From the article:
The launch of Independence marked the first time a Navy ship was completely designed and built in Singapore. A total of eight LMVs, including Independence, would be built by ST Marine locally, based on a design jointly developed by ST Marine and Saab Kockums AB.
The Swedes have been into advanced shipbuilding for a century and Singapore’s own ST Marine has built ships for close to 3 decades.
Let me ask you this question then.
Is it your thought that even if the United States had not put ships looking like this to sea, similar hulls and the component design, Singapore would have come up with this design on their own?
I’m not trying to knock Singapore, but I do think some of their claims have to be taken tongue in cheek.
The Swedes have been into advanced shipbuilding for more than a century...
I saw the Vääsa in 1974 as it was being preserved. It went a whole 100 yards before it sank in Stockholm Harbor.