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Old 01-28-2009, 12:33 PM   #1
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Default Britain gets world's deadliest destroyer.

http://uk.reuters.com/article/domest...BrandChannel=0

This was built for future wars rather than current crises," he added.

Daring's arrival was overshadowed by a surprise shake-up in the shipbuilding industry as VT Group said it would quit the venture that built Daring, but the Navy said its multi-billion-pound renewal programme would not be affected.

At 7,500 tonnes, Daring is twice as big as the vessels it will replace.

The crew of 190 is a third smaller and the ship's labyrinth of passages is brighter and more spacious than the cramped conditions on previous Type 42 destroyers now in service.

No more than six junior crew -- with an average of 22 -- will share quarters instead of as many as 50 on previous warships.

Daring's PAAMS air defence system can track over 1,000 objects simultaneously and order the ship's 48 Aster missiles to destroy a tennis-ball sized target travelling at Mach 3. Its three-dimensional Sampson radar, enclosed in a dome perched on top of a 37-metre mast, is capable of monitoring every aircraft landing or taking off at London Heathrow, Paris or Brussels from the English Channel.

The corresponding U.S. combat system, Aegis, was developed around 15 years earlier.

Officials said the ship could be fitted if needed with land-attack cruise missiles or carry unmanned aerial vehicles.
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Old 01-28-2009, 04:35 PM   #2
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Default Re: Britain gets world's deadliest destroyer.

Maybe they could put it to good use and send it over to take Israel out
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Old 01-28-2009, 05:18 PM   #3
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Maybe they could put it to good use and send it over to take Israel out
I'd vote for you.

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Old 01-28-2009, 05:26 PM   #4
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Default Re: Britain gets world's deadliest destroyer.

Good idea Swanny, but first the US needs to stop backing Israel, which will never happen because Israel is like our doormat over there, you know, some place we can step in that area of the world without getting our feet dirty. LOL!
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