Flick Drummond – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Flick Drummond on 2016-03-21.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of fitting Mark 41 vertical launch capability to the Type 45 destroyer.

Mr Philip Dunne

The Strategic Defence and Security Review 2015 directed that further investigation be undertaken into the potential of the Type 45 Destroyers to operate in a Ballistic Missile Defence role. This work is under way and a range of potential capability development routes are being considered. It would be inappropriate to comment on specific missile systems at this stage.