https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/tr/pdf/ADP010844.pdf
Note that the mention of 'battleships' in the paper is likely a reference to the Arsenal Ship concept which was in vogue at the time.
Incidentally, this paper was part of a larger NATO sponsored report called the Concepts de systemes pour la...
2000 ad
air defence
anti-air warfare
area air defence
battlefield air defence
battleships
british army
defenceevaluationandresearchagency
dera
early 2000s
early 21st century
late 1990s
late 20th century
matra bae dynamics
ministry of defence
north atlantic treaty organisation
researchand technology organization (nato)
royal navy
surface-to-air missile
united kingdom
Artist's impressions from Defence Evaluation and Research Agency (DERA), now QinetiQ, of a possible Future Surface Combatant (FSC) frigate dating to 1998.
EDIT: Cutaway drawing of Future Surface Combatant removed because of larger image later in this topic.
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early 2000s
early 21st century
frigate
frigates
late 1990s
late 20th century
post-cold war
royal navy
united kingdom
war on terror
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