Oman: RNO plans to buy new support craftsnote

The command of the Royal Navy of Oman (RNO) is said to have decided to go ahead with a project to buy support crafts. The following 320-word report sheds light on the subject and tells how many support crafts the RNO intends to buy and what for. It also tells what the companies with which the RNO held preliminary contacts on the project. [Briefly reproduced in Tactical Weekly (Issue No 20/39 – September 27, 2013)]