..with completed design still being worked out..

Naval news insists that full load displacement is 10000 tons from its sources in SAAB i.e. with it's complement of helicopter, USVs, UUVS, UAVs, mission modules, etc. Whether or not RSN eventually makes reference to that or a lower tonnage figure is their prerogative. RSN seems uncomfortable to give a definitive figure but did say that it won't be bigger than the Endurance class lpd which is about 8500 to 9000 tons at full load.

Regardless, it is clear that the ship is way bigger than the Formidables and certainly more formidable. The current Iver stands at 6000+ to 7000 tons

It won't be the Vanguard 130/140 as confirmed by ST Engineering in the video which is >5000 ton ship. I always thought this design is too tight.

Do a side by side comparison with the Iver and you'd realise that the ship seems longer than the baseline Iver.

Parts to note:

1) Front of the ship has been extended/enlarged to accommodate the Slyver VLS launchers - shows 32 VLS but the space can accommodate around 48 launchers. The baseline Iver has space only for up to a 76mm gun - and space is tight.

2) Centre mission bay seems extended/enlarged and can accommodate more VLS launchers - at least 32 to 48 more VLS launchers.  Plus not 24 SSMs (likely more advanced variant of Blue Spear anti ship/land attack missiles) - I suspect at least 32 SSMs. Note: Formidable class centre mission bay can accommodate 24 SSMs.

3) helicopter deck is certainly extended/enlarged to accommodate the launching of helicopters and Uavs and USVs in the lower deck. The baseline Iver has a shorter helicopter deck.

Nope

the highlighted section here is less than half a meter
you squeeze how also you won't squeeze another A-50 set in there

The Sea Serpent is designed to give a good stand off range. In its flight profile, it can achieve greater than 290 km in a low profile mode. It has an extensive capability against peer plus threats. But I can’t give details about its terminal phase on this unclassified forum. I can say that it is hugely exciting and the Royal Navy will be pleasantly surprised with the capabilities that we are offering

Beautiful picture of French Horizon class frigate

tight squeeze if at all possible - I'm still not sure
the MICA VL installation is not extremely compact
just one cell you see here measures approximately 36cm x 54cm minimum
as I showed you, the bit of gap between the two existing A-50 launchers is less than half a metre
and you can't take ALL of that space, there will always be a few cm here and there

Blue Spear is about the size of Harpoon and carries a similar warhead

Tomahawk Block Vb is the most capable NATO ship-launched antiship missile in service
As I said, at least 36 x 54cm, and that won't fit into what's left of deck space even if you budge the existing silos a little
The gap is deceptively small because of the size of the ship
If you compare with the people on deck, there's still at least a foot if not more of space between

My point is simply that even the standalone cell is not small enough to do what you propose

Not including the booster, the 760-kg (1,675-lb.) missile is 5.34 m (17.5 ft.) long, and possesses a 150-kg high explosive insensitive munitions warhead. The missile is propelled by an air-breathing turbojet engine fed with liquid jet fuel, enabling a 290-km (180-mi.) range at subsonic speeds.

Recently, a Singapore Himars (ID: 21641MID) was featured in a Lockheed Martin Video on the Precision Strike Missile (PRsM). The PRsM is slated to replace and has the same impact as the 300km MGM-140 Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS). A single Himars can carry 2 PRsM as compared to one ATACMs. This is a heavy missile comparable to the Russian Iskandar Complex missile. The PRSM has a range in excess of 650km: https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2022/0...rmation-update/



Go here for full screen video: https://www.facebook.com/militaryleak/video...38374563618941/

Still shot:



The Sg Himars in question:



It is not known why a Singapore Himars is doing in the video. However, the vehicle ID was apparently redacted/blurred after this was discovered. See same revised video:



Maybe it is a just a typo error. Let us just forget about this ok. Nothing to see here; move along people.

Fyi, the basic GMRLS guided rockets have a range of >70km.

The basic guided rocket has been successfully tested to range of 92km: https://www.army-technology.com/news/news69339-html/

However, the US army was able to use it and surgically strike targets with precision at around >105km in Afghanistan.

This means that is its actual range is more >100km.

In Ukraine, it has been routinely used to strike targets at more than >100km.

P.S: Russian defence manufacturers tend to overstate capabilities. Western defence manufacturers do the opposite.

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In SEA and Oceania, Himars has been bought by Singapore and recently Australia.

Info from open source is limited. As shared previously, Singapore has bought more than >108 launch pods. This was declassified by Lockheed Martin (until 2016 only). This would mean that Singapore has at least 54 Himars launchers (until 2016). One launcher + one supply vehicle generally (although the US army may use 2 supply vehicles per launcher.).



Link for above: https://apps.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/1019443.pdf

I dont have numbers post 2016.

I note that newly built GMRLS rockets are largely the ER versions with range in excess of >150km. These were purchased by Australia recently. If Sg bought new GMLRS rockets recently, it is likely these will be the newer ER versions.

Australian Himars:
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/special-re...061331d10fd4799