Turkiye allegedly buys Type-23 Frigates from The UK
Minister of National Defense Hulusi Akar had gone to London two days ago at the invitation of British Defense Minister Ben Wallace.
According to Marine Deal News, the Ministry of National Defense has signed a contract to procure a second-hand Type-23 class Frigates from the UK.
Displacement : 4,900 t
Length : 133 m
1 × BAE 4.5 inch Mk 8 naval gun
2 × 30 mm DS30M Mk2 guns
8 x HARPOON anti-ship missiles
32-cell GWS 35 VLS for 32 Sea Ceptor SAMs
The youngest Type-23 Frigates entered service between 2000 and 2002
Chilean Navy got 3 Type-23 Frigates for about £150 million
Turkiye can modernize Type-23 Frigates with most modern Systems and 100+ km SIPER air defense Systems to protect TCG ANADOLU to be deployed in Libya ( $50 million for modernization )
32-cell GWS -35 VLS for 16 HISAR-RF and 16 SIPER ( 32 SAMs )
25+ km HISAR-RF and 100+ km SIPER air defense missiles
UK offered 2 Type-23 Frigates to Greece as a gift if they bought 4 Type31 Frigates . But Greece prefered the French FDI Frigates
maybe UK offers 2 Type-23 Frigates to Turkiye as a gift or at reasonable cost
if we buys Eurofighters from The UK
Millî Savunma Bakanlığı, Kraliyet Donanması’ndan Type-23 fırkateynlerinden satın alıyor.
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