RichieD:
Equally respectfully, there is only so much homework I can do from 8000 miles away and having been out of the services for 12 years, although still reasonably close to the air defence world until a few months ago.
The 101's do have limitations. The AR3D's in the 80's and 90's also had quite notable limitations, I know. I remember being sat in a 259 cabin for long enough (weeks at a time) because the AR3D was shagged.
The T42 roulement for FI is shared with the caribbean guardship, IIRC, which is coming to an end. There arent many 42's left, and the 45's I dont think have been sent on this roulement yet, although I would happily stand corrected. Any other boat in the area, again though I'll happily stand corrected is not going to have the radar picquet/area air defence capability of a 42.
I'll gladly admit to a degree of speculation and that my homework my be somewhat out of date, but I know what I saw on my often and frequent tours on those sites. I went there often enough.
