The Main-Armament Level Of Warships Entering Service

Much more than that, I did warrant.
I have to say now the question:
how much is a sea-mine, one grand?
was kinda underestimate which could mean two orders of magnitude error (LOL! too big by my standards)

modern naval mines can be expensive based on what I now saw in Reddit (it was related to
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Much more than that, I did warrant. But that is really not the issue here though. And we are getting off-track here.
see the link right above? BAE manufactures, exports sea-mines, just the RN doesn't buy any

as I said, am wondering what else the RN is going to skip
 
if anybody came here who would care: you need to check
#1 Jura, Sep 28, 2017
and
#7 Jura, Oct 12, 2017
first

now, today I became aware (
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) of sea trials of the future Thai frigate (apparently FFG-471 Tachin) built by Daewoo:
3.7k full displacement, 16 tubes (8 Harpoons plus 8 cells of Mk 41 VLS), marked in green below
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... What really puzzles me is the absurdly short range stated of the Sea Ceptors. 25km max is barely out of the range of point defense missiles, ...
well now I searched the net to find

"Sea Ceptors are described as having a range 'in excess of 25 kilometres (15.15 miles)', as opposed to the 1–10 km of their predecessors, although IHS Jane's reports that trials have a shown a capability of up to 60 km."

inside (of what might be a fanboish source)
What Can The Royal Navy's New Sea Ceptor Missiles Do? 23/11/2017
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I also noted in an older BAE leaflet
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about CAMM-ER:

"Missile Characteristics
• Range: >45 km against multiple targets"

anyone?
 
Oct 13, 2017
Sep 30, 2017

actually the Molniyas for Vietnam have the (number of tubes)-to-displacement ratio of over 28 LOL
16/0.563
plus
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says "They have a range of 1,700 nautical miles ..."

also their max. speed;
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radar; 3"; two CIWS 30 mm are interesting ...:
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saying it as the next two are entering service in Vietnam:
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(the fourth batch)
now noticed a view of the locally built variant:
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in a TV report inside
Tàu ngầm Kilo Việt Nam lần đầu phóng Club-S
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(mostly talking the Club they launched off a sub
Tên lửa chống hạm 3M-54E nặng 2 tấn, được phóng từ ống phóng ngư lôi 533 mm, lắp 1 đầu đạn 200 kg.
"The 3M-54E anti-shipping missile weighed 2 tons, was launched from a 533 mm torpedo launcher, and fitted with a 200 kg warhead." etc.)
 
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what's her displacement?
COMBATTANTE FS56
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looks like Saudis ordered three of these:
CMN : le contrat de trois patrouilleurs est enfin entré en vigueur en Arabie Saoudite 02/01/2018
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Ryad a mis en vigueur le contrat portant sur la vente de trois patrouilleurs FS56 fabriqués par le chantier naval de Cherbourg, CMN. Le montant de la commande est évalué à 250 millions d'euros. ...
"Ryad has put into effect the contract for the sale of three FS56 patrol boats manufactured by the shipyard of Cherbourg, CMN. The amount of the order is estimated at 250 million euros. ..."
 
Oct 22, 2017
am wondering what AAMs and AShMs exactly
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are getting (somewhere I've heard of MICAs and NSMs but googling now showed other missiles as well)
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space for 12-cells VLS and 8 AShM tubes is there:
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but I would count them, with not bad ratio of 20/2.4 = 8.3, only if I saw them hahaha
now noticed kinda timelapse vid of
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building:
 
I'm going to comment on Belharra soon, LOL will need this particular picture which I had seen in the past but couldn't find later and now noticed again:
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antiterror13

Brigadier
Oct 13, 2017

now noticed a view of the locally built variant:
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in a TV report inside
Tàu ngầm Kilo Việt Nam lần đầu phóng Club-S
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(mostly talking the Club they launched off a sub

"The 3M-54E anti-shipping missile weighed 2 tons, was launched from a 533 mm torpedo launcher, and fitted with a 200 kg warhead." etc.)


Way too crowded layout and armament for such small boat ... I feel sorry for the crew :(
 

Iron Man

Major
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I'm going to comment on Belharra soon, LOL will need this particular picture which I had seen in the past but couldn't find later and now noticed again:
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What a weird-looking VLS arrangement. Actually this entire ship looks ugly as sin LOL
 
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