SAS Spioenkop 2
I was lucky enough to go on a short guided tour of one of the SA Navy’s brand spanking new Valour Class frigate (or patrol corvette), the SAS Spioenkop. This is one of the new ships bought in the massive arms deal, which has lead to numerous accusations of bribery and fraud. Every time I walked past a ‘Thales’ logo I thought “I wonder how much that thingamajigus contributed towards Tony Yengeni’s SUV fund?”.
Anyway the actual ship itself is pretty awesome. Highlight of the tour being the ensign taking us around telling us why the ship uses Exocet missiles which have been around since the 80’s:
Because they’re economical and still one of the most efficient killing machines on the planet.
Ooooookay.
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Awesome! I’m actually quite jealous, I’ve not yet had a chance to go aboard one of the new frigates. They are indeed very impressive machines on paper though, despite some subsystems not being the latest and greatest tech, such as the Exocet missiles.
Shweeettt