I think the MICA VL is intended as SAM but it is not yet fitted, same w.r.t. SSM. However ….. in addition to 76mm gun, there are a pair of armed helicopter (ASW/ASUW), lightweight ASW torpedo tubes, full sensor with in all three dimensions (surface, air, subsruface), EW/ECM. Ships originally had 2 – DES / Oerlikon 30mm/75 twin mounts and 2 – Oerlikon / BMARC 20mm GAM-B01 single mounts, which I presume are easy to mount and dismount depending on need.
I said that except the guns and EW/ECM and torpeedo launcher… they are NAKED. There aren’t helicopters at the moment. First Naval Pilots are in training now.
There is none yet. You could check our Navy site. There is not a single mention about it. They only say that in the seccond stage modif missiles will be present.
Romanian Navy Type-22 Frigate don’t have any kind of weapons on them except the OTO Melara gun. Supposely the additional weapons will be addded during seccond upgrade program 2007-2008.
Marasesti was launched as pasager carrier. at least the hull. Then designated Cruiser -> Destroyer and finally Frigate. And no way in hell can’t reach more than 28kt on its engines. The ship server more likelly as experience gathering for the Military ships building for Romania. In my opinion the Tetal2 looks a lot better than Marasesti.
As a mention , not a single Romanian Navy ship has a SAM system mounted (except some SA-7 MANPADS). ASW was presentin the orm of sonars and grenade launchers.
too right… i mean things like JET ENGINES, RADAR, AIRCRAFT CARRIERS, JET AIRLINER, SUPERSONIC AIRLINER, are all American inventions !!!!!!!!!!. :rolleyes:
I said weapons not general aerospace inventions… And don’t tell me the Jet was invented in 40’s, cause it was not.
Paveway, JDAM, Maverick, Hellfire, Sidewinder, Harm, Harpoon, Mk-8x…
You will see that most airforces use US designe and produced weapons. There are exceptions , but not to that degree.
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