By Xinhua,
Singapore : A Singapore Navy Landing Ship Tank (LST) left the country’s Changi naval base early Saturday for the Gulf region to support the multi-national reconstruction efforts in Iraq.
According to the statement issued by the Defense Ministry on Saturday, RSS Resolution and its crew of about 175 personnel will undertake tasks such as protecting the waters around key oil terminals, conducting patrols and boarding operations, as well as providing logistics support for coalition vessels and helicopters during the three-month deployment.
Singapore has since 2003 made four deployments of Landing Ships Tank, five deployments of KC-135 tanker aircraft and one deployment of a C-130 transport aircraft to the Gulf region.
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