TH'E GULF STATES NAVIE52013 ADVANTAGEOUS PRO.SPECTS FeR Gee NAVIES TI!eM iddle Ilq$t remains n sj)manlio nnl/lll c.nvironlllcnl ;·Sl<iles·lnlho region areslcpping-up invcslmc!\l hI new naval capabilili;,s, a response to nwidc spec. lrum "f'operational ch~lIcnges. LnlC-~t 20':yMr foreca~ts,for. thc 14 · couti. I ~·ei;
making up·the Mid,En~tlNor1h' Arrica J\ ¢C'elenulng a:~qlltsiUoll Qf submnrine cnpa· region ProjcCW nlorc man 600 riill" ship;s wilioe a~quir:edat umnrkct value ,blliliel ~r lOIn I .41 innQ,".in~ Ih. 0"1f o'FalnfQst U$$·601311. This toprcseril~ NAi';, • foW. "'i~:2b '1 2 sn,,· cpfu.~I~!QnI1l8qr 'Il:\'''q l...dir'' ~Ins, In\nl.$llh111,rll\dJ1ri~ ~,m !I lmo~1 29 percent.pf Ihe ·globnl.nnvnl llil: Ironia,. N~VY'$ Klt1> ili.escl ,u~ market througli 263] measured QY Imul,'lof mo,roe \'l" req" (~Ot) - bolh !ypcs Operot'" In .IIlIlIlber ofn~w hulls,.und ~bout 7 per- th~ V~ VA t 91 •••,.1... Ti•• pOl.uti.1 'o f cent of new pl.tfonu acqulsltiOli worlO- !~lJmrtrinc$ to dis01P\ crillcal Scti hmtls if! the Iyide by nwrkct \il14Jl> 'f119' dulrregi9n '~: Oulf~. ln.~'",giQo.1 Ucmondkfnr I~:~ \\' fo~~ti;l! new IIaval sljip.prQcui:\:n)e,nts ..Pliblo co"'~llC$~11d frig.l~ (fIlnl I"I'cral Gulf are lea tiy':S.3udi h(r~jjjn, while ilia ".<;'" ,1fo",.',"-' '\th'.~ l'.!dqlUJi:.Wc\\'~ QfjiOl/llUIIited Arab' Emimtes (VAn), Qallit; Ifill submrujl11: "ClJul!ilj~iJ.< by Oi.lfeoi?~,lj.n t'o11ncll,(OGO) mcniller. stioh . , S'udi A",\lln and thin also OQntih4C10 lIl"ke signifi- lII.d O,e UAI:. cant ihl(iro~cill~nl!\in a Vorlely,ofnoval nlissionarens (fee figure I). COUNTRY HIGl-fLlGHTS
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