Brunei Finally Gets its Gunboats
The Sultanate of Brunei this week took delivery of two 80-meter Darussalam-class offshore patrol vessels, with a third on the way, 14 years after the sultanate went looking for warships to replace its now 30-year-old Waspada-class missile gunboats.
It was also several years after the Royal Brunei Navy bit off more than it could chew. The sultanate origin…
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