Navy team to inspect Chinese option for new submarine
The Royal Thai Navy will send a team of officers to observe performance tests on the Chinese-built CHD620 submarine engines between Feb 7 and March 4, a source in the RTN said.
The move comes as the RTN remains undecided on whether it will accept the engine — which China Shipbuilding & Offshore International Co (CSOC) is pushing the navy to use on the S26T Yuan-class submarine it had ordered from the Wuhan-based shipyard — as a substitute for a German-made MTU396 engine, which the navy had used before.
The contingent, led by RAdm Thiti…
