(See) Fregatte Klasse F124 (Sachsen-Klasse)

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Block III wird von Raytheon in allen Varianten produziert, IIIC ist in 2024 gerade mal in LRIP

TUCSON, Ariz. (Dec. 22, 2021) — Raytheon Missiles & Defense, a Raytheon Technologies business, was awarded a $578 million contract to produce 54 SM-2 Block IIIAZ all up round upgrades for the United States and 215 Standard Missile-2 all up rounds for seven partner nations. The contract includes the production of SM-2™ Block IIIA, IIIAZ, and IIIB variants for the United States, Chile, Denmark, Japan, Korea, Netherlands, Spain, and Taiwan.

https://www.rtx.com/raytheon/news/2021/12/22/$578-million-contract-standard-missile-2

Ich vermute, bzw. befrüchte eher, dass man sich konsequent allen Updates für VLS und Aegis verweigert hat? Aber da man Block IIIA einsetzt