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@Bilal9 what were the unit cost for the frigates? Could they be fitted with aster-15 instead of "Denel Umkhonto-IR"
Also, isn't the design a bit too old?
EDIT: the one algeria ordered (based on improved south african version) is a new stealthy design.
Because it was paid for before BNP came up, cancelled the deal... took half the money back from cancelling the deal and then proceeded to trying to sell the migs.... I hate BNP for what they did. When I was a kid I used to think Khaleda is a nice lady, didn’t know Hasina existed until the grenade blasts up my *** that day. Whole of Dhaka was empty I swear it was fun but scary at the sameness timeHow is it that BAF managed to procure the Mig-29's when the country was practically on the brink of bankruptcy (due to insufficient amount of foreign reserves and such) then?
Because it was paid for before BNP came up, cancelled the deal... took half the money back from cancelling the deal and then proceeded to trying to sell the migs.... I hate BNP for what they did. When I was a kid I used to think Khaleda is a nice lady, didn’t know Hasina existed until the grenade blasts up my *** that day. Whole of Dhaka was empty I swear it was fun but scary at the sameness time
Yes, you are correct on the price tag, bro.Right now I think our budget is around $350 to $400 million a copy?
Yes, you are correct bro.
On the matter of western option, as much as I am in love with western sensors & weaponry, I would really love to see MEKOS built in BD.
But the crucial question is is EU has the need to make a strategic commitment in BD? Are they ready to support us in all & everything? (or can we really trust them sk much?)
More importantly -
Are Bangladesh ready to /wants to align with EU strategically? & so deeply?
can you give a source for that $800 million figure? and is it $800 million per frigate?
800 million for all 4? thats actually rather cheap, although, if we were to add aster 15mod, the price would skyrocket.800 million is with ALL sensors and munitions.
Wiki itself has unit cost,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valour-class_frigate
Guys, Meko is weak in air-defence.
Algerian one has 32 IR SAMs with very short-range.
Other versions do come with 8 VLS tubes where you can potentially put in 32 ESRAAM with 50km+ range which is much better but far inferior to Chinese options still.
Chinese Type-54B is likely to come with 32 VLS cells as per Type-52D/55 and these will be universal with the capability to house 200km HQ-9X in each cell, quad-pack the 70km range HQ-16X and also fit in ASROC or SSMs in these cells as well. The price also comes in at the 350-400 million US dollar range and this ship will give by far the most firepower for the money
Guys, Meko is weak in air-defence.
Algerian one has 32 IR SAMs with very short-range.
Other versions do come with 8 VLS tubes where you can potentially put in 32 ESRAAM with 50km+ range which is much better but far inferior to Chinese options still.
Chinese Type-54B is likely to come with 32 VLS cells as per Type-52D/55 and these will be universal with the capability to house 200km HQ-9X in each cell, quad-pack the 70km range HQ-16X and also fit in ASROC or SSMs in these cells as well. The price also comes in at the 350-400 million US dollar range and this ship will give by far the most firepower for the money
800 million for all 4? thats actually rather cheap, although, if we were to add aster 15mod, the price would skyrocket.
The Italians seems to be busy like a bee behind the scene these days. Leonardo, Fincantieri, MBDA, Alenia Aermacci bosses are paying regular visits on 'professional matters '.
We should really try to use this opportunity to kick start a program to gain, learn & acquire new technology.
How much chance of a Italian version of FREMM?
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But whether new ships are from EU or not, majority of the sensors & electronics would be from EU. That much is guaranteed by this point.
This design has a particular merit to it. I like how this design can easily be scaled up or down for frigate or destroyer roles. It might be only few of it's kind design which has this feature built in, starting from the drafting board.I am sure Italians will be too happy to sell us the FREMM design and help us build it.
We are heading the right direction bro.There will always be a first time for everything and this significant 'leap' will test our organizational capabilities and skills as a Navy and also as a nation, with private-public yard partnerships
We have enough money to buy good SAMs to make BDs small airspace a fortress.When you don’t have money. Ain’t no amount of leadership will save yo *** in aviation. Hard facts
No - the unit cost for ONE frigate was 800 Million for South Africa.
Are you sure? the wiki page said total cost of all 4 MEKO 200 for south africa was 9.7 billion rands which equates to 800 million. Even the FREMMS cost less than that, for example morocco bought theirs for $600+ million