UAE: Sheikh Mohammad, Type 212/214 and submarinesnote

Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi Sheikh Mohammad Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, who also acts as Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, is said to be going ahead with a project to buy submarines for the UAE Navy. The following 356-word report sheds light on the contacts on the project and tells what about the preferred types and what about the German-built Type 212/214 submarines. [Partly reproduced in Tactical Weekly (Issue No 21/09 – February 28, 2014)]