questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential impact on the Royal Navy’s high-end air defence capability of cancelling a planned class of up to eight Type 83 destroyers intended to replace the Type 45 fleet.
answerText: The role of Maritime Air Defence, currently delivered by Type 45 Destroyers, will be delivered in the future by a mix of crewed Common Combat Vessels and uncrewed, autonomous missile (Type 91) and sensor (Type 94) ships. The decision to move to this hybri...
heading: Type 83 Destroyers