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France unveils model of the new multi-mission frigate at Euronaval

Why are the bows of ships now being swept backwards rather than the norm we've seen going forward?

Inverted bow designs are great for speed, but poor in high sea states where they tend to dive under waves and swamp the deck with water, which isn't ideal for military designs where stability matters for firing weapons:

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We see a hybrid inverted bow on the Zumwalt class, known as a tumblehome design:

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For Zumwalt it's less about speed and more about maximizing all aspect stealth. In this case by cutting down on wake formation.

Compare the wake formation of the commonly found bow design of the Freedom class LCS:


Or a similarly sized Burke with a bow design comparable to the Freedom class:


To that of the much larger Zumwalt:


Even at high speeds, Zumwalt's design produces less of a wake then backswept bow designs. its stability in high sea states has been questioned. The Burke class and similar ships use more conventional bow designs to provide increased stability in rough seas, which in turn provides a better platform for sensors to operate in or for weapons to be discharged.

Our FTIs will carry 16 Aster-30 missiles. But unlike our FREMMs,they will not be equipped with the MDCN.

What's up with the recent trend towards a smaller VLS cell number? It can't simply be a cost saving measures, as the ships are still costly and lengthening them by a few meters isn't going to drastically increase their cost.

The last few Nansens also saw an increase from 8 to 16 cells, but it seems that's the upper limit many European ship designers are exploring:

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mica vls or slyver vls?
the size of it looks like its gonna be about the same size of our type 31's
the radar kind looks like apar

probably a export version of the mdcn or even the storm shadow, but i doubt the latter as i dont think it would fit in a vls silo.
2x sylver a50 with aster, says the wall poster . 4250 tons.
 
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@flamer84 @Blue Marlin @Penguin
@Technogaianist

A challenge for you. Many versions were seen this day,either with 16 VLS silos or 32. This shows' this frigate's modularity according to any buyer needs or requirements whatsoever.
Now try to figure out how many are there in this configuration.

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Hint : More than 32...
Theres two a50 plus 4 smaller vls on the forecastle. Cant say for the rest of this ship for lack of good view (eg amidship and tow port/starboard of hanger)
 
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