Saudi Navy, ThyssenKrupp and Type 209PN class submarinenote

The Saudi Navy is said to have a project to buy a submarine designed to carry out reconnaissance and surveillance missions. The following 344-word report sheds light on the subject and tells why the Saudi Navy is looking for such submarine. It also tells what about the Type 209PN-class submarine which is built by Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft (HDW), a company of ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems (TKMS) of Germany.