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Germany has approved a joint program with Norway for the acquisition of submarines of the 212CD project

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The original was taken from a colleague of andrej_kraft in The Bundestag approved the joint purchase of the PL 212CD by Germany and Norway

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Three months have passed since Norway announced that after lengthy negotiations, they have finally agreed on an agreement with the German shipyard ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems (tkMS) on the acquisition of new submarines. However, a rather important reservation was made: since Norway and Germany purchased the new submarines jointly, it was also necessary to pre-approve the contract in the German parliament before it could be signed by the governments of the two countries. And finally it happened. According to Reuters, the budget committee of the Bundestag approved the allocation of 2.7 billion rubles for this purpose. euro.

U36 submarine of Project 212A on the Oslo roadstead in December 2016 © tkMS

Three years later

In February 2017, the Norwegian Ministry of Defense announced that it would cooperate with Germany in developing a project of submarines that should replace six Ula-type submarinesbuilt in 1989-1992. It is planned that Germany and Norway will receive two and four submarines of the modernized 212 CD (Common Design) project, respectively.

The initial plans provided for the start of deliveries of submarines in 2026, but this deadline was gradually postponed, and the last official date for the transfer of the first boat to the customer is 2029.

With a total cost of 45 billion rubles. Norwegian kroner (4.4 billion the acquisition of new submarines is one of the largest military purchases in the entire history of Norway.

At the same time, the package of the agreement approved by the Bundestag additionally includes joint R & D and subsequent purchases of cruise missiles in the development of the NSM (Naval Strike Missile)concept, while hiding under the symbol Future Naval Strike Missile. The Germans have plans to purchase these missiles both for existing frigate projects and for prospective ones. The underwater version of NSM-SL (Sub Launch) is also relevant for the 212CD project . And in the medium and long term, there may still be a basis for a joint initiative to integrate NSM on the Boeing P-8A Poseidon.

At the end of May, the first Norwegian P-8A received wings at the Boeing Final Assembly Plant © Boeing / FMA

In June last year, Germany decided to cancel the planned program of further modernization of its P-3C Orion, and three months ago The US State Department has approved the possible sale of five P-8A Poseidon aircraft and related equipment to Germany through the government's foreign Military sales program FMS (Foreign Military Sales). Even earlier, Norway began to develop cooperation on the joint operation of the P-8A Poseidon with the United Kingdom.

But this is a completely different story, we will talk about it some other time.

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