Ideas_R_Bulletproof
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Thanks for the confirmation. I think the replacement for the 80's era Pohang class corvette (1200 tons) is the Incheon-class frigate with much higher endurance (and like you said - there is going to be newer versions/sizes scaled up/down as in flight II at present). So far - there is no indication that Korea is developing a dedicated small corvette design as a 1300 ton equivalent to the Chinese Type 056. There are however going to be scaled down smaller versions of the Incheon class at 1400 ton size.
About Incheon class having VLS - this is highly unusual for a frigate class vessel this small. Usually much larger frigates (and small Destroyers) having displacements above 5000 tons start having VLS systems. The variation of the Incheon class for Bangladesh may be scaled down to 1400 tons (as is the version proposed for Israel). Israel's version will have their Barak Naval anti-missile system and advanced Phased Array radars outfitted in Israel Shipyards after the fact.
It's not known if Bangladesh's version will have Harpoon missiles for the VLS or an equivalent Chinese copy. The larger Incheon class has a Korean version of the Harpoon.
On a side note - It is interesting to reflect that the Chinese type 052D class destroyer (two sizes up from the 056 class corvette) is a more or less direct copy of the USS Arleigh Burke Class DDG, complete with a Chinese Phased Array radar, AEGIS system and digital ECM suite fitted.
thats a nice discussion you've pulled up..... I haven't really thought of VLS for our ships, considering them a little too much for our little budget now..... I really envy the Israelis..... have a look at their Sa'ar 5 corvettes..... only 1,200tons..... yet, they had developed a missile that is perfect for their small ships.... as many as 64 Barak missiles were cramped into those small boats!!.... and what a clever little missile that is.... the Indian Navy put those missiles in most frigates and destroyers in addition to all other armaments the ships originally had..... I haven't seen another missile as compact as that of Barak....
another class of ships that also attracted my attention is the Norwegian Navy's Skjold-class corvettes.... a boat as small as 47.50 m and 274ton can hide as many as 8 NSM SSMs with 185km range within its structure!!..... and it also carries Mistral SAMs..... such ships give us an idea that its not always about size..... a clever design can always overcome many practical problems.....