Foreign Sales
Saudi Arabia and Israel have both expressed an interest in a modified version of the Freedom variant, the LCS-I, but Defense News has reported that Israel has dropped out of this project in favor of a new frigate design to be built in Israel.
The Republic of China Navy (Taiwan) has also shown interest in procuring U.S. littoral combat ships, to replace aging Knox class frigates.
The Royal Malaysian Navy intends to purchase much smaller ships that they call littoral combat ships, but their use of the term has been disputed.
The Indonesian Navy was reportedly interested in either purchase or construction of Littoral Combat Ships to protect Indonesia's wide ocean territory. Early images indicate a trimaran design much like the Independence variant ships (LCS-2).
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