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Originally Posted by CCIP
You know what I'd like to see? I'd like to see more ships build on a similar (perhaps slightly larger) scale, with similar armament and performance, specifically for the mission of high-seas security (i.e. fighting piracy and smuggling). I get the sense that ships like this would be a much more effective deterrent than using DDGs and FFGs on that mission, which are both massive overkill and are unable to really act effectively due to rules and the need for caution. A ship like this, meanwhile, would have all the tools needed to patrol, escort traffic, and hunt down pirates if needed. And cost exponentially less - you could probably deploy two dozen such vessels to an area for the same cost and personnel requirement as a modern combat ship.
Otherwise, I'm sure Slovenia isn't about to jump in on the pirate hunt, but a ship or two is exactly what's needed to secure small territorial waters and prevent illegal activity in them. More of a coast guard mission, yes, but it's good to have teeth for it.
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Most large navies are still indoctrinated to fighting a large scale war, a toe to toe with the russkies. Slovenia is a fairly new power, with a more modern doctrine, anti piracy, anti terrosrism, anti smuggler.
And this one ship is more than enough to patrol our coastline. 2 patrol helicopters would get the job done suported by two small patrol boats. We get air support from Aviano air base and croatia is of no threat to us.
And the talk of the town is that Triglav is going to join the pirate hunt arround Somalia as soon as the crew is ready and experienced