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Thursday, April 03, 2014

Myanmar commissions first frigate with reduced RCS

Sin Phyu ShinThe Myanmar Navy (MN) has commissioned its first guided-missile frigate with low observable radar characteristics.

UMS (Union of Myanmar Ship) Kyansitthar (or Kyan-Sit-Thar ), with pennant number F12, was commissioned on 31 March at Thanlyin naval station near Yangon, just two days after the launch of the third frigate UMS Sin Phyu Shin (F14).

The commissioning is a significant milestone in Myanmar's fast-developing indigenous programme, through which the country is looking to develop a blue-water capability to protect its exclusive economic zone (EEZ) and offshore energy interests.

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