for relevant addition of extra weaponry and equipment
in the future. What is equally relevant, the warships
in question provide the crews with very high levels of
comfort. Considering the current requirements, the war-
ships would be spending a lot of time far away from the
homeland shores, being tasked with force projection in
remote parts of the world.
It is ironic though, within the context of the Type 31 pro-
gram, that Canada and Australia decided to procure the
Type 26 vessels too. Both nations would procure 24 ves-
sels in total. They British design is going to be tailored to
meet the specific requirements of the new customers.
The aforesaid success make one doubt the justified na-
ture of the decision to develop an entirely new vessel
class, that are being built for the Royal Navy in a num-
ber of 5 warships. Let us recall the fact that one of the
primary justifications of the design was the option of
offering vessels that would stand a greater chance of
success on the export market.
NAVY
