1. Britain can only give second hand guided missile frigates. The frigate classes BN may be able to buy from UK are Cornwall (Type-22) Class and Duke (Type-22) Class frigates.
2. Though these vessels are many years old, they are aging and will require substantial sums of money to be spent for extensive upgrades and refurbishing process.
3. As they are old these vessels will still have to replaced after a number of years, so it will not be very wise to purchase them for our ambitious navy. Plus the British ask very high prices for second hand Type-22s and Type-23s. Romania purchased a Type-22 from RN at a very high price.
3. The Type-22 and Type-23 FFGs (after refurbishing) will be superior to Chinese built Jianghus and Jiangweis. However the best options for BN would be the Jiangkai-IIA (Type-54A) Class (China) and Ulsan (Mod.) Class (South Korea).
4. The older British frigates in service with BN are obsolete in modern combat. They are not equipped with SSMs and SAMs. Presently the Salisbury and Leopard Class frigates are used for training ad patrol duties. After 3x new frigates are acquired the existing ones will either be retired or used for training and patrol. They could be used for offshore patrol as BN lacks sufficient numbers of OPVs.
Khaled Bhai,
Salaam. If you are imbeded with BD Mil's procure team then please inform them that there are a few ready made Corvettes that have been manufactured for BRUNEI NAVY by BRITS are available out there. For some reason Brunei GOVT isn't taking the delivery and it would be great for BD or PAK NAVY if it can acquire them. The following is a little write up about it,
F2000 Class Corvettes
The Royal Brunei Navy is a small coastal defense force tasked with patrolling Bruneian waters and defending the offshore oil industry. It is currently undergoing a large-scale modernization, with the upgrading of the MuaraMuara, Brunei
Muara is a town in the Brunei and Muara district, Brunei. It contains the country's only deep-water port. Muara is the Malay language word for estuary....
Naval Base and the purchase of 3 British-built Corvettes from BAE Systems Naval ShipsBAE Systems Naval Ships
BAE Systems Naval Ships, until 2003 a part of BAE Systems Marine, is a wholly owned subsidiary of BAE Systems, responsible for the company's surface shipbuilding operations....
, ScotlandScotland
Scotland is a nation in northwest Europe and one of the constituent country Country of the United Kingdom....
. The contract was awarded to GEC-Marconi in 1995 and the Nakhoda Ragam class OPVNakhoda Ragam class OPV
The Nakhoda Ragam class is a class of offshore patrol vessels of the Royal Brunei Navy and named after the lead ship of the class, in turn named after a legendary Malay seafarer....
s were launched in January 2001, June 2001 and June 2002 at the then BAE Systems MarineBAE Systems Marine
BAE Systems Marine Ltd. was the shipbuilding subsidiary of BAE Systems which manufactured the full range of naval ships; nuclear submarines, frigates, destroyers, amphibious ships....
yard at Scotstoun. These have been completed but have not been delivered from BAE Systems Naval ShipsBAE Systems Naval Ships
BAE Systems Naval Ships, until 2003 a part of BAE Systems Marine, is a wholly owned subsidiary of BAE Systems, responsible for the company's surface shipbuilding operations....
in ScotstounScotstoun
Scotstoun is a district of Glasgow, Scotland, west of Glasgow City Centre. It is bounded by Yoker to the west, Whiteinch to the east, Jordanhill to the north and the River Clyde to the south....
due to claims by the Royal Brunei Navy that the ships fail to meet the required specifications.
The ships are armed with MBDA Exocet Block IIExocet
The Exocet is a France-built anti-ship missile whose various versions can be launched from surface vessels, submarines, and airplanes....
anti-ship missileAnti-ship missile
* Submarines* Fixed wing aircraft* Helicopters* Ground vehiclesAShMs are a significant threat to modern warships and were used extensively in the 1982 Falklands War....
s and MBDA SeawolfSea Wolf missile
Sea Wolf is a naval missile system designed and built by British Aircraft Corporation, later to become British Aerospace Dynamics....
surface to air missiles. The contract dispute is the subject of arbitrationArbitration
Arbitration is a law technique for the resolution of disputes outside the courts, wherein the parties to a dispute refer it to one or more persons, by whose decision they agree to be bound....
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