I did a quick read through at wikipedia on Daring class
The Daring class have often been considered to be the most powerful air-defence warships in the world.
I'd be interested in seeing a one for one comparison with Flight III* and later Burke class DDG's. (Those have embarked helicopter capabiliy, which earlier Burke's didn't.)
Good thing the Phalanx is fitted.
Then again, I recall back in my various deployments during the 80's that a variety of hardware and software problems in CIWS operations led to the acronym being pronounced as
"Christ, It Won't Shoot!" rather than
"Close In Weapons System."
I understand from my black-shoe friends that those issues got sorted out (more or less) in the mid to late 80's.
* = sorry, I meant Flight IIA.
