De Zeven Provinciën-class frigate | Is it really their last decade?

We are investigating the De Zeven Provinciën class (LCF class), the frigate with the highest combat capabilities in Europe. #frigate #royalnetherlandsnavy #koninklijkemarine

Which development paved the way for the creation of the De Zeven Provinciën class?
As a fruit of the same programme, how is the German Sachen-class frigate similar to its Dutch sister?
Which subsystems and weapons will be changed with the modernization programme?
Will the Royal Netherlands Navy decommission the De Zeven Provinciën class in ten years?

00:00 Introduction
01:25 Programme history
02:56 Design
04:42 General characteristics
05:30 Rdaras (SMART-L / APAR)
06:27 Armament (40-cell Mk 41 vertical launching system for RIM-66K SM-2MR Block IIIA and RIM-162 ESSM air defence missiles / RGM-84 Harpoon anti-ship missiles / 127mm Otobreda 127/54 Compatto gun / 30mm seven-barrel Goalkeeper CIWS / Mk 32 Mod 9 twin torpedo launchers for 324mm Mk 46 Mod 5 torpedoes)
09:00 Operational use
09:35 Modernization
11:19 New armament (RIM-161C SM-3 Block IB anti-ballistic missile / ESSM Block 2 air defence missile / BGM-109 Tomahawk cruise missile / Naval Strike Missile - NSM anti-ship missile / 127mm Otobreda 127/64 gun / RAM)
13:23 Analysis

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Music: Defileermars der Koninklijke Marine [Dutch march]
Performed by the Marinierskapel der Koninklijke Marine (Rotterdam Marine Band of the Royal Netherlands Navy)

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