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A computer generated image of the new Type 26 Frigate. The government has announced that construction will begin next summer

The Type 26 Frigates are designed for anti-submarine warfare and will be equipped with the Sea Ceptor missile defence system

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3906272/Britain-s-new-sub-hunter-combat-ships-FINALLY-given-ahead-weapons-including-100m-Sea-Ceptor-missile-defence-system.html#ixzz4P7mkzGMq Follow us: @MailOnline on Twitter | DailyMail on Facebook

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TRUMP AFFECT

[Tallguy]

Couple of thoughts:

8 frigate-class vessels for 100M British Pounds — good luck with that.

“Provide construction jobs for 2 decades”??? Seriously, how long does it take to crank out 8 frigates assuming you lay down 2 per year?

[yefragetuwrabrumuy]

Truthfully, if you are going to hunt subs, you should use drones.

Technologies:

ASW Continuous Trail Unmanned Vessel (ACTUV)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ACTUV

Echo Voyager

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-adv-underwater-drones-20160722-snap-story.html

There are many more.

Also: “An unmanned surface vehicle commanding an unmanned submarine to launch an unmanned aerial vehicle.”

It’s a whole new Navy.