UAE: Sheikh Mohammad and Type 26 frigate

Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, is said to be going ahead with plans to buy frigates for the UAE Navy, despite a decision to lower the budget proposed to buy military vessels. The following 285-word report sheds light on the subject and tells what about the Emirati interest in the Type 26 frigate. [Briefly reproduced in TR Weekly Issue No 23/06 – Feb. 5, 2016]