Mike (we love you guy...where ever you are) over at New Wars was right when he predicted the troubles with the Type 26 Frigate.
Read his article here.
If the planners were to skip the Type 26 altogether and proceed directly to the lower end version of the Future Surface Combatant design, they might possess a vessel more relevant for future threats. Rather than hundreds of millions, vessels costing in the tens of million pounds seem the right answer for today’s threats. Most importantly, you could build a whole squadron of such vessels for the price of a single Type 26.What brings me to this conclusion?
Read this from Defense Watch.
It looks like the Global Combat Ship is dead in the water, from the Canadian perspective at least. That also seems to go for any UK-Canadian collaboration on future ships.Without Canadian participation, I can't see how this ship will escape the budget axe thats swinging over at the UK's Ministry of Defense. I would almost bet that Canadian participation was seen as a shield against the possibility of it being cut. That doesn't exist anymore.
Seems like the days of smaller, less complex ships is about to dawn.
Mike at New Wars must be smiling, laughing at those like me that doubted him and pouring himself another glass of what ever drink he likes (probably iced tea).
