the US President Donald trump said that he made changes in the design of warships. He said this on Thursday during a speech to employees of the company’s shipyards Fincantieri Marinette Marine in Wisconsin.
“the Ships that we’ve been doing, it looked disgusting” – quoted by TASS statement of the American leader. So trump has offered to modify their design, making it more beautiful.
the President also spoke about the details of the contract to the company to issue for U.S. Navy rocket new generation of frigates FFG(X). According to him, it is planned to build up to 20 ships, the contract amount of 5.5 billion dollars. Trump claims that the new frigates will be 30 times more powerful than the previous one.
the White house also said that the FFG(X) will be equipped with vertical launchers Mk 41, air surveillance radars EASR, combat information and control system AEGIS gun mount MK 57, etc.