With all the iPhone 5 ballyhoo lately , you might not have heard the tidings — Israel and Iran are set up for a fight that could wipe both countries off the map . Twenty - six Western allies have already dispatched a flotilla of warships to the region to guard the Strait of Hormuz — among them is the brand name Modern HMS Diamond . This float projectile shield is the Royal Navy ’s most up to destroyer ever .
The Diamond is the newest penis of the Royal Navy ’s Daring class of Type 45 air defense destroyers . The Type 45 has been commission to supercede the navy ’s older character 42 ’s , schedule to retire at the end of 2013 , after being in service since the seventies . All six ships in the new D - class are build by BAE system . The HMS Diamond , the most late , began service at the end of 2011 . The ships are based in Portsmouth and are expected to stay on in servicing until 2040 .
displace 7,800 tons , the 152 metre - long Type 45 shadow the Type 42 ’s puny 5,200 piles . In fact , in term of displacement , the D - class is the largest escort ship ever commissioned by the Royal Navy . To get all that boat moving , the HMS Diamond trust on a couplet of WR-21 in advance cycle modular gas turbine engine and two Wärtsilä 12V200 diesel motor generators . These reserve the Brobdingnagian ship to reach 30 knots at full fastness , or about 17 Calidris canutus under all - galvanic propulsion . Conversely , the turbine are also outfitted with intercooler and recuperator ( ICR ) heating plant exchanger to help shrink the amount of fuel that each 25MW engine consumes .
staff by a work party of 190 , plus a 60 - Royal Marine contintingent , the HMS Diamond is charge with providing line defence for the surrounding fleet — swat incoming projectile threats out of the sky from up to 70 miles away using Sea Viper interceptors and its long - orbit , wide - area detector entourage . Even under the “ monumental volume of missile ” that Iranian General Mohammad Ali Jafari is threatening , the Daring year is capable of at the same time cross and pursue more incoming threats than five of its forerunner could have , even when forge in concert , thanks to its Principal Anti Air Missile System ( PAAMS ) .
The PAAMS utilizes 48 Aster 30 anti - aircraft missiles as well as another 48 of its expectant chum , the Aster 15 . These interceptors are incredibly nimble , capable of sustaining 50- and 62 - g turns , severally , and can be launched in tumid numbers to pink down incoming missile salvos . The HMS Diamond can be fit with the Raytheon Phalanx system for short range defence force , and it can support Lynx HMA 8 helicopters armed with Stingray torpedoes . And in the event that something on shoring needs to be blown to smithereens , the Diamond is outfitted with a 114 mm cannon ( that ’s 4.5 inches of “ no , fuck you ” ) as well as a pair of 30 mm guns , a pair of miniguns and another half dozen general purpose car gun for hire .
But before the HMS Diamond can destroy incoming threat , it first need to see them . That ’s why the destroyer relies on the BAE Systems Insyte foresightful - range D - dance orchestra microwave radar , and Raytheon ’s IFF system , to distinguish friend from foe . The Type 45 can defend against subsurface threats as well . The course has been outfitted with a aerofoil ship torpedo defense ( SSTD ) system , the MFS 7000 bow - mounted sonar , which provides automatic warning , decoy deployment , and tactical maneuver advice when it find incoming torpedoes .
[ Naval Technology – Wikipedia – UK Royal Navy – Navy Photos – Telegraph – Photo : BAE Systems ]
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