Talk:AFOH/@comment-14850713-20150523072307

OOC: The build-up continues...

IC: After a protracted development, the Frégate Multi-mission Avancée (FMA) has been commissioned into service as the Forbin heavy destroyer. It will supplement the Suffren in the multi-mission AAW/ASW escort role but its Vertical Gun Systems (VGS) also give it a potent anti-surface capability that rivals even battlecruisers.

Meanwhile, successful tests of the Mk 8 240cm railgun in the converted anti-aerospace battlecruiser Covenant have led the High Command to approve a new class from the ground-up instead of converting old battleships. Because of the extensive modifications which practically made it a new ship, the Covenant had been renamed Normandie and up to 11 vessels of the class have been ordered to give AFOH a significant anti-aerospace ship weapon.