UAE Navy, plans to buy new fast intervention craftsnote

Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi Sheikh Mohammad Bin Zayed Al Nahyan has reportedly asked the UAE Navy command to look into the possibility of reinforcing protection of logistics vessels. This comes in the light of the attack which the Yemeni Houthi rebels launched lately in southern Yemen against the Australian-built HSV-2 Swift logistics vessel. The following 440-word report sheds more light on the subject and tells what about the possibility of buying new fast intervention crafts for this purpose and how many. [Partly reproduced in TR Weekly Issue No 23/42 – Oct. 14, 2016]