[sukhoi-30mki]

Note: Figures are estimates for BAE Systems and Navantia, images are renderings.

Sources: Navantia, BAE Systems, Fincantieri, Australian Strategic Policy Institute.

[wastedyears]

Defense companies say the coordinated buildup among allies is also an opportunity for Western allies to build a common warship.

Nah, we'll keep our military secrets, well, secret.

[familyop]

Good. Smart Australians! Anti-submarine equipment and personnel will be very important, and more will be better. An antagonist nation has been building a large submarine force and keeping it tightly under wraps.

[DoughtyOne]

I may be off base, but I’d sure like to see some speeds better than 28 knots in this day and age.

Double that and it will be harder to target the ships. Triple it and forget about it.

Am I asking the impossible here?

[BenLurkin]

Very cool.

[PIF]

The War Zone had a very good comparison article on this subject a while back.