NFR-90 offered a more narrowly focused and lightly armed frigate than the Americans wanted beside the versatile Arleigh Burke. The comparison with the Oliver Hazard Perry class captures the concern that the proposed ship retained too much of an earlier escort model. British objections about versatility and warfighting are interpreted chiefly as dissatisfaction with missile capacity. The proposed 48-missile battery is judged insufficient for British requirements. Cancelling the common programme did not erase the information and design work already assembled. Germany's Sachsen class illustrates the national developments that followed, including an increasing emphasis on shaping ships to reduce their visibility to radar.
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NFR-90's cancellation left usable design work
National withdrawals ended the common programme, but its studies continued to influence later European frigates.