Norway buys frigates – from this country

Billion -dollar armor mandate

Norway buys frigates – and decides for this country

Norway awards the country’s largest arms mandate and ordered state -of -the -art frigates. They should not only secure peace – but also for the war.

Norway wants to strengthen his navy with frigates from British production. The government came to the conclusion that Britain is the most important strategic partner of Norway, said Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre On Sunday at a press conference in Oslo. In addition, the best frigates deliver. Norway will now accept the final contract negotiations.

Germany, France and the United States had also tried to order, which is considered the largest arms order in NATO country Norway to date. Great Britain had promoted the City class frigates (Type 26) by British Aerospace Electronic Systems Maritime (BAE Systems).

The new City class ships (type 26) are designed for submarine control and air defense with high intensity. They are built on a Scottish shipyard on the Clyde River, in Glasgow. The frigates should be designed for water protection, international peace protection, but also for warfare. Accordingly, they have a state-of-the-art 3-D monitoring system and electronic high-performance jams for drone defense. Your radar should be able to display up to 800 objects in an environment up to 200 kilometers at the same time.

According to the British Royal Navy, the frigate was built in such a way that it makes as little noises under water, which should give it an advantage in combating enemy submarines. It has a noise -insulating layer on the fuselage that absorbs sound waves. The ships can be equipped with up to 48 air defense rockets of the Sea Ceptor system. There is a 24 VLS cells multi-purpose rocket system on board, which can be flexibly equipped with different rocket types, among other things for combating submarine, but also Tomahawk of marching air bodies.

In the spring, the naval daughter of Thyssenkrupp had agreed closer cooperation with the Norwegian company Ulstein. Thyssenkrupp Marine Systems (TKMS) has now stated that no tender had been participated in the procurement of Norwegian frigates and no offer was made. Therefore, the decision does not have a negative impact on the company’s financial and strategic development.

“TKMS has a close, trusting and successful collaboration with Norway in the underwater area for four submarines of the 212 CD class for four submarines of the 212 CD class. Two more boats in Norway are still on the final decision.

How many ships Norway will order in Great Britain and how high the costs are initially not known. The ships cost an estimated cost of 1.5 billion euros per frigate. The Norwegian mandate should therefore have a volume of several billion. “The frigates are a central part of our defense because they are the key to defending our sovereignty,” said the Norwegian Prime Minister.

Norway currently has four frigates. The Scandinavian country with 5.6 million inhabitants borders on Russia and increases its military spending in view of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. US President Donald Trump had repeatedly asked NATO allies to expand their defense skills.