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  1. gral

    FREMM Frigates for the US Navy? (if it survives the lawsuits maybe!)

    It's the Italian version of the ship. In fact, if what I heard is true, DCMS lost the opportunity to make a lot of money from this contract, by their own fault.
  2. gral

    FREMM Frigates for the US Navy? (if it survives the lawsuits maybe!)

    What I hear is that was a factor; other factors were weight and the fact the gun itself is a placeholder for a laser system.
  3. gral

    FREMM Frigates for the US Navy? (if it survives the lawsuits maybe!)

    What I've heard is most of the extra tonnage was in 'protection', which usually means armor. Also, I've heard one of the reasons Fincantieri won is they went the extra mile in assuring minimal changes in project I don't know how that would fit in the above-mentioned post.
  4. gral

    FREMM Frigates for the US Navy? (if it survives the lawsuits maybe!)

    The tenth unit will start construction on the fifth year. Let's suppose it'll take two years to build and one on trials. This means she'll be commissioned in the 8th year of the construction program, so building the frigates would have to start on 2022-23... considering the pace government...
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