Yes it is Gripen9. But these are not USD. Actually 4.6B CAD per vessel.
Lockheed Martin (LM) CSC Type 26 Frigate Design
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Each CSC Frigate would be 3.5B USD at 2020 prices. A Ford class carrier would be roughly 14B USD each or roughly 4 x CSC Frigates for each Ford Carrier in USD (if my math is right). So we could buy 4.5 Carriers for every 15 CSC Frigates. Problem is.... the Royal Canadian Navy could only man two of them......maybe eh?
They would roughly cost about 13.5 Queen Elizabeth Carriers for 15 CSC Frigates. Not cheap eh?
That does not include infrastructure, training, and follow-on costs for the life of the CSC Frigates. If you take it all in they would be well over 100B CAD for their lifespan. Cool eh?
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and you haven't even figured in LM cost over runs, which are historic.
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Definitely dont agree that wasting public funds is cool.That does not include infrastructure, training, and follow-on costs for the life of the CSC Frigates. If you take it all in they would be well over 100B CAD for their lifespan. Cool eh?
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For someone who has actually spent time in Procurements, I'm going to impose a self ban, on this thread. It too depressing. None of this makes sense.They would roughly cost about 13.5 Queen Elizabeth Carriers for 15 CSC Frigates. Not cheap eh?
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at that kind of price, Donald Trump could get them to throw in a couple submarines in the deal. lol
The Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO) cost estimates already include any cost overruns with Lockheed Martin BAE.
Totally agree Khafee. Just trying to put a little levity into a bad situation.
Tell that to the government of Canada after spending well over 340+B CAD on COVID-19 alone thus far (and growing). We are soooooooo far in the red, we may never see the black again! But the good thing about this mess is that Canada's economy is still very resilient and the best in the G7 community. We will come back out of this sooner rather than later. Have you seen Trumps debt lately? Very, very scary!!
Yeah, a couple of Virginia class would be great!!!
Just came across a Royal Navy article (10 Sep 2020) on the High Arctic and the RN's involvement leading a multinational exercise across the Bering Straits recently. This may be of great interest to the World Forum and its readers. My question is, why was Canada not involved in any form with this task group exercise. Although this was not a NATO exercise, it would have been a golden opportunity missed for Canada to assert its own sovereignty and cooperation with allied navies such as the US/UK Norway and Denmark with their A/C. Perhaps Canada was not involved because it was a non-NATO exercise or, were we intentionally left out in the cold. (Is Canada's role in the Arctic relevant any more?) Whatever the case, in my opinion (IMO) it appears as if Canada has been snubbed by both the US/UK and it's allies which seems to give the world the impression that Canada has no relevance in our Arctic waters anymore.
See this article for information about the exercise in the Arctic:
https://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/news-a...10/200910-royal-navy-task-group-arctic-circle
See this article for information about the exercise in the Arctic:
https://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/news-a...10/200910-royal-navy-task-group-arctic-circle
When you also take a look at Australia's Hunter class Type 26 at 4B AUD per ship (and growing), a little out-of-line as well.
Has it been officially announced that the CSC will have cooperative engagement capability? or your supposition?