Very similar to the American OHP class.

Yes,very!
 

That's because that's what she is. An O.H. Perry class FFG modified in a recent refit with new combat and navigation systems. Getting on a bit now but we tend to get fairly long service out of our ships. Can't afford to build new ones that often.

Same as the US OHPs except ours now have VLS for ESSM and also fire SM2s out of the Mk 13.
http://media.defenseindustrydaily.co...odified_lg.jpg

I guess Thailand Thaied the knot with the other pirate hunters?:rotfl2:

Looks you folks added a FLIR above the bridge too.
Are they the long hull or short hull? Long hull has two hanger doors and carries the Seahawk, short has one and carries the Seasprite.

And to think they got together after just one night in Bangkok...

:O:

Long hull two hangers to accommodate the Seahawk. (Note pic below is a sister ship of the Melbourne, the Canberra).
http://www.hmascanberra.com.au/asset...berra_rear.jpg

Unfunnily we bought Sea Sprites for our Anzac Frigates, but not one of them made it inot operation despite millions of our peso's wasted.:damn:

man frigates are tiny. WWII is 1000 times more interesting then modern warfare. all it is now is input coordinates and press a button and you have a lot of dead people.hows that interesting?

Actually the FFG-7 is 4,100 tons. Roughly twice the displacement as a WWII era Fletcher class destroyer...


Interesting part is finding those coordinates without giving yours to the other guy.

DD(X)
 

http://imgur.com/3Co6a.jpg
Length: 208m
Displacement: 14,000 tonnes
Crew: 125-150
Speed: 30 knots
Hull: Steel
Cost: $2.8bn (£1.5bn)
Replaces: Arleigh Burke destroyers

so? tonnage doesnt designate length. Its a Fat stubby ship then.

The Visby class stealth corvettes,
 

http://imgur.com/gjVgh.jpg
http://imgur.com/Fk6MO.png

Naw its not going to Replace the Burke just complement it. The Zumwalt class lacks the extensive radar systems of the DDG-51s or Ticos. (well it is extensive... extensively incompatible with current SAMs.)

The Ticos and Burke Flt IIs will be the AAW and TBM defense platforms while the DDX will be the shore bombardment asset (perhaps with those long range Rail Guns eventually but until then 60 mile range 6 in guns and Tomahawks).

Assuming it doesn't get the axe, the costs are expected to top 4 billion USD...

Quite a bit longer too...
FFG-7: 453 feet
Fletcher: 376.5 feet

OK! When the costs increase quite a lot since the project began
 

but they let's not time, it becomes apparent that this compromises

Umm, I assure you it is A LOT more complicatied than that.