personnel

SAS ManthatisiThe South African Navy is being crippled by a lack of qualified personnel, which means that only half its frigates and one of its three submarines can be manned at any one time.

According to a well-placed source in the South African defence environment, only one of the three submarines can go to sea as the South African Navy (SAN) has enough personnel to man one at a time.

Further compounding this is the fact that the Navy’s submarine fleet spends two thirds of its time in the dockyard.

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