CDRMITTENS@sh.itjust.works to NonCredibleDefense@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 7 months agoGermany doubling down on the frigate meme with the class that went into production todaysh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square27fedilinkarrow-up1112arrow-down17
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minus-squaretburkhol@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·7 months agoUS Garcia frigates (1960s) were 2600 tons; Knox (1970s) 3000; Brooke class FFG/heavy frigates (1960s) were 5400 tons, and Oliver Hazard Perry class FFGs (1980s) 4100 tons.
minus-squareAwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·7 months agoSo they’re doing the same thing that auto manufacturers are doing to pickup trucks.
US Garcia frigates (1960s) were 2600 tons; Knox (1970s) 3000; Brooke class FFG/heavy frigates (1960s) were 5400 tons, and Oliver Hazard Perry class FFGs (1980s) 4100 tons.
So they’re doing the same thing that auto manufacturers are doing to pickup trucks.