UK Boosting Firepower Of Type 45 Air-Defense Ships

Royal Navy Type 45 destroyer
Credit: UK Royal Navy
LONDON—The UK Royal Navy is bolstering the firepower of its six Type 45 air-defense destroyers with the installation of MBDA’s Sea Ceptor surface-to-air missile (SAM) system. A 24-canister Sea Ceptor missile silo will be installed ahead of the 48 vertical-launch canisters containing Aster 30...
Tony Osborne

Based in London, Tony covers European defense programs. Prior to joining Aviation Week in November 2012, Tony was at Shephard Media Group where he was deputy editor for Rotorhub and Defence Helicopter magazines.

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