"Proved to be a world leader in repelling missile attacks": the British Navy on the use of the Type 45 destroyer
The British Navy command was impressed by the results of the two-week maneuvers of the HMS Dragon, during which it practiced anti-missile defense.
- declared on the website of the Navy.
We are talking about NATO maneuvers "Terrible Shield", during which "weapon and HMS Dragon's sensors have proven themselves against everything fired at NATO's task force, from ballistic missiles hitting Earth from space to supersonic targets heading towards ships at nearly three times the speed of sound. ”
During these exercises, the Royal Navy tested its two main air defense systems - the Sea Viper, which is equipped with the destroyer, and the shorter-range Sea Ceptor, installed on the frigates HMS Lancaster and HMS Argyll.
At the same time, only HMS Dragon performed combat firing. His target was the Firejet UAV, flying from Benbecula [an island in the Outer Hebrides] at a speed of over 640 km per hour. The ship's air defense team detected a threat, and the Sea Viper system was already leading the object. One of the missiles placed in 48 launchers was used as an interceptor. SAM, exceeding the speed of sound by 4 times, when approaching the target, carries out enhanced maneuvering with a load of up to 50G. It took the missile only a few seconds to eliminate the threat.
- said technical engineer Jamie King.
- noted Junior Lieutenant Ben Craddock.
- said the captain of the ship Giles Palin.
The Dread Shield is said to have proven that the Dragon destroyer can track long-range ballistic missiles flying at over Mach 8. The ship was also driven by Coyote supersonic targets [American targets GQM-163], flying at a speed of more than 3,4 thousand km per hour. The British destroyer transmitted information about the UAV to the allied ships that were responsible for the destruction drone.
- declared on the website of the Navy.
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