Valour Class Frigate. They once envied our gear...now we envy thiers.

via Naval Today.

he ship is being sent on a month-long patrol Aimed at strengthening South African Navy's relations with its African counterparts.SAS Spioenkop is the third of four Valour class frigates of the South African Navy built by the European South African Corvette Consortium.The ship is 121m long and 18 meters wide.
The frigates of this class were built to a modern stealth design to avoid enemy radar and infrared detection.
The ship is distinctive with a new propulsion system, Comprising of a water-jet drive, in addition to two propellers.
During the patrol, SAS Spioenkop sea will attend the concert in Senegal, and visit some African countries.
She is expected to return home at the end of November.

We once had gear that made allies envious.

Now their stuff makes us dream of equally capable gear.

Even tiny, backwards, economically messed up S. Africa has a more capable "LCS" than we do.