Iraq Navy plans to buy more patrol boatsnote

The Iraqi Defence Ministry is said to be studying a project to buy more patrol boats for the Iraqi Navy to reinforce its coastal protection role. The following 321-word report sheds light on the subject and tells how many patrol boats the Ministry intends to buy and what about the shipbuilders with which there were preliminary contacts on the project. [Briefly reproduced in Tactical Weekly (Issue No 21/02 – January 10, 2014)]