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StanFlex (also known as STANFLEX or Standard Flex) is a modular mission payload system used by the ''Kongelige Danske Marine'' (Royal Danish Navy, KDM). Originally conceived during the 1980s as a way of replacing several classes of minor war vessel with a single class of multi-role ships (the ''Flyvefisken'' class), the StanFlex system consists of weapons and equipment mounted in standardised containers, which can be loaded into slots on the ships. These containers can be swapped out in a short period of time, allowing the ship to switch between roles when needed. The success of the modular payload system led the KDM to design all new warships with StanFlex slots, and to install slots on older vessels during major refits. By 2012, nine ship classes capable of carrying StanFlex payloads will be in service. ==Development== During the early 1980s, the KDM required replacements for three classes of minor war vessel, but could not afford to replace all 22 ships on a one-for-one basis.〔Scott, ''Versatility the key to Denmark's evolving navy''〕 Instead of building dedicated replacements for each role, the KDM came up with the idea for a single vessel design which could be modified to assume a particular role when needed.〔 Equipment common to all roles would be built into the ship, while mission specific payloads would be built into modules, which could be fitted into standardised slots aboard the ship when needed.〔 This modular payload system came to be known as "Standard Flex", or "StanFlex" for short.〔 Feasibility studies during 1983 and 1984 led to the design of the Standard Flex 300 vessel (later named the ''Flyvefisken'' class); 16 of which could replace the 22 previous vessels.〔 These were long, 320-ton patrol vessels, fitted with one Standard Flex slot forward and three aft.〔 The modules themselves were designed by the Naval Materiel Command and Promecon A/S.〔 Construction commenced in July 1985, with 14 vessels (2 having been cancelled in 1993) commissioned by mid-1996.〔 As other warship types were replaced, the new vessels were designed to carry StanFlex modules.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「StanFlex」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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