Inside the operations room of a £1.4bn Royal Navy Type 45 destroyer

HMS Diamond has been battling Houthi rebels in the Red Sea, taking out multiple drones using several on-board weapons.
Meanwhile, in Portsmouth, her sister ship, HMS Duncan, has been taking on a training exercise to recreate the Type 45 destroyer's response to a potential aerial attack.
Commander Ben Martin, Commanding Officer of HMS Duncan, said it is "routine business" to make sure the ship is prepared "as the very high readiness destroyer".
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[@user-zb9os5lk7t]

I've been lucky enought to have a tour of HMS Dragon including the operations room, a day i'll never forget.

[@furiousscotsman2916]

For anybody wondering what they are wearing it's flash protection against fires. It has been mandatory since the Falkland conflict any time the ship is likely to be under attack or in hostile waters all crew will be in flash protection, one of the harsh lessons the RN learned the hard way.

[@Optikification]

yep type 42 destroyers were death traps and unsuited for the combat they got put into.

[@johnnunn8688]

The RN has used anti-flash since forever; way before the Falklands.

[@johnpatrick4673]

Anti flash gear was worn well before the Falklands War

[@petesheppard1709]

Why aren't they wearing eye protection? The eyes are the most vulnerable parts to flash, flame and fragments--and there's no replacing them.

[@Failedcivvy]

Cheers dits

[@alenkerr8533]

Maybe small but our British navy outstanding

[@meme4one]

Measured against what? Some cheap drones? We didn't fair too well the last time our navy saw real combat. The carriers are handy but in the Falklands our combined arms was very poor, navy was hit hard.

[@alenkerr8533]

@@meme4one yes but that's in the past and thousands of miles away from bases our navy is modern small but powerful

[@Dingdangdoo]

@@alenkerr8533 politicians would love you.

[@meme4one]

@@alenkerr8533 I am sure we thought that back then too. When was the last time our navy was proven in battle?

[@alenkerr8533]

@@meme4one it's all about building a modern navy just in case war breaks out as it's looking likely

[@alanmcmillan6969]

Thank you.

[@Jay-O_Carlow]

Thanks To all the FORCES, Not only Protecting us , But the whole world when help is needed , You Men & women are already there and ready to go , Cant thank all of You Enough!!

[@geofo60]

The operations room has certainly moved on since my time as a Cadet, hoping to become a Weapons Artificer in the mid 60's at HMS Excellent. Great memories of the Sea Cat missile system.

[@rogerkay8603]

Good lads

[@andreluiztheophilomaximian5571]

Back in control

[@Ashhow]

I had the luxury of staying on HMS Dragon in the South Atlantic during an exercise. Awesome ship, it could turn on a dime.

[@mihalich7740]

00:25 - Старый добрый (боцманский) свисток - по-прежнему в деле! 😅 Отдельный "Лайк" хотя бы за это! 😂😂😂 ❤

[@spidos1000]

How’s Ukraine going? Heard a Russian ship was recently sunk?

[@fToo]

@1:36 "sea viper is the weapon of choice" until the missile stocks start running low !

[@MsIceBreaker]

Skills.

[@eddieboy4667]

Imagine our new arrivals doing this ???

[@MeetShah_]

I hope so we get the royal navy to its former glory in the next 10 years and become the largest and the best navy in the world

[@AtheistOrphan]

Nice thought but I can’t see it becoming ‘the largest navy in the world’ somehow! For example the US Navy currently has 299 deployable combat vessels, compared with the Royal Navy’s 67.

[@jambo8442]

In your dreams pal

[@MeetShah_]

@@AtheistOrphan hoping soon if they increase there production 5X

[@GapeGang]

Not happening ever again

[@regarded9702]

If the UK joins some sort of European Federation and then the US dissolves as a country then that could maybe happen.

[@michaelanderson3096]

Lazer defense too.

[@TheMono25]

Lovely and clean. I can't See a bottle of vodka or a cigarette butt in sight❤❤

[@boabm6522]

Your closet?​@@AureoleWebweaver

[@exiletsj2570]

@@AureoleWebweaver 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@AverageAlien]

Cleared away for the camera mate

[@davidrobertsemail]

Sad there’s only 6 of them. When the initial order of 12 was placed most commentators complained that was far too few.

[@dynamo1796]

You'd always have more if you could afford it. In the real world, I'm happy to see that we have two carriers, 6 of the best air defence destroyers in the world and now we're getting the Type 26s too which are baller. By the end of the 2020s, the Royal Navy will be the most capable and modern fleet in Europe - head and shoulders.

[@davidrobertsemail]

@@dynamo1796the navy can’t even go near the houtis without US air defense. Best in Europe!!! That’s a laugh. Europe is an absolute joke.

[@jeanpaultongeren125]

these and the Dutch Navy (ships where im From) have Thales on board.. very big player best radar tech

[@markcooke5270]

Yes Artisan and Sampson systems

[@dynamo1796]

Nah SAMPSON is the best active AESA radar but the Thales stuff is pretty good for lower tier surface combatants, like the frigates. The big guided-missile boys like the T-45s, Horizon and Arleigh Burke's all use higher level gear like SAMPSON, PAAMS and SPY-1 respectively.

[@frankthompson6503]

Get another 10 ships like diamond and Duncan.

[@Ray-td5lo]

Surprised it’s not sitting in maintenance

[@markcooke5270]

Yes the sea viper is expensive against a drone but were developing systems for that ... Most navies are having to do the same ....

[@jamesjeffs9443]

Get the rust of the boat. Looks a mess . .

[@matthewdonovan6073]

You do it

[@jamesjeffs9443]

@@matthewdonovan6073 you do it lol

[@EnglishVeteran]

But they ran out of big bullets! 😂

[@regolith1350]

1: What the hell are they wearing? 2: Let me check the comments...

[@andylees2940]

Sea viper to take down a 2 bit drone…. Uk cannot afford such a war lol

[@parrotbrand2782]

No land attack weapons. How to attack Houthis' base?

[@Markus117d]

The RAF.

[@jbuckley2546]

Have they installed a reserving camera now?

[@Markus117d]

What's a "Reserving" camera? 😂

[@jbuckley2546]

@@Markus117d I reverse the right to reply to that Markus.

[@Michaelhunt-Ertz-gi1sd]

They look like a low budget Star Wars cast with that shot on

[@lynntaylor349]

accurately depicts the appropriate attire for the british people in 2050 under (censored word) law

[@keech100]

The economics of this is insane. Sea vipers cost over 1m per unit shooting down drones that are probably bought on ali express

[@nigelmacbug6678]

Vs the billions lost in disrupted trade, sunk ship and lost lives

[@noice8674]

That's why laser weapons are important. Costs just 100 dollars to strike a drone.

[@PhilbyFavourites]

@@noice8674I’d much appreciate you adding the development, and all the through life, costs for your laser system…. Unlikely you’ve been involved in MOD UK procurement….

[@originalkk882]

Still no anti-ballistic missile capability. Plus the time for these people to react, communicate, and launch missiles is far too long when attacked by high speed missiles.

[@johnhudghton3535]

They defeat the drones and then damage the ship while "parking". "Right hand down a bit..."

[@dynamo1796]

That was a minesweeper, not a T-45.

[@AAAAAA-tj1nq]

millions of pounds missile vs a thousands of pounds drone

[@Markus117d]

Thousands of pounds drone Vs Millions or even Billions of Ship and cargo.. Not to mention peoples lives.. 😂🤔

[@user-microburst]

Why the hoods? Fireproof like F1 ones?

[@lachlanchester8142]

Indeed

[@dynamo1796]

Anti-Flash gear. If you take a hit and have a flash-burn of superheated air etc then anti-flash stops you from getting 1st degree burns all over your body and likely dying.

[@CC-ns2ds]

If we got rid of our own nuclear deterrent and just hosted US nukes we could put so much more money into our navy and with china and the South Pacific being the next naval focus point it’d make sense to have 10 nuclear attack and cruise missile launch subs instead of ballistic subs but idk.

[@keech100]

Technically not that much from the deterrent themselves. Only 3bn I believe a year which is about the cost of 2ish nuclear attack subs before you take into account training and ammo. Although I do agree with your overall point of needing more normal troops. We pretty much just do whatever the US does as it is

[@CC-ns2ds]

@@keech100 Ahh man I assumed it’d be slightly more but thanks for the insight. I just hate the fact we are lagging behind the French in getting a decent surface fleet up and running.

[@dynamo1796]

The next major war will be in the Pacific, now that Russia is castrating itself and it's economy in Ukraine. The war in the pacific will be fought by the US, leading Canada, Australia, Taiwan, NZ and probably the Philippines too. The UK will no doubt play a role but it isn't operating in it's back yard so its contribution will be more limited.

[@richardmarsden5610]

A warship with negligible offensive land-attack capabilities. Very limited VLS capacity too for a guided missile destroyer.

[@markcooke5270]

You've heard of quad packing and the new New Naval Strike missile and the Joint Air to Air and Air to Land missile were designing with France

[@richardmarsden5610]

@@markcooke5270 Hear a lot of things.

[@dynamo1796]

Its a specialty air defence destroyer, land attack isn't its mission. It also has Harpoons for ship-to-ship attack and is getting NSM as well as the quad pack systems. The T-45s are the best destroyers in Europe.

[@Failedcivvy]

Throbbing

[@rayandco]

Our navy prior to thatcher was still third largest in world , she crippled our armed forces , sadly our navy can’t even protect our coastline these days

[@joeharris3878]

Yeah ! I remember those funny scarves from the Atgentine -- English war of +/--1980

[@richardtodd6559]

They destroy the drone saving the ship…& reverse into another ship thereby doing drones job for free…Britannia rules the waves…lol

[@jambo8442]

Can anyone tell me why they have masks on ?

[@Spiretail]

Fire protection.

[@furiousscotsman2916]

Its mandatory in a war zone or potential war zone to be in flash overalls since the Falklands war, one of the harsh lessons the RN learnt from that conflict, so now when there is even a remote chance of say a missile impact and a fire then all crew must be in flash protection.

[@SgtAndrewM]

Anti flash gear

[@EnglishVeteran]

No there is an outbreak of CONVID!😂

[@whysoserious7553]

Because of too many farts

[@tokyoexpresswayjapan8105]

Shouldn't you guys be censoring those equipment and radar?

[@lonpfrb]

No because deterrence requires credible capability. So best to show that it works.

[@meme4one]

Thank God we have a military expert online to advise the Ministry of Defence on what is sensitive and should be hidden from the enemy. Report to Whitehall on Monday for a job at the top.

[@Marcopolo12as]

Hopefully they dont reverse this one in to another ship too

[@user-fi4kd5it6v]

Meanwhile they're losing against Yemen and Afghanistan 😂 Shame on you! 😤

[@jej3451]

Using a £2 million missile to shoot down a £2,000 drone is not sustainable.

[@johnnunn8688]

It is when ships cost billions, f**l!

[@sshep86]

Ofcourse it is. That £2000 drone can do millions of pounds of damage or worse kill a person. The Ukranians have proven how low cost drone boats can sink a corvette just the other day, potentially killing up to 50 personnel. Stopping that from happening is worth millions of £s any given day.

[@jej3451]

@@sshep86 The problem is that the enemy can make thousands of them. The UK cannot afford thousands of Sea Vipers.

[@lonpfrb]

You have a fair question but have not accounted correctly for the assets at risk both civil and military. Type 45 and crew value hugely outweighs the ordinance.

[@meme4one]

​@@lonpfrbso why stick it out where it's a sitting duck when we run out of missiles to support someone else's war?

[@mohamedkhalilelachi4706]

Brits spreading freedom ? 😂 Looking at the state of your economy I think you have better things to do

[@zlatkokovach7862]

This is laughable. 😂

[@avro9159]

why is a never served who sits down to pee pretending to laugh at the royal navy?

[@ffudon]

I thought this channel was all about Ukranian comedy and satire 🤔

[@BlutoandCo]

Yawn

[@sshep86]

Don't need comedy when there plonkers like you to laugh at.

[@MrSzwarz]

These Houthii are not even "real" opponents, and already it is both for UK and GB Navy a big problem...

[@A_NorthKorean_CoOp]

Sure

[@sshep86]

UK and GB are the same country. 😆 Want to try again?

[@nphil93992]

its a big problem becuase politicans get in the, either the UK or US could solve the entire middle east problem in 30 minutes if they want to

[@dc-4ever201]

​@@nphil93992it takes a very naive and stupid person to think they can solve 1400 years of hatred between two religions in a short time.

[@sshep86]

@@dc-4ever201 I cant be sure. But I am guessing they are referring to an uncontrolled nuclear reaction deployed in air burst.

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