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DHAKA, Bangladesh, March 14 (UPI) -- Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said the country is on target to purchase two submarines but didn't say where the vessels would come from.
"Activities are going on to purchase two submarines from a friendly country," she told Parliament while replying to a written question on her government's efforts to modernize the navy, army and air force.
Hasina didn't name the country nor the delivery date for the submarines, a report by The Daily Star said. The government already has purchased missiles, torpedoes, rocket launchers, canons, radar and other weapons for the navy.
Hasina also said a coast guard cutter would be purchased from the United States, the Daily Star reported.
The submarine purchase has been planned since a major defense report in 2009, which also pointed to buying aircraft.
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