Well, I doubt the PN fleet will be expanded much. We’ll see replacement of 6 ex-RN Type 21s (Amazon) and 2 Type 12s (Leander) with something newer, maybe a small expansion from 8 to 12 ships. Not a whole lot more. Maybe 4 ex-US Perry class, 4 ex-Greece/Dutch Kortenaer class and first 4 home built F22P. That’s qualitative and numerical improvement over current assets. PN doesn’t need to be much bigger in terms of major surface combattants.
I doubt PN would go for 4 OHP. They were offered a spruance class destroyer, but they seemed to prefer 2 OHP over it. I am guessing that PN will look to obtain 4 kortenaer, 4 F-22p and 2 Perry class to have a strength of 10 frigates. They would most likely try to expand their submarine arm to 5-6 newer subs.
The question is would they retire the amazons. The leanders are very old and not really combat worthy. The amazons are only 5-6 year older than the kortnaer class, can’t they be structurally upgraded or something?
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