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Como está a situação do projecto FREMM? Vão serem feitos cortes? Vão mesmo serem construidas as 10 fragatas? As 4 Artigliere (ex-iraquianas) também vão serem substituidas pelas 10 FREMM? Se assim for então as 10 FREMM substituem 8 Maestrale, 4 Lupo e 4 Artigliere, 16 navios. Já agora, qual o futuro dos 2 Luigi Durand de la Penne, com o seu lançador Mk 13 mod 4 para mísseis SM-1 MR (já obsoletos)?
Fremm situation is:
17 required for French navy
10 required for Italian navy
Til today there are
payed8 out of 17 for french navy
6 out of 10 for italian navy
The first cut of steel for France has been in 2007 frigate 'Aquitaine'.
The first cut of steel in Italy will be in 2008 frigate 'Bergamini'.
The design is the same for the hull, but differs in the upper part.
The italian FREMM will be more equipped and more performant, the french more, but less equipped.
Price are 270 milions for french Fremm and 380 milions for the italian versions.
Main differences respect the french version, the italian Fremm will have:
- Option for a 2nd turbine LM2500. (MN proposed only cheap diesel engines, but MMI refused due to the low speed)
- Italian radar EMPAR II active and probably a radar long distances 3d the italian Selex SPS-xxx. The french frigates will have a multipurpose radar, the french Thales Herakles.
-Hangar for 2 helicopters (AW-101 and NH90). The french only 1 NH90.
- 2 MAST, while the french 1.
- 127mm cannon and 76mm as CIWS.
It's worth noting that the french version will have probably SCALP Naval missiles. The italians, due to political problems not.
Honestly I don't think that France nor Italy will have enough money for all required.... :cry: