once again, the "opv" classification means nothing. There are OPV's capable of BMD and ones that have greater displacement than any PN ship.This acquisition has never made much sense. What capability does this platform add to the PN that it doesn't already have? And just 2 units? Why acquire an OPV, and then go to the lengths of customising it with AShM and VLS? makes no sense. Whiff of back handers here.
Just two units- for now.
There is no difficulty in customization, Damen builds platforms like this, they are all going to be ffbnw to some extent, its clear the pn is looking to use these ships in a little more high-intensity role, infact, if you think back in time, the PN contracted damen and swiftships to each provide 2 ships, damen being the opv1900, then swiftships being the 75m corvette. In this case, the swift contract was canceled, likely because damen offered a better product, at a better cost without all of the strings. The design the PN selected was designed by damen from the ground up to accommodate VLS, if the pn didnt select to equip them, the space would have just been empty. Its clear the PN is looking to equip more and more ships with VLS and SSM's, not sure what whiffs you're getting here.