type 26 future frigate

royal navys future frigate to replasce the type 22 and 23 in about 2020

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[TheTwollocks]

 hahaha the music

[ROOSTER1067]

@TheTwollocks captain pugwash

[TheCharlie359]

@MrXray2011, Where are you getting your figures from? Check the official MOD website, the UK will spend £34.3 billion on defense for 2012-13 (2.3% of GDP), which equates to roughly $50 billion, your in dream world if you believe we spend £70 billion!

[MrXray2011]

@TheCharlie359 The UK's budget is currently £70 Billion- although they're making cuts so that number will drop, for now. But it is not £50 Billion. Oh and the Tories have put £180 Billion away for the military for new ships/ jets etc.

[TheCharlie359]

@MrXray2011, No argument that the UK is still a major player and the RN is still (debatably) the 2nd or 3rd most capable navy, the figures you've given though are wrong, the UK currently spends around $50 billion on defense behind the USA with $600 billions +, China around $150 billion (exact figures ?) and France with around $57 billions, still a vast budget and a navy second to none in terms of quality.

[thethreelions3]

@MrXray2011 thanks for the info, so there will be a C1,C2 and C3 model? and if so the 13 which will be created will be the ASW varient or a mixture? Ive checked out the website you sugested, alot is just speculation, i dont think many of these ships will be created tbh although has some good info.

[MrXray2011]

@MrXray2011 ...and so it was scrapped before it even got to be drawn. If you really want to look further into the RN go on Navy Matters or the Royal Navy website.

The RN has everything official- QE Class and Type 26.

The Navy Matters site- Plans, possible ships such as a Type 45 like ship but the size, weight and firepower of a cruiser. New LHD's etc...

Combined they allow you to predict what the RN will look like in the future. It looks good but Labour may ruin it.

[MrXray2011]

@thethreelions3 It packs a bigger punch but can be in fewer places at the same time. There never was a Type 27- some people tried to argue with me that there was such thing. I just told them to look on the Royal Navy website. There was speculation that a Type 26 would be the replacement for the Type 23 (which it really is) and then a new class would replace the mine warfare ships and other smaller ships but it would have had a main gun and missiles too- this was deemed pointless

[thethreelions3]

@MrXray2011 Its definatly the most advanced with astute (best sub), T45 (best destroyer) and the T26 and QE on the way. Its still a formidable force, but it doesnt pack the same punch that it has done in our past, during our empire, WW1, WW2 etc when britania ruled the waves. can i ask if u know, will there still be a T26 and a T27? and what are their differences?

[MrXray2011]

@thethreelions3 The RN is still the best Navy in the world, it's not the biggest but it is the most advanced!!

[thethreelions3]

@MrXray2011 I wish this could happen as well, would be brilliant. Hopefully it will grow to a size near this, and we can use our navy as a force projection as we have done throughout history.

[MrXray2011]

@thethreelions3 I know- it's just wishful thinking. Although I can see the RN getting bigger in the future- after the UK's GDP starts picking up again which should happen soon as the UK is building a manufacturing base again, plus we are the worlds biggest banking nation. We just need the Eurozone to sort themselves out.