Royal Navy sends its mightiest ship to take on the Iranian

[lepziboy]

Iran has threatened to block the Strait of Hormuz, which served as the conduit for 17 millions barrels of oil every day last year.
Naval commanders believe the deployment of HMS Daring, a Type 45 destroyer, will send a significant message to the Iranians because of the firepower and world-beating technology carried by the warship.
Philip Hammond, the Defence Secretary, has publicly warned Iran that any blockade of the Strait of Hormuz would be "illegal and unsuccessful".
The Daily Telegraph understands that HMS Daring has been fitted with new technology that will give it the ability to shoot down any missile in Iran's armoury. The £1 billion destroyer, which will leave Portsmouth next Wednesday, also carries the world's most sophisticated naval radar, capable of tracking multiple incoming threats from missiles to fighter jets.
Daring, with its crew of 190, will transit through the Suez Canal and enter the Gulf later this month to replace the Type 23 frigate currently on station.

Iran completed a 10-day naval exercise in the sensitive waters near the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday, staging manouevres which included firing three anti-ship missiles understood to be the Chinese-made C-802.
Yesterday, Tehran said that another exercise would be held in the same area next month. Admiral Ali Fadavi, commander of the naval branch of the Revolutionary Guard, warned that this would be "different" from the most recent one.
Speaking earlier, Mr Hammond said that "our joint naval presence in the Arabian Gulf" was "key to keeping the Strait of Hormuz open for international trade".
A Navy source has indicated that more British ships could be sent to the Gulf if required. The second Type 45, HMS Dauntless, will also be available to sail at short notice.
Daring's special software upgrades will significantly increase the ability of its Sampson radar and Sea Viper missiles to destroy incoming missiles.
During an intensive "swarm attack", the vessel could simultaneously track, engage and destroy more targets than five of it predecessor Type 42 destoyers.
The Sea Viper is also one of the world's most agile missiles equipped with its own radar that can allow it to hit a target a hundred miles away.
Lord West, the former First Sea Lord, described Daring as a "world beater", adding: "This warship has an unbelievably capable ability to track targets, spot the most dangerous and identify them for its missiles to take out. It's highly, highly capable. I would like to see the Type 45s show their potential in the region."
The 8,000 ton destroyer will carry 48 Sea Vipers that can also be used to shoot down fighters as well as sea skimming missiles. It will also carry a Lynx helicopter capable of carrying Sea Skua anti-ship missiles and is capable of embarking 60 special forces troops.
An MoD spokesman said: "While the newly operational Type 45 destroyer HMS Daring is more capable than earlier ships, her deployment East of Suez has been long planned, is entirely routine and replaces a frigate on station."

Royal Navy sends its mightiest ship to take on the Iranian show of force in the Gulf - Telegraph

 

[PERSIAN GOD KING]

The U.k would not stand a chance without their daddy usa, dont get me wrong I think Iran needs a regime change, but it should not be done by these ******.

 

[lepziboy]

^^I agree with you on that

 

[livingdead]

The U.k would not stand a chance without their daddy usa, dont get me wrong I think Iran needs a regime change, but it should not be done by these ******.

I dont know why Iranians seem to be more angry on UK than US.
I remember there was a BBC article about it.

 

[notsuperstitious]

The ship has some air defence specs!!! Impressive!

 

[Harry_Thomason]

I dont know why Iranians seem to be more angry on UK than US.
I remember there was a BBC article about it.

There is a long history of nasty things UK did to Iran, it started over a hundred years ago. US took the cake last couple of decades as even worse enemy, but UK has a longer history of bad blood with Iran.

 

[Amuroray]

The U.k would not stand a chance without their daddy usa, dont get me wrong I think Iran needs a regime change, but it should not be done by these ******.

Location:England.

BTW The British army>Iranian

 

[lepziboy]

lets see what happens

 

[kollang]

is type-45 is able to defend from 10 khalij-e-fars(pesian gulf)missiles in the same time?the answer is just no.

 

[kollang]

Location:England.

BTW The British army>Iranian

what about you bro?you live in a country that destroyed your country in wwII and wwI

 

[Indus Falcon]

is type-45 is able to defend from 10 khalij-e-fars(pesian gulf)missiles in the same time?the answer is just no.

You know this is something people don't talk about when discussing Anti Missile technology. Any anti-missile system can be overwhelmed when attacked simultaneously beyond its "simultaneous threat resolving capability", e.g. CIWS, RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile/RAM (SEA BASED), or THAAD / Patriot (LAND BASED) can all be overwhelmed!

All of these systems have their drawbacks. For e.g. lets say an installation is being defended by a battery of 6 missiles X 4 launchers = 24 Anti ballistic missiles, is attacked by 24 "zero" warhead (or dumb bombs), by the time the batteries are reloaded, the 25th live one would do the job.

Key being either the attacker knows "WHEN" to use a live one, or can afford to keep on firing live ones until one eventually gets the job done. Timing obviously is of paramount importance.

Now the same thing interestingly is the reason why some armies use tandem warhead RPG's in the anti-tank role. The capability to overwhelm a tanks defenses in a cost effective manner, something which would prove very expensive should they use anti tank missiles.

 

[kollang]

You know this is something people don't talk about when discussing Anti Missile technology. Any anti-missile system can be overwhelmed when attacked simultaneously beyond its "simultaneous threat resolving capability", e.g. CIWS, RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile/RAM (SEA BASED), or THAAD / Patriot (LAND BASED) can all be overwhelmed!

All of these systems have their drawbacks. For e.g. lets say an installation is being defended by a battery of 6 missiles X 4 launchers = 24 Anti ballistic missiles, is attacked by 24 "zero" warhead (or dumb bombs), by the time the batteries are reloaded, the 25th live one would do the job.

Key being either the attacker knows "WHEN" to use a live one, or can afford to keep on firing live ones until one eventually gets the job done. Timing obviously is of paramount importance.

Now the same thing interestingly is the reason why some armies use tandem warhead RPG's in the anti-tank role. The capability to overwhelm a tanks defenses in a cost effective manner, something which would prove very expensive should they use anti tank missiles.

good post.but dont forget that CIWS can do it in best sitution.
in 2006 we endamaged one israeli fregate which had phalanx system by one kosar missile

 

[Indus Falcon]

good post.but dont forget that CIWS can do it in best sitution.
in 2006 we endamaged one israeli fregate which had phalanx system by one kosar missile

Sir, this is exactly what I was saying:

1) All these systems are not 100% effective
2) They do have loopholes
3) They can be overwhelmed

 

[boris]

GO Royal Navy,the most professional Navy in the world alongside the USN.

 

[Pakchina]

The UK is just a lapdog, dog and scat follower of the US war criminals. The UK has became the 51st state of the US with no independent foreign and economic policies even California has its own economic and social policies. The UK would follow blindly the US even if this is against its own interest. The UK is gradually being pulled outside the EU by France and Germany. Its better for the UK to send its police forces in London suburd in view of preventing another riots, looting, fire and mass protest which had erupted in July/August 2011.