[MarkeyD]

Daring will be able to track and destroy a target the size of a cricket ball traveling at more than three times the speed of sound, a "quantum leap forward in the Navy's capabilities"

That sounds fetched.

[Graymatter]

>>>Shaken and shocked...a "quantum leap forward in the Navy's capabilities"

>>That sounds fetched.

Sounds like the Philadelphia experiment! :o(

[Brofholdonow]

Yeah, well they can say these things because the only thing that has kept them from military defeats over almost one hundred years is the finest military ever fielded by the greatest nation in the history of mankind.

[Kenny Bunk]

The real question is can it track a slow googly before the RN is at sixes and sevens. Pass the cucmber sandwiches please. Tea? Chinese or Indian?

A sailor's life ashore is wine, women, and song. Once at sea, it's rum, bum, and concertina.

[Kenny Bunk]

The real question is can it track a slow googly before the RN is at sixes and sevens. Pass the cucmber sandwiches please. Tea? Chinese or Indian?

A sailor's life ashore is wine, women, and song. Once at sea, it's rum, bum, and concertina.

[spetznaz]

They are talking about next-generation anti-shipping cruise missiles that will have small RadarCrossSections and move very fast. The PAAMS radar used on this ship (and its upcoming sisters) is immensely powerful (and capable), and as the article stated was able to monitor the landing and takeoff of aircraft in every major European airport. The PAAMS is the first real competitor to our AEGIS.

Anyways, when they talk about that size and that speed it is hinting at the ability to stop even the next generation of ASMs, whcih will have a level of stealth built into them and will have high terminal speeds. Take the Indian-Russian Brahmos ....a very highspeed (supersonic flight and attack) cruise missile that has stealth characteristics built into it. This means that it is only a matter of time before a country like China starts possessing similar weapons. China already has the Moskit missile, and will probably be trying to arrive at (one way or another) more advanced anti-ship solutions in the future.

The PAAMS solution will give the Brits (as well as the French, who will have the same system on different ships) a capability to deal with such an event. They could get our latest AEGIS radars, but I guess they are going with PAAMS to boost local industry.

Oh, the PAAMS can identify certain stealthy aircraft as well.