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Originally Posted by YOWetal
The Brits cut their order and are also building a cheaper version as this ship is overkill for many of the tasks assigned to it.
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The Brits cut their order for budgetary reasons only. The original plan was to replace the Type 23 Class on a one for one basis. There were 16 type 23 class built but three were sold to Chile a number of years ago. Those Chilean ships are about to go through the same refit that Irving delivered to our Halifax Class with the addition of Lockheed Martins CMS -330 combat management system. That CMS was developed in part by the bunch at LM in Burnside.
The Brits need more than the 8 ships that have been contracted for. We need 18 not the 15 that have been announced.