El comandante en jefe de la Armada Chilena ha confirmado el interés de su servicio en hacerse con dos buques de asalto y desembarco en 2012, procedente de otras marinas, y uno nuevo mas adelante.
Francia ofrece el buque Foudre. Italia transferiría uno de sus buques San Giorgio en 2014 y otro en 2017. Singapur ofrece uno de sus buques clase Endurance.
Algunos astilleros que han ofrecido la construcción de una segunda unidad son Navantia de España, DCNS de Francia, Fincantieri de Italia, TKMS de Alemania y Daewoo de Corea del Sur.
La compra de buques LPD ha sido vista como necesaria tras los últimos desastres naturales sufridos por Chile desde 2007, tales como terremotos, tsunamis y erupciones volcánicas, fenómenos en los que se necesitaba gran capacidad de transporte.
Tampoco hay que desdeñar el incremento de proyección militar que conseguiría Chile.
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The commander-in-chief of the Chilean Navy, has confirmed that the service hopes to acquire two landing platform dock (LPD)-type amphibious assault ships in 2012.
France is offering Foudre vessel (L9011).
Italy would offer one of its San Giorgio-class ships in 2014, followed by a sister ship between 2016 and 2017. Singapore is also offering one of its Endurance-class LPDs.
Various shipbuilders have expressed an interest in building ships tailored to Chilean Navy requirements, including Spain's Navantia, France's DCNS, Italy's Fincantieri, Germany's TKMS and South Korea's Daewoo.
The case for procuring LPDs has been reinforced by a series of natural disasters, including earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and tsunami that have affected Chile since 2007. Those emergencies called for mass evacuations and the transporting of large amounts of aid.
The acquisition of LPDs is also aimed at increasing Chile's power-projection capabilities and would parallel an expansion of the country's marine infantry force from its current strength of 3,000 to 5,000.
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