Thread: Falkland Islands: Tensions Rising
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Old 05-02-2012, 14:57   #95
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Re: Falkland Islands: Tensions Rising again ahead of Prince William visit
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Originally Posted by Kymmy View Post
HMS Sheffield and HMS Coventry were type 42s, also the Argentine Navy has a type 42 .. and of course we still have a few of them... It was shown with the sinking of our type 42's that they seriously lacked in air defenses and was one of the main reasons for the type 45 air defence systems development.. We're talking about something that could knock individual birds with jet packs attached out of the sky at the distances that exocets were launched at.. Including even an Anti-ballistic capability..

Type 42's had Phlanx capability same as the new 45's but not a decent fire control.. otherwise the exocets would never have got close
Kymmy the 42s only had phalanx or the dutch goalkeeper systems installed after the falklands war.

To be honest with the 45 there now together with the flight of euros makes for a tight air defence network.
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