The Horizon air-warfare frigate began as an attractive multinational procurement idea. Britain's departure makes more sense as a conflict between operational requirements than as a contest over which partner had the correct design. Britain, France, and Italy expected their fleets to operate differently, and French and Italian requirements proved easier to reconcile with each other. Common construction cannot always bridge different strategic visions of what a ship must do.
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Why the Horizon frigate partners diverged
Britain's departure from the Horizon project illustrates how a multinational warship can fail when partners need different operational outcomes rather than because one navy is simply wrong.