Sememangnya dream. Type 26 kah? Just to fill up 1 ship you know what all thosr missiles will cost right?

rather go for PAAMS with integrated SMART-L

closely similar to type 45

Gowind is too small to fit in PAAMS + SMART-L,
the size radar is huge for 3000 tons frigate, at lease 6000 tons level.
also power requirement is huge.
also SMART-L going to un-popular it will be replace with newest 4 fix panel AESA radar. 
Thales I-Mast is best for 3000 tons level balancing size and capability.

Prefer FREMM,
ya about $100m,  if we construct 3-4 ship, cost still acceptable.

Thats pre-songlap price. Gowind already RM1.6bn each how much do you think this will 'cost'?

Wasn't Aster 15 and ESSM already turned down in favour of MICA VL?

Taipei, Sept. 22 (CNA) The military was continuing a search for two missing pilots Tuesday after their AT-3 Air Force Academy training aircraft lost contact with air traffic controllers earlier that day during a routine training flight.

The Huadong Defense Command said that a total of 60 servicemen would soon reach the area near the location where the aircraft was last seen on radar screens to search for them.

In addition to the ground search effort, the Air Force also deployed an EC225 rescue helicopter and an S-70C rescue chopper to search for the missing pilots and the aircraft, but as of press time, the search had proved unsuccessful.

Due to heavy cloud, the helicopters could not be flown at a low enough altitude to conduct search and rescue work, officials from the Air Force's Chiayi base said, adding that the helicopters had been recalled to the base.

The Air Force was expected to dispatch another S-70C the following morning to continue with the search effort, the officials said.

Thats pre-songlap price. Gowind already RM1.6bn each how much do you think this will 'cost'?

Wasn't Aster 15 and ESSM already turned down in favour of MICA VL?

if that the case.. Herakles would better, plus there a an updated version soon 

Back to back we are looking at similar formidable class just on a diff hull

The 30mm GSh-30-1 automatic cannon is a part of the armament of such Russian combat aircraft as MiG-29, Su-27, Su-33, Su-34, PAK FA and others. Its rate of fire can reach 1,800 rounds per minute. The cannon can strike air, water and ground targets with armor-piercing high-explosive incendiary and armor-piercing tracer ammunition.
The Su-30SM is a supermaneuverable multirole fighter designed to gain supremacy in the air. It is an heir to the legendary Su-27. 

well technically not that expensive, bcos Integrated Mast already include all Radarr, comms, sensor, electronic  EOD, into a mast, it speed up installation on ship, no need each item install, cost just 10-20% higher on all item buy individually , but it also simplify maintenance later, all maintenance can be done inside mast in any time. cost about $50m each set, but can shorted ship construction+outfit 1 year time (also saving cost). I-Mast pre-construction in factory and ship to shipyard plug and play install. and it is complete all-in-one system for all radar/sensor/comms. much better perform than single unit. 
As many discuss on early thread, Gowind  Smart-S 3D radar only support ESSM and VL MIca, not support Aster missile. And RMN specify LCS-Gowind ship as ASW role, so anti-air capability just basic, so just accept with MICA-VL。just like France spec Fremm, as ASW role just with Aster 15 SAM, not include Aster 30 in ship.
also for Gowind, price tag is include about 20% TOT/IP cost and shipyard upgrade.

we keep paying for TOT/IP, but so far haven't see any result from it yet.  

yes, the results from TOT/IP is train many ship designer and engineering,
so Gov should BNS ask propose design 500 tons patrol ship to replace our Perdana, handaanl, Jerung Kris  gun boat (about 16 unit),  those ship design as patrol boat with cheaper cost to built, like usd 40-50m per-ship, basic surface radar+navigation radar, with 1x 40mm main gun + 12.7 navy gun as weapon should be enough. target 24-32 unit, construction can be divided to few local shipyard which have capability to construct it.  main job is for anti-Piracy/anti-smuggling/SAR. we have so many sea border issue, need alot patrol boat.

Satellite Imagery Shows Russian Military Buildup in Syria



New commercial satellite imagery shows in remarkable detail Russia’s escalating military buildup in Syria.

Images taken by Europe’s Pleiades satellite network and released by AllSource Analysis in collaboration with GeoNorth and Airbus clearly show four big Su-30SM Flanker-C and 12 smaller Su-25 Frogfoot fighter jets parked Sept. 20 at the al-Assad International Airport in Syria.

The Russian arsenal in Syria has grown over the past few days to include 28 ground-attack and multi-role fighters, including Su-24 Fencers, according to the Pentagon.

Russia has also deployed to the country 14 helicopters, including the Mi-24 Hind gunship and the Mi-17 Hip transport, a number of SA-22 surface-to-air missile systems, and large fixed-wing surveillance drones, according to multiple news organizations, including The Washington Post and Bloomberg.

Meanwhile, as my colleague Richard Sisk reported, the Russian embassy in Damascus was mortared on Tuesday and the U.S. remains leery of any buildup that seeks to support the regime of President Bashar al-Assad.

“We continue to believe that anything that’s done in support of the Assad regime, particularly militarily, is counterproductive and risks worsening an already bad situation,” spokesman Navy Capt. Jeff Davis, told reporters at the Pentagon.

His counterpart at the State Department, John Kirby, agreed. “If there’s a constructive role they (the Russians) want to play against ISIL, we’re willing to have that conversation,” he said, referring to militants affiliated with the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, which the U.S. is targeting with airstrikes. However, if the Russian intent is to “prop up Assad, that’s a whole different matter,” Kirby said.

Republican lawmakers last week blasted the administration’s strategy in the Middle East.

The $500 million effort begun last December to train and equip Syrian rebels in the campaign against ISIS has thus far only produced a handful of fighters actually on the ground in Syria, Army Gen. Lloyd Austin, head of U.S. Central Command, recently testified before Congress.

http://www.dodbuzz.com/2015/09/21/satellit...ildup-in-syria/

yes, the results from TOT/IP is train many ship designer and engineering, we should start built small vessel patrol boat first.
so Gov should BNS ask propose design 500 tons patrol ship to replace our Perdana, handaanl, Jerung Kris  gun boat (about 16 unit, 40 year old ship),  those ship design as patrol boat with cheaper cost and low level weapon to built, like usd 40-50m per-ship, basic surface radar+navigation radar, with 1x 40mm main gun + 12.7 navy gun as weapon should be enough. target 24-32 unit, construction can be divided to few local shipyard which have capability to construct it.  main job is for anti-Piracy/anti-smuggling/SAR. we have so many sea border issue, need alot patrol boat.

we keep paying for TOT/IP, but so far haven't see any result from it yet.