Tag: Type 45
A Tale of Two Headlines
Not so good for the sales propsects! You can also read more at Navy News http://navynews.co.uk/archive/news/item/4501
Why Type 45 Gold Plating Matters
It is fashionable to deride the ‘gold plating’ of defence equipment that inevitably leads a spiral of increasing costs and decreasing quantities but we must not forget that sometimes that gold plating is there for a reason. The Type 45 is the poster child of the gold plating tendency; everyone (me included) cites the project [...]
Type 45 Fitted With
It is often lamented that so much British defence equipment is fitted for but seemingly never with. When the Type 45 Destroyers started to come into service the absence of a close in weapons system were notable but HMS Daring is the first of class to receive her Phalanx 1B CIWS. From Babcock Marine; Babcock [...]
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