21.   The United States has pared its submarine fleet in the past decade as it has reduced the overall military.

22.   Turkey has offered to help Malaysia build a submarine fleet, Defense Minister Najib Abdul Razak said Thursday.

23.   The Sun said Djabozov might be able to reveal information about key Russian nuclear weapons installations and about the nuclear submarine fleet of the defunct Soviet Union.

24.   The government, which has long harboured ambitions to establish a submarine fleet, agreed to order three French vessels in its maiden subs deal, official sources said.