(Asien) Israelische Marine

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Die israelische Marine hat ihre Bestrebungen, Fregatten einer modifizierten LCS I- aka Freedom-Klasse zu beschaffen aufgegeben. Stattdessen - und auch anstatt von bei Northrop Grumman zu bauenden Korvetten - wird die israelische Marine eine verlängerte Variante der Meko A-100-Klasse beschaffen.
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Israel Eyes Locally Built Warship
Drops LCS In Favor of German Design
By barbara opall-rome

TEL AVIV - In a radical revamp of its surface fleet modernization program, the Israel Navy has shelved long-held plans to purchase Lockheed Martin-produced Littoral Combat Ships (LCS), as well as a fallback option involving corvetees built by Northrop Grumman.

Instead, sources say, the Navy is pushing to establish a combat shipbuilding industry through customized, locally built versions of a German corvette design.

Now in an exploration phase, the concept calls for a stretched, approximately 2,200-ton version of the Meko A-100 built by ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems (TKMS), the Hamburg-based consortium building two Dolphin-class submarines for the Israel Navy. Countries that are building or now operating the 1,650-ton German-designed corvette include Malaysia and Poland.