The notoriously long gestation period of a major military capability means considerable effort has already been directed at the so-called Future Frigate that will replace the RAN’s eight Anzac-class workhorses sometime in the next decade.Although the Sea 5000 program has yet to complete the requirements definition phase, there has been no shortage of debate on capability and construction issues within both Defence and industry — until recently.
One-on-one discussions in Sydney last year between Defence’s Capability Development Group and major industry players were to have been followed by a strong Defence team visiting ship designers in Europe and possibly the US.
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The Australian Navy seems to be playing a game of creeping up ship classes in tonnage and cost. The AWD destroyers are the size of cruisers and cost accordingly. Now the Navy wants to very inefficiently build frigates the size of destroyers. Where will this end?
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