Three Moons
Give Dhul-Suwayqatayn not an inch of the Sea!
What’s wrong with HSM? How do you sign such a significant military agreement in 2013 if you don’t even have the funding in place yet? These ships would have been perfect for a reconstituted Somali Navy and Dutch shipbuilding quality is legendary.
If HSM set up a Diaspora Fund today, watch how fast that $132 million bill would be secured. In fact with all the insecurity being created in the Red Sea by the Houthis, and the periodic resurgence of piracy, now is when they are needed the most, and many major countries would be willing to foot the bill if it meant an extra layer of security in the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean.
The embargo is lifted, so no restrictions on the kind of firepower that can be installed on these ships either.
