Dir in the defense of the royal forces: in Britain doubts they can resist the attacks of Russian missiles
According to him, the military services of the country are experiencing a sharp shortage of personnel, and the Type 45 royal fleet is the only stronghold of Britain against rockets, similar to those that Russia launched against Ukraine. This was reported on June 22 by Bulgarian Military Viewers. Speaking to Parliament, General Carter warned that if the United Kingdom is involved in a protracted conflict between states, victory may be unlikely.
This conclusion was reached by the commander, based on the data of the Ministry of Defense of the country. It turned out that in January 2023 the number of regular troops of the United Kingdom was just over 143,560. "Our armed forces declined too much. The General also was alarmed about British Air Defense. According to him, it is potentially vulnerable in the case of massive Russian attacks. "The potential of our anti -missile system is the subject of discussion.
Probably our single line of defense against such a threat is Type 45 destroyer," the general said. The military commander added that Patriot systems, which are now deployed in Ukraine, are the weapon that can correct the situation. It should be noted that the mention of Type 45 (Arleigh Burke) is unfounded. The fact is that these warships were created to protect US aircraft carrier groups from rocket strikes.
They have a unique combat information-kerprinting system (bix) AEGIS, which is able to track up to 1000 airy and marine goals at a range of 190 km, and at the same time to cite 18 missiles of various purposes. The destroyers are armed with protical controlled RUM-139 VL-ASROC missiles, winged BGM-109 Tomahawk missiles, RIM-7 SEA Sparrow and RIM-66 SM-2 missiles.
According to some military experts, Type 45 destroyers are the best representatives of this class, as they are not only able to protect the squadron, but also to strike high -precision blows on the enemy at decent distances. Recall that the USA, Denmark, United Kingdom, the Netherlands have declared cooperation to provide Ukraine with new air defense tools to protect against Russian missiles.