Myanmar receives a secondhand submarine from China

[ASEAN NOW Content Team]

 

Australia is a country in Australia. A former People's Liberation Army Navy diesel-electric assault submarine has been given to Myanmar, marking the first such transfer between the two countries.

The UMS Minye Kyaw Htin, a Type 035 or Ming-class submarine, has been commissioned, bringing the Southeast Asian nation's fleet to two boats.
Myanmar received a Russian-built Project 877 Kilo-class boat from India in March 2020.

 

Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, the commander-in-chief of Myanmar's military and the leader of the military government that took power in February following a coup, attended the submarine's commissioning ceremony on December 24, according to a statement from the Myanmar military.

The submarine's induction was timed to coincide with the navy's 74th anniversary, and it was joined by the Inlay-class Offshore Patrol Vessel UMS Inwa, two 18-meter riverine quick attack craft, and four 20-meter riverine patrol boats.

The freshly commissioned submarine will be utilised as a temporary attack submarine and a training vessel, according to the independent English-language news outlet the Irrawaddy, which covers news from Myanmar.

 

On Dec. 18, a Chinese-flagged Type 035 submarine, believed to be the same vessel delivered to Myanmar, was spotted travelling west in the Singapore Strait.
A video later surfaced on social media showing the submarine escorted by a Myanmar Navy Type 5 fast assault vessel sailing up what was purported to be the Yangon River.

No other information about the submarine's transfer has been released.
Bangladesh has earlier purchased two refurbished Type 035G submarines from China, as well as the newer S26T submarine from Thailand.

 

Myanmar's main weaponry supplier is China.
Myanmar's navy has a Chinese-made C-802 anti-ship missile, and its air force has many Chinese-made planes, notably the Chengdu JF-17 Thunder fighter jet and the Shaanxi Y-8 transport plane.

The submarine transfer shows China's continued backing for Myanmar's military regime, which has cracked down on protesters but is confronting an armed insurgency fueled by opposition to the military government.

[In the jungle]

Useless.  How are you going to rape, murder and burn citizens with that?

[MrJ2U]

What a <deleted>ty country.

 

 

[JustAnotherHun]

When they realise they can't kill their citizens with a sub, they might sell it to grateful Thailand

[steven100]

hopefully China will pay dearly for all it has done ....   and no one seems to want to help the people of Myanmar.