RNlNavy Zeven Provincien Class ships (4) are LCF (Air defense and Command Frigattes) commisioned between 2002 - 2005.Originally, the ships were designed from a joint NATO project, but after that fell apart, the Netherlands designed the ships with Spain and Germany.
The Zeven provincien Klasse ships are designed for medium and long range air defense (200+ miles) with LAMS (local area missile system). SMART-L radar gives the complete air picture, APAR has a shorter range but with 360 degree immage and 100 folloable targets. Under EMCOM silence, Sirius IR can follow 30 targets.
