QUOTE(alexz23 @ Sep 20 2021, 09:10 AM)
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Making hard decisions is never easy. But decisions need to be made over 2 years ago, and it was not done!
If BNS used 1 billion to payoff debts, then push BNS to give deals that is advantageous to TLDM, say okay we cannot do anything for this 6 ships, but if you want the additional money to proceed, you must sign a contract for ship 7 & 8 that is nearly at cost, to repay the 1 billion you use to pay off debt. Its something that can be done right??
Deciding to cancel some ships then, would mean another type of ship could already be built by now, with equipments bought transferred to the new design ship.
Deciding to move forward then, would still need additional money to be put into the project, but substantially less than what was needed now, and we could have our gowinds operational by now.
Whatever it is, he did not decide on anything. He did not do his job as a Menhan. Because he did not decide on anything for the gowind project, is one of the major causes that zero gowinds has been completed to date.
Seem like the gov would be paying off BNS debt afterall. Sabri Said before that gov would acquired the LCS IP & design. (Thought the original cost of IP & design already included in the OG purchase price anyway).
If not mistaken the original idea is to build the 1st 6 as ASW varient, then keep increasing the size to AAW & so on. Very similar to JDF mogami class. As it is nowdays, probably more popular & cheaper to just bought the type 31 as the AAW varient.
Doubt the gov would want to pay more to increase the capabilities of LCS, at least for now. As it is the 1st 2 are mostly completed as long as RMN are ok with setis. I say 50:50 on the mica, the likelihood that the LCS not equipped or reduction in numbers with AAW missiles is kinda high, as it's one of few place where.they can cut cost.
This post has been edited by darth5zaft: Sep 20 2021, 04:04 PM