Jura The idiot
General
Nicely put, ToxicStar, BUT if a Type 45 destroyer detects an enemy submarine, a helicopter will hopefully be sent to engage it, BUT if a Type 45 destroyer detects a hostile enemy ship, then what?
Nicely put, ToxicStar, BUT if a Type 45 destroyer detects an enemy submarine, a helicopter will hopefully be sent to engage it, BUT if a Type 45 destroyer detects a hostile enemy ship, then what?
Note that four of the Type 45 is equipped with Harpoon missiles, so it is still capable of engaging enemy surface vessels by itself. In reality. I believe that British is going to operate Type 45 alongside with Type 23 or Type 26 in combat situation, and the chance of it being alone is slim to none.
On the day when HMS Coventry was sunk, it was operating along with HMS Braodsword, a Type 22 frigate. The idea behind this formation is for the two ships to compensate each other's strength and weakness: Coventry to use its long range radar to detect and engage any incoming Argentine aircraft with Sea dart at long range , and let Broadsword's Sea Wolf to cover the mid/short range air defense. Despite the fact that Coventry still got overwhelmed and sunk by Argentine fighters in the end, it and Broadsword still brought down more Argentine aircraft than any other ships in the British task force.
So, my guess is that if a Type 45 destroyer detects a hostile enemy ship, the task of engaging enemy ship is most likely to be passed on to other ships operating along with it, while Type 45 focuses on AAW or ASW.
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Toxic, the Type 45, Daring Class was fitted for, but not equipped with, Harpoon missiles. This means they are capable of adding them at a later date, but did not have them added when built, launched, and commissioned
I know that in August 2013 (a little over 3 months ago) it was announced that four of the six Type 45 destroyers would receive Harpoon launchers from some of the decommissioned Type 22 frigates...but to date, that has not happened. All of them have been launched and are in service, but none of them carry Harpoons at this time. We will have to wait and see if they actually add them to those four. I hope they do, it would increase their multi-role capability and add more flexibility to the Royal Navy's planning.
So, to emphasize, right now there is no anti-ship missile attack capability on the Daring Class Destroyers. To this point, there is also no land-attack cruise missile capability either. They are pretty much dedicated to Anti-air fleet defense role. With a Merlin helicopter, they do have a stand-off ASW capability, but the Type 23 FFGs are the real ASW work horses in the fleet, and I expect the Type 26 GCS will be equally strong in that regard.
OUSTANDING pics, A.Mann!Type-45, D32 is in Shanghai China
Keep 'em coming.
Jura The idiot
General
Jeff Head handled this already in a post above, but maybe you should check this anyway: http://www.sinodefenceforum.com/world-armed-forces/uk-military-news-thread-43-2437.html#post249235
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asif iqbal
Lieutenant General
HMS Defender open day in Glasgow Beautiful picture
asif iqbal
Lieutenant General
Type-45, D32 is in Shanghai China
Outstanding there's something very British about this DDG amazing visit
Would like to see a Type 052D alongside
TerraN_EmpirE
Tyrant King
There was a report on CCTV about this Royal Navy Type-45, D32 visiting in Shanghai and it showed that top round/oval shape radar spinning and it was pretty cool to see.
Why do I imagine some kid on the bridge begging the commander to turn on the spinner radar?
