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I suppose it depends on what "sovereign" means there. Will they be able to maintain them from local production, or will they need to go buy spare parts from Uncle Sam all the time?
Building their own? Sounds promising, and I'd think that the right thing to do for nations that can do it.
Whether any boats will be completed and enter service before a different bunch of clowns win elections and the whole project gets cancelled is the question though...