The programme was reasonably good. I liked the way when it was stated that the Type 45 was the result of the lessons of the Falklands. Surely the results of the lessons from 1982 included the AEW (now ASACs) Sea King, the Sea Harrier FA2, CIWS (not currently fitted to T45), the Type 23, and lots of other things that didn't need a wait of over 25 years?
On which note,
this interview with the then First Sea Lord in 2003, contains the following truism:
You need a lot of Type 45s to give the same coverage as a naval air-defence fighter.
There is the link to the same interview on page one of the
Sea Jet thread. Funny that the delays weren't mentioned.
It was good that mention was made of the splashing of an Iraqi Silkworm by Sea Dart in 1991, and Eric Grove mentioned the use of anti ship missiles by Hezbollah, making the point that even non state players may have access to advanced weaponry. I also though it good that the price of these ships was put into context by comparing it with the vast sums spent of bailing out badly managed banks.
The second of class,
Dauntless, was
commissioned today. Roll on the first Sea Viper firings.