BERLIN, Oct 14 (Reuters)– Germany has actually accepted invest 1.5 billion euros to acquire 5 even more corvettes for the navy, the navy claimed on Friday, and also Die Welt paper priced estimate legislators as pointing out the demand for better protection in the Baltic Sea and also the Mediterranean.

Die Welt claimed legislators prepared to present the financing proposition in parliament in mid-November

“To meet new security needs in the Baltic Sea, in the Mediterranean Sea, and globally, the coalition plans to buy five new corvettes for 1.5 billion euros for the German Navy,” the paper priced estimate Social Democrat Johannes Kahrs and also Christian Democrat Eckhard Rehberg as claiming.

In April 2 Russian warplanes flew substitute strike passes near a united state assisted projectile destroyer in the Baltic, and also Finland has actually charged Russia of numerous violations of its airspace. Last Saturday, Russia claimed it had actually relocated nuclear-capable projectiles right into its Kaliningrad territory on the Baltic.

Die Welt claimed Germany’s objective was to have 2 of the brand-new ships go into solution as early as 2019, with the continuing to be 3 to comply with in 2023. The ships will certainly be based upon the existing Braunschweig- course of corvettes.

Some added armed forces financing appeared recently after the protection ministry notified legislators that one more huge navy job, a 4 billion euro purchase for brand-new multi-role ships, would certainly be postponed by 6 months. (Reporting by Andrea Shalal; Editing by Hugh Lawson)

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