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Royal Thai Navy to switch from a Chinese submarine to a frigate : Defence Minister


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26 minutes ago, BKKBike09 said:

Without knowing the mission requirements it's difficult to say why they want a frigate: a war-fighting vessel as opposed to something optimised for maritime patrol / interdiction. If they do buy a frigate I suspect it will probably end up running the same mission profiles as the OPV anyway.

According to the news source that cannot be named:

 

The navy came up with two proposals. One is to buy a frigate that can fight against submarines, and the other is to purchase an offshore patrol vessel. 

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Is this to replace the frigate that sank in the tragedy off Sattahip? Did we ever get a reason why it sank? I imagine it's easier to steer a frigate (in daylight anyway) because you can see all around you, whereas in a submarine there are no windows to look out of, so it might be a bit risky.

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with the submarine tender already delivered and submarine dock already built and deep channels dredged for sub operation at the base, they'd probably put in a requisition to buy the subs later, with the updated spec to chinese engine 

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2 minutes ago, digbeth said:

with the submarine tender already delivered and submarine dock already built and deep channels dredged for sub operation at the base, they'd probably put in a requisition to buy the subs later, with the updated spec to chinese engine 

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adding that the submarine procurement project has not been scrapped per se.

 

 

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The article mentions that

 

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The defence minister said he believes the procurement deal could be concluded next month

That's the money end. Any indication when delivery will take place? I doubt it's an off-the-shelf thing, so the schedule is probably delayed once more.

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