Missile corvettes & Mine sweepers be upgraded

lionnoisy SG

SINGAPORE RSN Victory-class missile corvettes and Swedish-designed Landsort-class Mine Counter-Measure Vessels will not be replaced in the near future but will be upgraded.

Networking and new sensors will be added for the former while unmanned vehicles added to the later,according to www.zaobao.com 05 Feb 2008 hard copy .Also,RSS Courageous will not be replaced.

In STimes same day,it read in last para

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No less important,officials believe,are upgrades for older ships such as 62 m--long missile corvettes and vessels that hunt sea mines

2.Dunt look down on upgraded platforms.There are many serve SG very well and save SG lot of $$$ but give SG deterrence forces!!

3.see the ships

http://www.mindef.gov.sg/imindef/mindef_websites/atozlistings/navy/assets/vessels.html

4.What itmes that u want to take out and added in!!No classified stuff pl.

Skye2 SG

The MCVs are already pretty top of the line corvettes in this age. They are certainly better than any of the corvettes in the region (already!). Thier armaments and sensors are more suited for a light frigate. In spite of the article, I strongly believe you will probably hear of a replacement sometime next decade(refer to the development on replacing the old MGBs). Ships dont materialize all of a sudden. RSN plans way ahead of its time. Upgrades to me are buzz-words for `stand-by' as in `stand-by' to be condemned and replaced.

tankee1981 SG

No doubt about the capability of our MCVs, i am no sailor but it does look very top heavy to me much like my old SM1 tank.

Are there any stability problems with the MCVs in rough sea states?