Sirikwan have confirmed that they are interested in being the DTA's home for mine countermeasure warfare. They have said that they plan to change their forthcoming Shark SKE fleet into being purely patrol assets and will operate up to 16 Pentekonter minesweepers. Five of these will be converted from the ships already in service Sirikwan say plus the 5 ships on order meaning that only a further 6 ships be ordered.
Sirikwan have also said they think their fleet of 6 Helwin cruisers would be ideal for the role of minesweeper director as they would have the size and power to host Pave Yellow. The ships are due to begin a DDS Engineering upgrade and life-extension programme later this year anyway and Sirikwan say Pave Yellow could be installed then.
