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Author:  Linux_User [ Fri Mar 26, 2010 8:51 am ]
Post subject:  BAE signs £127m deal to design new frigates for the Navy
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BAE signs £127m deal to design new frigates for the Navy

BAE systems has won a £127m, four-year contract to develop the next generation of warships for the Royal Navy.

The MoD also yesterday signed off the building of a fifth of BAE's Astute-class submarine and the early procurement activities for a sixth – at a cost of more than £300m.

The warship deal signals a shift into the "assessment phase" for the new Type 26 frigates – designed to be used to protect larger battleships or to fight enemy submarines – to replace the Types 22 and 23 which will start to be retired at the end of this decade.


http://www.independent.co.uk/news/busin ... 28158.html
Author:  l3v1ck [ Fri Mar 26, 2010 9:21 am ]
Post subject:  Re: BAE signs £127m deal to design new frigates for the Navy
I just hope they don't cut back the order like they did with the Type 45's and Astute submarines. If anything these are even more important as it's frigates that patrol against drug smuggling and pirates.
Author:  Amnesia10 [ Fri Mar 26, 2010 9:32 am ]
Post subject:  Re: BAE signs £127m deal to design new frigates for the Navy
l3v1ck wrote:
I just hope they don't cut back the order like they did with the Type 45's and Astute submarines. If anything these are even more important as it's frigates that patrol against drug smuggling and pirates.

But wouldn't more smaller craft be more effective? Particularly for anti piracy work.
Author:  jonbwfc [ Fri Mar 26, 2010 9:47 am ]
Post subject:  Re: BAE signs £127m deal to design new frigates for the Navy
Amnesia10 wrote:
l3v1ck wrote:
I just hope they don't cut back the order like they did with the Type 45's and Astute submarines. If anything these are even more important as it's frigates that patrol against drug smuggling and pirates.

But wouldn't more smaller craft be more effective? Particularly for anti piracy work.

Smaller craft have less endurance i.e. can't spend as long 'on station', plus they can't (for example) manage helicopter landing pads. The frigate is just about the right size for a maritime patrolling role.
Author:  Linux_User [ Fri Mar 26, 2010 9:47 am ]
Post subject:  Re: BAE signs £127m deal to design new frigates for the Navy
Amnesia10 wrote:
l3v1ck wrote:
I just hope they don't cut back the order like they did with the Type 45's and Astute submarines. If anything these are even more important as it's frigates that patrol against drug smuggling and pirates.

But wouldn't more smaller craft be more effective? Particularly for anti piracy work.


Not so effective if we go to war with another nation though, such as Argentina.
Author:  Amnesia10 [ Fri Mar 26, 2010 10:23 am ]
Post subject:  Re: BAE signs £127m deal to design new frigates for the Navy
I would have thought that smaller vessels for anti smuggling duties in the UK and anti piracy else where would actually be a way of maintaining a presence around the coast. Yes they are relatively ineffective in a war against say Argentina, but they would also have other benefits, such as mine hunters or minelayers. I would not even suggest cutting the frigate and destroyer fleets.
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