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Royal Navy’s sixth Type 45 destroyer with the Sea Viper missile defence system ready to begin trials
HMS Duncan, the sixth and final of the UK’s sophisticated, new class of Type 45 destroyers, has been formally handed over to the Royal Navy by shipbuilder BAE Systems, the MOD announced today. Read full article
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Mar 28th, 2013 - 10:39 am - Link - Report abuse 0http://www.justluxe.com/travel/travel-guide-article.php?cid=1885890
“Her fuel tanks are roughly half as big as an Olympic swimming pool.”
Mar 28th, 2013 - 11:22 am - Link - Report abuse 0Sort of makes you understand why french vessels are typically nuclear powered.
Isn't this just another case of us militarizing the atlantic?
Mar 28th, 2013 - 12:04 pm - Link - Report abuse 0How long before we hear the bleating from BA
@2 eh? The only french surface vessel which is nuclear powered is the carrier, which has had a horrendous amount of problems and proved so expensive they couldn't build a second as originally plannned. Even the Americans, who have flirted with nuclear on non-CV surface ships, decided it wasn't worth it.
Mar 28th, 2013 - 12:56 pm - Link - Report abuse 0So that's where all the phone boxes went.
Mar 28th, 2013 - 12:56 pm - Link - Report abuse 0@4 fair comment. I stand corrected.
Mar 28th, 2013 - 01:02 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Devilish in its cunning,
Mar 28th, 2013 - 01:23 pm - Link - Report abuse 0the Royal Navy are likening their missiles to Telephone Boxes.
Little do the secret listeners know that the RN are camouflaging its 'Telephone Boxes' as missiles.
With an o so familiar radiophonics acoustic, these WMDs can appear out of thin air .... anywhere!
Be afraid, be very afraid.
More awesome British engineering to be proud of!
Mar 28th, 2013 - 01:25 pm - Link - Report abuse 0A truly brilliant warship with an astonishing set of capabilities that can turn a whole area into a no-fly zone.
And why do we need this level of military capability? To remind aggressive countries like Argentina of our ability to impose our will on them should they have any ideas like back in '82....
These vessels seem ideal for future operations to defend our South Atlantic territories and maritime space. Nicely in time for when the oil starts flowing.
Mar 28th, 2013 - 01:42 pm - Link - Report abuse 0And here we have the real deciding factor of who do and will continue to make the decisions in the South Atlantic. Everything else is just nonsense. The Falklands can look forward to a long and prosperous future with our new generation of warships protecting them.
Mar 28th, 2013 - 02:42 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Condorito, My friend refurbishes and sells British phone boxes. I saw some in Buenos Aires . Do you have them in Chile too?
Mar 28th, 2013 - 04:32 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Faz
Mar 28th, 2013 - 05:12 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Your friend sounds like he has some business sense, very few of the old red boxes around now, you still find them in rural areas, in out of the way places. They have however become a fashionable accessory, believe it or not? In gardens.
Do hope that Timerman does not stand up in the UN and accuse the British of having disguised missile silos in Stanley! Given his previous military intelligence briefings, that is not as far fetched as it sounds!
My understanding is that HMS DUNCAN will be carrying out sea trials near the FALKLANDS with live missile practice. Perhaps THINK can tell us the coordinates of his house and we could put a telephone box in his back garden. ( within a metre or so )
Mar 28th, 2013 - 05:29 pm - Link - Report abuse 0The coordinates of his Turnip patch are “Classified” shame. Lol.
Mar 28th, 2013 - 05:34 pm - Link - Report abuse 0@14
Mar 28th, 2013 - 05:45 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Bo****ks perhaps Dover then
@15
Mar 28th, 2013 - 06:00 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Better Calais, nobody would miss that!
LOLs
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Mar 28th, 2013 - 06:03 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Pity Hysterical Hector, he's probably hiding under his bed, trembling, sobbing and squealing for the UN to protect South America.
Mar 28th, 2013 - 06:12 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Be fair chaps, we will only target the ARGENTINIAN TROLLS, will have to speak to my Nigerian friends to find out their IP addresses, then send them a message.
Mar 28th, 2013 - 07:25 pm - Link - Report abuse 0notice how the argie trolls are very quiet..
Mar 28th, 2013 - 07:48 pm - Link - Report abuse 0http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=spO9AaKUauk
Mar 28th, 2013 - 08:31 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Protecting the Falkland Islands very soon :-)
Who wants a red telephone box ( SEA VIPER MISSILE ) in their front garden? Only the Argentinian Trolls on here need apply ( guarenteed to be placed within a 2 metre circle ) Coordinates required. Only Trolls resident in Argentina.
Mar 28th, 2013 - 09:08 pm - Link - Report abuse 0@22 well that counts all the trolls on here out
Mar 28th, 2013 - 09:13 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Damn imagine if they had them? They would have to make a reverse charge call to launch them!
Mar 28th, 2013 - 10:12 pm - Link - Report abuse 0congrats Britain and Falklands, she's beautiful, hope she gets to kick some argie ass!
Mar 28th, 2013 - 11:57 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Be nice if they sent their manned drones across the Falkland Sea.
Mar 29th, 2013 - 12:05 am - Link - Report abuse 0Boats and medics on standby!
When they get harpoon installed they will be awesome. Fitted for but not with at present
Mar 29th, 2013 - 12:05 am - Link - Report abuse 0Guys
Mar 29th, 2013 - 12:12 am - Link - Report abuse 0Thought you might like this,
The total make up of blocks to date,
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https://twitter.com/QEClassCarriers
Click on the green blocks to enlarge the picture,
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Nice!
Mar 29th, 2013 - 12:49 am - Link - Report abuse 0How many missiles do these destroyers carry?
Mar 29th, 2013 - 02:31 am - Link - Report abuse 0If they run out of missiles, what else do these destroyers have on board?
Mach 2 in 10 seconds.
Question should be, how many aircraft do the enemy want to send against the destroyer? Not the battle of British you know? Single figures, not tens!
Mar 29th, 2013 - 02:43 am - Link - Report abuse 0Those days are long gone!
She is beautiful isn't she? Always found that funny, calling ships male names but referring to them as “She” oh well........
Mar 29th, 2013 - 06:45 pm - Link - Report abuse 0YES!! HMS Duncan is as deadly as she is beautiful and we are VERY, VERY glad that she is on our side..... It's just a pity that there is only 6 of them.
@30
Mar 29th, 2013 - 07:28 pm - Link - Report abuse 0One type 45 destroyer can track and engage more targets than 5 type 42 destroyers operating together. Argentina has 13 mirage jets operating with 1960's technology, I very doubt all of them are operational.
This ship, in a very sobering way, puts the whole issue of the Falklands completely in perspective. If Argentina and any other tin pot country in South America decided to do something stupid, they would be looking at a complete and entire wipe out of their entire airforce.
Puts it all into perspective nicely.
It sees that the M.O.D.
Mar 29th, 2013 - 09:09 pm - Link - Report abuse 0And the government are in talks with the Australians,
About future type 26=and future subs,
Apparently with all the combined alliances with European countries over previous military projects,
And present projects including planes,
And the failure of most European nation to complete the orders or pulling out,
The British have decided to turn to true friends to build the next generation of ships and subs,
Sounds good to me.
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Bush Pilot- they can launch all 48 sea viper missiles in a few seconds or one at a time or as many as needed - Now who has 50 plus aircraft they could launch an air attack with at the same time? Even if a Country did - how would the pilots be feeling?
Mar 30th, 2013 - 12:03 am - Link - Report abuse 0I would be having “tecnical problems” and returning to base!
Yes the Cruise missiles were not fitted at construction- to save costs - now the RN and the Govt relaise it was a silly thing to do as they are not fully equipped destroyers - so guess what - in true British style - they will be fitted as each one comes in for first refit - and it will now cost twice as much instead!
The mighty Argentinian Air Force
Mar 30th, 2013 - 02:01 am - Link - Report abuse 0http://www.flickr.com/photos/60512534@N07/8560276061/in/photostream/
The mighty Argentinian Destroyer
http://www.flickr.com/photos/60512534@N07/8560276061/in/photostream/
The mighty Argentinian Submarine
http://www.flickr.com/photos/60512534@N07/8560276061/in/photostream/
The sea viper is a much more sophisticated than the previous generation of weapons and the massive radar on the type 45 helps.
Mar 30th, 2013 - 10:27 am - Link - Report abuse 0The destroyer could be fitted with a maximum of 72 sea viper or a mixture of sea ceptor which are short ranged taking the number of missiles over a 100.
So, it would be difficult or impossible for an air attack to disable this ship.
Mar 30th, 2013 - 11:00 am - Link - Report abuse 0Can it defend itself against a missile attack? What if it an agressor launched several missiles at it? What would the Type 45 do for that?
@38
Mar 30th, 2013 - 04:26 pm - Link - Report abuse 0The ship can use the short range Aster 15 version of Sea Viper to shoot down incoming anti-ship missiles, however this would be considered a waste and so the ship carries the latest B version of the Phalanx close in weapon system, which has distinguished itself on many occasions and is regarded as the best CIWS in the world.
well,
Mar 30th, 2013 - 07:46 pm - Link - Report abuse 0if argentina had more than one working ship,
we could put it to the test..
That tall tower is somewhat reminiscent of Japanese WW2 warships, but the difference is they had scores of warships and we have just 6. The defence budget is always the first to get hit in cutbacks, unlike the foreign aid which is always being expanded without any genuine and fulsome thanks from the beneficiaries. Maybe they should direct some of it Argentina's way and see what results of that..?
Mar 31st, 2013 - 03:55 am - Link - Report abuse 038 bushpilot
Mar 31st, 2013 - 08:23 am - Link - Report abuse 0You could always try this link:-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LRWsBbgv74
I know that it does not show the full capability of the “Daring” class but it does give you some idea of what it is capable of.
Argies
Mar 31st, 2013 - 12:41 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Shortly to be deployed in you area soon, BE AFRAID,BE VERY AFRAID
TOODLEPIP
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