Brazil's Blue Amazon covers a stated 4.5 million square kilometres of jurisdictional waters and continental shelf. The new frigates support patrol across that area and a wider blue-water capability. The geographic scale calls for ships able to cover distance as well as defend themselves. A cited cost of roughly EUR 500 million per ship sharpens the criticism of fitting only 12 Sea Ceptor missiles.
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Brazil's Blue Amazon and its new frigates
The scale of Brazil's Blue Amazon helps explain the frigates' patrol and blue-water purpose.