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Is that a USAF B1 Bomber lol??? Would be a shame if we had to shoot it down lol. :P

Holy cow!!!...over 1000 targets at once..the size of a tennis ball traveling at 2-3 times the speed of sound!!....is that true?, if it is this is one remarkable piece of kit!!

ukFreesoul 1 week ago

I have got my name down for one of these. Oh and I read the multiple target tracking system can take care of incoming objects at supersonic speeds as small as a tennis ball. Then again, if its an "actual" tennis ball, nothing to worry about...

KowBoySpace 3 weeks ago

too short

gruffvoice 3 weeks ago

its main weapon is the sea viper aa missile as it is an AA destroyer. it also has phalanx and a 4.5 inch polyvalent gun. it has the capabilitie for harpoon and has a merlin or lynx for sub attack. if it ever kicked off in the falklands the argentinians wouldnt get near it. the sea viper is designed to shoot both aircraft and missiles as is the phalanx and if there navy were to leave there ports to attack the subs would take care of them

mg10186 3 weeks ago

Excellent ship ! One flaw if it ever goes over a sea mine that wasnot supposed to be there , THen it goes straight to the Bottom , espicailly with sea mines that carry a 2000lb warhead

zakaslam1 3 weeks ago

Why shoot in the water if it^s a airplance that is teh threat? :-)

daniellandgrens 3 weeks ago

I dont believe the sampson radar is better than the comming DBR (Dual Band Radar) from the US. Sampson consists of 2 back to back rotating aesa arrays, operating in the X band. Its a compromise with 2 antennas rather than 3 or 4 to keep the weight down and secure ships stability.

snuden75 3 weeks ago

@snuden75 Well youre American, so id expect ya to say that!! lol

snitch5000 5 days ago

It reminds me of an anthropological video where opposing tribesmen flaunt their privates at each other....perhaps that's really where the military term originated; giving humans science was like giving an ape a shotgun.

vladdrac88 3 weeks ago

LOL looks like star wars

smokncandy1992 3 weeks ago

It's main weapons are below the deck it can shoot down over 100 aircraft or missiles 200 miles away. It has anti ship and anti submarine weapons. It's stealthy so that it can shoot at enemy ships before they know it's there.

FunnyVideoCollector 4 weeks ago

@FunnyVideoCollector No, it cannot. It cant shoot down more missiles and aircrafts than it has missiles..Im surprised it doesnt even has land attack capabillieties...just like the US navy Arleigh Burke Class Destroyer. Its better armed. The radars cant detect seaskimming missiles closer than 50 km due to the horizon...

snuden75 3 weeks ago

There is a possibility of a larger Cruiser sized Type 45 at around 11,000 tonnes. It would be amazing if we got 6+ of these to replace the number of Type 45's that were cancelled.

MrXray2011 4 weeks ago

I WANT MY MONEY BACK!!!!

crystalchrysalis 4 weeks ago

@crystalchrysalis. Surely you've taken enough in benifits.

mr9396 3 weeks ago

Very expensive platform for a 4.5 inch gun, because that's all the Navy can afford to put on it.Very clever people in Defence Procurement.

adelaide102 1 month ago

@adelaide102

Who gives a damn about guns, carries enough missiles to totally wipe out south american air forces. ... battleships is for guns

booker90 1 month ago

@adelaide102 The 4.5 inch gun is very much a secondary armament behind the missiles and helicopter with a primary use of shore bombardment.

Naval battles are not fought with guns anymore, haven't been for more than 60 years.

LiamE69 3 weeks ago

There was talk about creating a larger, Cruiser sized version of the Type 45 (not called the Type 45!) for Land Attack! I think that this would be a good idea as we could have 6x Type 45 and 6x Land Attack variants.

MrXray2011 1 month ago

There was talk of making a larger, cruiser sized Type 45 (not called that) designed for Land Attack. Personally I think that this would be great idea. 6 Type 45's and then a further 6 (Type '50'?) Land Attack variant.

MrXray2011 1 month ago

No CIWS are visible on the ship, although specifications note 2 phalanx systems I cannot see them.Also, even if they are there they do not look sufficient even today, given operational usage of the super-sonic missiles (especially Russian Sunburns, Granit, Alpha, Jakhont and others). Likes of combined rocket-light-canon CIWS systems (e.g. RAM missiles paired with 30 Gatling or 35 mm fast-shooting gun) is a must in the 21 century marine warfare. Anti-torpedo system is also becoming

KanchoKomancho 1 month ago

@KanchoKomancho Interesting point. In light of renewed sabre rattling regarding the Falklands its interesting to think that our ships may be as susceptible to missiles as they were in 1982. I'm pretty sure we dont want to see the likes of HMS Sheffield happening again.

Radders123 1 month ago

@KanchoKomancho Once again you see a ship whose weapons fit has been chopped down by the Treasury .

We saw this before , increase the number of hulls in the water because in an emergency we can always bolt the stuff on far faster than we can build extra ships .

Result ?

All those ships going off to the Falklands with 50cal and 7.62 MGs clamped on in unprotected open mounts .

The captains ought to refuse to take them to sea , as unoperational .

That'd put a bomb under Whitehall !

zarquon53 1 month ago

@KanchoKomancho The video is HMS Dauntless sea trials (the second in the class). I think the deal for Block 1B Phalanx took too long to get sorted and it was daft to fit the 1A only to take it off again shortly after the sea trials.

The missile system is designed for longer range anti-missile defence as well as long range anti-air.

It is a bit light on ASW power (4 Sting Rays on the helecopter), but it was designed for air defence of (amongst others) ASW frigates.

rufust1975 1 month ago

all very well but arn't we only having 6 for the entire UK?

i would of thought another 7-8 is needed to be fair.

chezzylee 2 months ago

Nice ship.

blidderbla 2 months ago

wow.. its very lethal !

oluapehcor 2 months ago

@oluapehcor what's lethal? you didn't even see her fire her missiles ;)

absourate 2 months ago

Portsmouth though, gives it minus 80 points for that

007brazy 2 months ago

There is talk of putting a 6 inch turret on them soon :)

vikingsmb 2 months ago

@vikingsmb the 155mm advanced gun :) (6 inch)

TehGodLord 2 months ago

is it in service now? or to be delivered soon?

mikefan09 2 months ago

@mikefan09 its in service

farcry2isthebest 2 months ago

@mikefan09 x3 are in service (not on operations yet) and the other three are in various stages of 'fitting out.' The first Type 45 will go operational early next year (2012)

MrXray2011 2 months ago

the only problem is it has little anti ship weaponary exept missiles attached to the helecopter

thethreelions3 3 months ago

@thethreelions3 The whole back section has cruise missile pods intergrated into it... no need for too many anti-ship guns when you can fire them.

AstarothArcaine 3 months ago

@AstarothArcaine where did u read this? i cant find anything on its anti ship capability.

thethreelions3 1 month ago

@thethreelions3 That's cause it's an anti air warfare destroyer..but dont worry we are gettin the new Type 26 wich carries Harpoon anti ship missiles so one will protect the other in combination

TyphoonDelta1 2 months ago

@thethreelions3 It's designed to protect a carrier , electronic countermeasures ect ect. Fairly sure that the carriers fighters would be taking care of the enemy ships.

Antifaith29 2 months ago