command, transport and hospital vessel that could be used by all branches of the Bundeswehr for global deployments. The cost of the vessel was estimated at 620 million Deutsch Mark (approximately US$395 million). The proposed vessel would feature: length displacement 20,000 tonnes range RoRo capability space for 271 vehicles 8 helicopters 1 landing craft berthing space for 700 military personnel 70-bed hospital with 2 operating rooms However, the high cost of the proposed vessel caused alarm among certain members of the Bundestag, the country's parliament, and in March 1995 the Chairman of the Defence Committee, Klaus Rose, argued against its acquisition and in May 1995 the Minister of Defence, Volker Rühe announced the project was to be stopped. The navy persisted that the vessel was required and in 1998 the Weizsäcker-commission was formed, which advised the government of the need for a "transport and deployment support ship". This resulted in Einsatz Truppenunterstützungsschiff (Multi purpose Carrier) specifying an even larger ship with a displacement of 18,000 tonnes, possibly based upon Navantia's Galicia class. In 2003 this too was cancelled, apparently over concerns about the cost. Still the navy persisted and n 2007 announced that Joint Support Ships were to be included in their 2009 plan but by this stage they did not have the support of the army and the plan did not proceed. In 2009 the Ministry of Defence published Flotte 2025 +, its plan for the future of the navy until 2025 which not only resurrected the proposed construction of two joint supply ships, but also included two Mehrzweckeinsatzschiffs, multipurpose dock ships that would be larger than a JSS. The plan was later updated to also include another multi-purpose ship, a Multi-role Helicopter Dock Expeditionary Support vessel of a modular design that could be reconfigured for various mission profiles and which would also be utilised for a future JSS class. In 2016 this plan was also cancelled due to concerns over its high cost. As a cost-saving measure, in 2016 the German Minister of Defence signed an agreement with their Dutch counterpart to share the NLMS Karel Doorman, the JSS under construction for Royal Netherlands Navy. Similar vessels Indian Navy In 2011 the Indian Navy (IN) published a Request For Information (RFI) for four multi-role support vessels (MRSV), similar in requirements and capabilities to a JSS, to supplement their existing LPD . This resulted in the publication in December