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Considering that every AAW weapon system is now a US system integrated with Aegis, I have no idea exactly what commands Aegis would be sending to CTI. I think only ASW and NSM will be on CTI, and NSM could very well be a standalone system, especially considering that under the new trade...

Basically it means saying that "we're going to buy a MOTS design and only change like, 15% of it", but then proceed to incrementally change more and more until 85% has been modified from the original design.

Agreed, and even if they were willing to increase the size of the CDC to 4500t, they would have to buy the FDI as is, or come up with a new design from scratch. If they tried to take the FDI and Canadianize it, they "constellation" the whole project.

Right but the main gun can used in an AAW role. One of the best features of Aegis is it's extreme level of integration and synchronization between its weapons and sensors. With the Leonardo, you'd have to have the gun talk to CTI which would then talk to Aegis, and Aegis doesn't like that. There...

I don't think it has anything to do with trying to get more VLS cells, I think it has entirely to do with ease of integration and program risk.

Yep. They literally had to invent an interim design review phase just for this project.

Backwards. Irving is the prime and LMC is the lead designer and integrator.

<laughs in Chinese manufacturing capacity>

Oh yea it's been going this way for years now. They were going toward a non-AEGIS integrated EW solution but have since switched to the SLQ-32. SeaCeptor to RAM... Leonardo main gun to BAE 5"...AEGIS lite to full AEGIS (with a little CMS330 sprinkled on for flavour).

Ummm... I'm not sure what else to say, but it's already happened. Not sure about the 30mm, but the main gun is, with 100% certainty, now the 5 inch.

Also it now has (is back to) the BAE 5" gun and not the Leonardo 127mm.

Redact the document with whatever tool you chose, then take a screen capture of the image of the redacted document. How is it that complicated?

Gun boat diplomacy isn't about actually capacity... It's about the implication...

I think he was referring to more significant NATO partners dragging their heels. I'm looking at Turkey, Greece and Spain... Basically all of Southern Europe minus Italy.

I'm genuinely curious if it's even possible with modern materials and engineering techniques to make ANYTHING that can shrug off a hit from a Mk-48 and remain mission capable.