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Shephard Media: Chilean Navy chief targets 2030 for indigenous frigates

 


"Chilean Navy chief targets 2030 for indigenous frigates"

Wilder Alejandro Sanchez

Naval Warfare

Shephard Media

24 May, 2021

Originally published: https://www.shephardmedia.com/news/naval-warfare/chilean-navy-chief-targets-2030-indigenous-frigate/

The Chilean Navy wants domestic industry to be capable of building frigates by 2030 but it is pushing against practical and political obstacles.

Chilean naval planners and government policy-makers recently reiterated calls to build up a domestic shipbuilding capability, although the South American country still lacks the industrial depth to undertake major programmes independently.

Adm Julio Leiva Molina, Commander-in-Chief of the Chilean Navy, stated the case in a recent webinar called ‘Construcción Naval ...

 

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