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The Type 45 destroyer, also known as the D or Daring class, is a class of six guided-missile destroyers built for the United Kingdom's Royal Navy in the early 21st century. The class is primarily designed for anti-aircraft and anti-missile warfare and is built around the PAAMS (Sea Viper) air-defence system using the SAMPSON Active electronically scanned array (AESA) and the S1850M long-range ...
On the night of 9 January 2024, the Royal Navy Type 45 Destroyer HMS Diamond engaged numerous UAVs targeting her and commercial shipping in the Red Sea with Sea Viper (Aster) missiles. [21] The UAVs were reported to have been launched by Houthi rebels in Yemen. The action was taken as part of a wider international operation to defend commercial ...
The Sea Viper is the main weapon of the Type 45 destroyers. As part of PAAMS, it can defend an entire naval task group against aerial threats up to 70 mi (110 km) away. Internationally, the Sea Viper system is known as Principal Anti-Air Missile System.
The Type-45 destroyer working with US warships repelled what ... successfully repelled the largest attack from the Iranian-backed Houthis in the Red Sea to date. “Deploying Sea Viper missiles ...
HMS Diamond is the third ship of the Type 45 or Daring-class air-defence guided missile destroyers built for the Royal Navy. She was launched in 2007, and completed her contractor's sea trials and arrived at her base port in 2010. Diamond formally entered service in 2011.
The Type 45 warship led the Royal Navy’s participation by firing the Sea Viper missile system during a mission to locate and destroy a drone designed to be difficult to track and intercept.
HMS Defender is the only Type 45 destroyer not currently undergoing maintenance.
HMS Dragon is the fourth ship of the Type 45 or Daring-class air-defence destroyers built for the Royal Navy. She was launched in November 2008 and commissioned on 20 April 2012. She was launched in November 2008 and commissioned on 20 April 2012.