Schottische Werften, um nach Norwegen mehr Fregatten zu bauen

It’s telling how deals like this get framed as “good news for jobs” or “a boost to industry.” What’s left unsaid is that it also locks countries deeper into the cycle of militarization, where economic stability depends on producing machines of war.

Scottish workers do deserve stable employment, but why should their livelihoods hinge on frigates rather than renewable infrastructure, housing, or public transport? When weapons production becomes the engine of local economies, dissent gets silenced because criticizing the military budget is framed as attacking workers themselves.

That’s how the arms industry keeps growing, not because the public clamors for more warships, but because elites structure the economy so that shipyards thrive only when the world stays armed.

Interestingly, despite being the type’s only builder for its initial operator and only exporter or contract manufacturer, this still puts Clyde second behind Halifax Shipyards for the class – Halifax is looking to build 15 ships for the RCN, while Clyde is building 8 for the RN and 5 for the RNoN.

This will be the first class of ships shared between the Royal Navy, Royal Canadian Navy and Royal Australian Navy since the interwar-era [Tribal class](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tribal-class_destroyer_(1936)).

Interestingly not using Belfast with its track record… 🤣