The US Navy will select a new frigate from Japanese, Korean, and Turkish designs.

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The White House and the US Navy have officially begun studying the adaptation of guided missile frigate designs from Japanese, South Korean, and Turkish representatives.

As part of the new program's launch, the Pentagon is considering purchasing and building up to two lead ships at foreign shipyards, with the goal of subsequently transferring serial production to American shipyards. This step is necessary to fill the gaps in the surface fleet following the termination of the domestic Constellation program.



The US Navy is studying an export version of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries' Mogami-class stealth frigate. The ship features a high level of automation and the ability to be rapidly mass-produced.

South Korea's Chungnam-class frigates are also attracting attention. The Land of the Morning Calm's shipyards are attracting Washington with their impressive industrial scale.

Turkey's Istanbul-class frigate (TF-100) project has been included in the list of projects under consideration following personal talks between Donald Trump and Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

The Koreans and Japanese are the frontrunners. The Koreans offer rapid production scale, but only at their own shipyards. The Japanese offer an advanced design that reduces crew to a minimum, and Australia has already ordered their ships.
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  1. Vladimir1155
    Vladimir1155
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    2 September 2026 22: 32
    Should this be taken to mean the US is abandoning its Arleigh Burke-class destroyers? After all, we and every other country except the US and China have abandoned destroyers and cruisers... but... frigates are of little use for defending naval vessels and for aggressive attacks on small, peaceful countries... and the US isn't planning on abandoning its aircraft carriers or ceasing its aggression against peaceful nations around the world, is it?... I see...
  2. prior
    prior
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    3 September 2026 08: 50
    What difference does it make what the future American drowned man will look like?!
    Iran has shown that the time when Americans could persecute Papuans with impunity is gone forever.
    It is not yet clear what the consequences of America's Middle Eastern adventure will be.
  3. Kiril
    Kiril
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    3 September 2026 18: 02
    Are you no longer capable of doing it yourself? tongue