The information comes from the Defensa.com website. The frigates have been at the forefront lately, due to the interest shown by the Polish and Hellenic Navies, and allegedly other ones too. Greece had recently showed interest in acquiring the two or three frigates of the RAN, in order to fill-in the gap in area air-defence capabilities for its fleet. According to statements made by the Greek Minister of Defence, the two frigates would cost EUR 180 million, without their weapons.
It seems that the cost of acquiring new Raytheon SM-2 missiles and other weapons for the ships is a factor of consideration for the Hellenic Navy, which has not announced any further steps. It is understood that the potential acquisition of the frigates is related to decisions in other programmes of the HN, such as the upgrade of the four MEKO 200HN frigates and the decision on the procurement and construction of a new class of ships. The latter would probably be inducted into service around 2022-2023.
On the other hand the Chilean Navy, which seems strongly interested in the frigates, will sent a team of officers to Australia in the next one to two months, to inspect the units before the navy taking a final decision.
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https://www.navalnews.com/news/2019/02/chilean-navy-interested-in-the-adelaide-class-frigates/
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