054/A FFG Thread II
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US,UK and French are not building any Frigate anymore...
Pointblank
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I would disagree with that statement; other nations have built in recent days ships that are perhaps more modern and more advanced than the Type 54A.
I would disagree with the statement that the films make any such claim at all.
The statement is made by a PLAN military spokesman.
Doesn't looks like a noob reporter.
Can you name them and I'm not talking about those 5000+ ton European AAW "Frigates", but real frigates.
That doesn't mean anything. They often get these people wearing the uniform out on these programs and they just state their opinions (that's it). It's not really an official stance.
But, compared to the recent wave of La Fayette derivatives. Takanami class, KDX-2, Indian/Russian frigates and even the Perry class, 054A fares not too badly vs all of them. The strongest one is probably Takanami class, but it's not entirely outrageous to say that 054A has some advantages even vs Takanami class like more stealthy hull, better close-in defense and better ASuW package.
Pointblank
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The Singaporean Formidable class frigates for one, the Saudi Al Riyadh class frigates for another, the Australian Anzac class frigates, etc. All fairly equivalent in terms of size and function (general purpose multi-mission frigate).
Ambivalent
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The FREMM's will be more advanced, and the current RN Type 23 frigates are probably the most advanced ASW frigates in the world. I would argue any of the several derivatives of the Spanish Type 100 frigate, but particularly Norway's Fridthof Nansen class, are among the most advanced frigates out there. Lets not ignore the similarly excellent Sachsen class of the German Navy.
The F100 class frigates have like a displacement of over 6000 tonnes. I seriously wonder if they can still be called frigates, small destroyers would be a better name I think.
That should go for most of the new European anti air frigates with advanced radar's as well, like the Fridtjof Nansen class, Horizon, and the under development German F125.
So in that case, I think we should ignore these new European "frigates". Besides, Tphuang specifically stated:
"Can you name them and I'm not talking about those 5000+ ton European AAW "Frigates", but real frigates."