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**Chris** · 23-02-2012, 20:46

The type 45 destroyers were designed and specified partly in response to lessons learned during the Falklands war. They are a wholly different type of vessel than the Type 42s that at now being phased out. The aircraft that launched Exocet missiles against our fleet in 1982 would have been detected as soon as they took off had a type 45 been on patrol and would have been shot down shortly afterwards. This capability did not exist in 1982.

23-02-2012, 20:46	#334
Chris Trollsplatter Cable Forum Team Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: North of Watford Services: Humane elimination of all common Internet pests Posts: 38,411	Re: Falkland Islands: Tensions Rising The type 45 destroyers were designed and specified partly in response to lessons learned during the Falklands war. They are a wholly different type of vessel than the Type 42s that at now being phased out. The aircraft that launched Exocet missiles against our fleet in 1982 would have been detected as soon as they took off had a type 45 been on patrol and would have been shot down shortly afterwards. This capability did not exist in 1982.