Improved Type 22 + 23 Frigates

[Blackbuck]

I'm sure that could be arranged though it'd be a bit of a step backwards, at least with regards to how VL-Sea Wolf is stowed. Exocets seem about as plausible as Sea Eagles to me especially as the development work was already done for surface-launching them unlike Sea Eagle which would require work and ergo money.

To my mind a 32 cell tactical length Mk41 (which this has) is the best compromise as it allows for a broad spectrum of weapon systems to be integrated with minimal developmental costs.

I may however knock up an austerity version with Sea Wolf and a 4.5 etc.

[Blackbuck]

Not to bump myself or anything but the first post has been updated with all the finished drawings to date, neatly organised into categories.

~Regards.

[odysseus1980]

With the standard VL-SeaWolf of real ships and the very good Sea Eagle launchers of Recherche AU. She can take twin double launchers like the RBS-15.

[Blackbuck]

Well to be fair the only two missiles (to date) considered for use both for the existing Dukes and proposed Super Dukes have been Exocet and Harpoon.

[Thiel]

I'm not really sure why you're so gong-ho on the Sea Eagle Odysseus considering it's never been been surface launched outside of a few tests and has largely been retired by the few nations who bought it.

[odysseus1980]

I'm not really sure why you're so gong-ho on the Sea Eagle Odysseus considering it's never been been surface launched outside of a few tests and has largely been retired by the few nations who bought it.

I have sources about every program of Rainbow Code, bombs, missiles,radars etc.

[Blackbuck]

Be that as it may Sea Eagle isn't going to be a viable proposal whilst there are existing MOTS solutions such as Harpoon and Exocet about.

[Hood]

That's a great collection of Super Dukes. A real treat to look at all of these and dream...

[Blackbuck]

Cheers. Dreaming indeed.

Hopefully the final drawing to add to the collection.

An 'ideal' progression and MLU for the original Super Duke.

• Goalkeeper gets replaced sometime in the mid noughties with Seastreak
• Harpoon receives block update to Block III standard by 2011
• Mk.45 gains capability to employ guided rounds sometime between GW2 and Libya
• DS30s are dropped in favour of MLG-27s seeing as the 27mm x145 is used elsewhere
• Improvements to the towed array are undertaken on those vessels that have them
• Post Libya they gain an at first austere but then useful capability to launch and recover UAVs in this case a generic ramp launched UAV standing in for Scan Eagle and Camcopters
• The original Type 1007 / 1008 pairing gives way to Thales Variant and Surface Scout
• Sea Archer gives way to LIROD Mk.2
• The Centurions have a combination of Sea-Gnat, TALOS and Chimera decoys covering the IR, RF and a combined IR/RF decoy requirement
• Artisan appears as OTL
• ESSM replaces NSSM as ever with the possibility of switching to Active-ESSM in the future
• SM-2 ends up at Block IIIA standard as well as gaining the MHIP upgrade
• VL-Nulka appears to save coming up with a Centurion based solution
• GL-SDB appears some time after Libya, probably rapidly fielded for Middle East ops
• VL-ASROC is kept up to date but reduced in number to four per vessel

Anyhow, that's all for now.

~Mark.

[Krakatoa]

Capable looking ship with nice lines. BB.