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        "msgid": "navy-to-put-off-sub-purchase-1447893297",
        "date": "1995-02-23 00:00:00",
        "title": "Navy to put off sub purchase",
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        "summary": "Navy to put off sub purchase BANGKOK (AFP): Defense Minister Vichit Sookmark has told the Thai navy to postpone its plans to buy two diesel-powered submarines, saying the 15-billion-baht (US$600-million) price tag is too high. Vichit said on official Radio Thailand that he had ordered the navy on Tuesday to delay the purchase because the cost would exceed the total amount allocated to the navy for weapons purchases.",
        "content": "<p>Navy to put off sub purchase<\/p>\n<p>BANGKOK (AFP): Defense Minister Vichit Sookmark has told the<br>\nThai navy to postpone its plans to buy two diesel-powered<br>\nsubmarines, saying the 15-billion-baht (US$600-million) price tag<br>\nis too high.<\/p>\n<p>Vichit said on official Radio Thailand that he had ordered the<br>\nnavy on Tuesday to delay the purchase because the cost would<br>\nexceed the total amount allocated to the navy for weapons<br>\npurchases.<\/p>\n<p>The navy should re-evaluate its need for the submarines before<br>\nagain asking to buy them, the minister added.<\/p>\n<p>But a senior navy officer told the Bangkok Post he was stunned<br>\nby Vichit's order. The navy was working with the Budget Bureau<br>\nover the cost figure, he said.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/navy-to-put-off-sub-purchase-1447893297",
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