Maybe the "European customer" we read about a month or two ago wasn't Romania.
Or maybe it was. Claim of Romania buying a single Hisar Class ship, maybe one of the already built ones.
"The strange case of a single corvette: The mysterious corvette that Romania is buying is from Turkey and it knows the class and specifications. Political and defense industry sources have confirmed to DefenseRomania on various channels that Romania will acquire a light corvette from Turkey. A decision that is raising many eyebrows.
"In this security context, the members of the Council analyzed and approved, in today's meeting, the provision of the Romanian Naval Forces with a new light corvette-type ship, capable of executing,
in the shortest possible time, a multitude of missions, in order to initiate the necessary steps by the Ministry of National Defense to carry out the acquisition.
Our sources later confirmed that the purchase of a "single light corvette" will be made from Turkey.
However, we do not know what offset component there will be - if any - and how the Romanian defense industry will be involved. Our sources also told us that it is a Hisar-class corvette."
Surse politice și din industria de apărare au confirmat pe canale diferite pentru DefenseRomania că România va achiziționa o corvetă ușoară din Turcia. O decizie care ridică multe...
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