11.   The Philippine navy plans to buy three new offshore patrol vessels as part of its modernization plans, the navy chief said Wednesday.

12.   Commander-in-chief Li Chieh was also quoted as saying that to keep step with communist China, the navy planned a major building programme of home-grown missile boats.

13.   The official said the Indian navy was planning a similar exercise with three South Korean warships beginning on Friday.

14.   The Thai navy plans a complete blue-water fleet with frigates, helicopters and vertical take-off and landing aircraft, and submarines.

15.   The Indian navy is planning to hold separate exercises with US and South Korean warships this week in the Arabian Sea, a top navy official told AFP Tuesday.

16.   The Indonesian navy is planning to buy six new frigates next year to reinforce the fleet, its chief Admiral Bernard Kent Sondakh said Monday.

17.   The Indonesian navy is planning to buy new ships from the United States to strengthen its fleet, a report said here Wednesday.

18.   The navy plans to tow the crippled sub to a nearby port for further inspection of the first full-scale attack submarine ever caught in South Korean waters.