It feels like a different age from when this thread was started. Three Type 45s have now deployed operationally. However, MOD is still dithering over whether an ABM capability is desirable, and has now decided to test potential capabilities that T45 may offer against the ballistic missile threat.
Originally Posted by nunquamparatus
One squadron of F-18s with JDAMs or a flight of GR9s with E-Paveways will do way more damage for much less bucks. Keep the good old 4.5", get some more ammo (maybe some ERGM to keep the techno-weenies at BAE in a job) and let the RAF worry about deep penetration from a Host Nation Support airfield...............(tees the ball up, waiting for WEBF to smack it)
Bit of a problem at the moment - as discussed
here.
With reference to potential missile threats we could do with having the means to have aircraft to find and hit the launchers, and to operate aircraft from a mobile platform. Didn't we send a CVS to the Gulf in early 1999 because od wories about the missile threat to bases in Kuwait?
By the way, current interest in medium calibre guns and smart ammunition types is not just related to NGS.