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They are ‘necessary to guard our territory’
29/03/2011
Wassana Nanuam
Bangkok Post
Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thaugsuban has defended the Royal Thai Navy’s 7.7-billion-baht planned procurement of six second-hand submarines, insisting it is necessary for maritime territory protection.
Mr Suthep, who is in charge of national security, said the navy needed the submarines to guard the country’s maritime territory which has natural resources and investment potential.
Some countries in the region have submarines and could pose a threat to the national interest, Mr Suthep said.
Thailand will be the fifth country in Southeast Asia to have submarines if the ambitious purchase proposal is successful, following Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia and Vietnam.
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