The Type 26 is an anti-submarine warfare frigate designed specifically to deal with the submarine threat present for the United Kingdom and for NATO. It is without doubt one of the best, if not the best anti-submarine warfare platforms in the world.
It will hunt submarines more effectively than almost any other surface ship we can conceive of, and that is why it has been attractive to the Australians, to the submarine threat that they face in the South China Sea, and the Canadians for the Arctic threat they face.
What distinguishes it is its acoustic performance. It’s designed to be very stealthy. And the way that you hold an enemy submarine risk is with two main characteristics. One is that you have a sonar that is very sensitive.
In this ship, there is both a bow and a towed array that are very effective and have been developed over many years by the United Kingdom. The other characteristic is that the ship itself is quiet.
The ability to detect an enemy submarine and the sensitivity of the sonar critically depends on the silence of the platform that is towing the towed arrays, and that gives you a sonar range advantage over the enemy and allows you to detect and localize that submarine.
The Type 26 frigate exemplifies the zenith of anti-submarine warfare.
It is a thoroughbred. Every aspect of the ship, from propulsion to waste management, is fine-tuned for acoustic stealth, ensuring that it remains a ghost in the oceans, undetectable by enemy subs, while casting a wide net with its own proven, sensitive sonars.
This ship represents a leap in anti-submarine warfare and a testament to the innovative spirit driving British naval design.
Despite ongoing questions over defense spending or recruitment, I’m confident this country is still very good at designing ships.
HMS Cardiff, with its cavernous interiors and meticulous attention to detail, is a true embodiment of modern maritime capability and, dare I say it, technological supremacy.
British Defense Journal / ABC Flash Point News 2024.
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The Western military only has success in their fake news editorials, in reality they have not much to offer, that is why the West is planning to play the nuclear card, but obviously have no clue of the upcoming result, if they decide to explore that option.
They are not being honest with their own public by pushing for WW3 –its us that will be obliterated while they hide in underground bunkers or offshore themselves to New Zealand or private islands.
I have said it before they are suffering from terminal insanity.
Indeed, and media does the rest, even glorifying them all the way?
And you know who owns the media -they look forward to an apocalypse its in the Talmud.