Germany must define its navy before sizing frigates

How large are future German frigates likely to become?

Size remains hard to predict until Germany decides whether its navy is primarily a Baltic force or a globally deployed service.

No firm size forecast is given for German frigates. The critique connects that uncertainty with the unresolved choice between a Baltic focus and worldwide deployments. Those missions would place different demands on the ships. The frigate label itself cannot settle what the navy expects them to do.