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Ocelot II

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5. It also made sense for them to buy the British ships,

Reply to Abnredleg (Reply #4)

Sun Aug 31, 2025, 01:48 PM

Aug 31

since they already work with the British Navy to patrol the arctic regions on behalf of NATO. Might as well completely integrate the mission using the same ships.

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Norway selects British-made frigates to beef up maritime defence in $13.5 bln deal [View all] riversedge Aug 31 OP

Nobody's going to be buying a damn thing from the US for awhile. Ocelot II Aug 31 #1

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Trump blows it, again C_U_L8R Aug 31 #3

The US design is actually a reworked Italian design Abnredleg Aug 31 #4

It also made sense for them to buy the British ships, Ocelot II Aug 31 #5

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Apparently there was some concern that the US-made ships had "kill switches." Ocelot II Aug 31 #7