Royal Navy warship takes out air and sea drones in ‘realistic’ exercise | UK News

“Action stations!” A voice barking.

The crew of a Royal Navy destructive is attentive to enemy drones – launched from the air and out of the water.

“Maximum air threat,” says the voice.

A helicopter, already in the air, uses a rocket to remove an incoming drone from a distance, while the ship’s guns open on a small, unwritten vessel against it.

The action, with the help of direct rounds, unfolded on the Welsh coast on Tuesday, while HMS Dauntless, a Type 45 destruction, participated in an exercise to prepare for a large deployment to Asia in the coming weeks with one of the British two aircraft carriers.

The journey can take the Carrier Strike Group through hostile waters, including within the series of Iranian supported Houthi rebels in Yemen.

This means that the heavily armed destroyer – a key layer of defense for HMS Prince of Wales – may be attacked.

Again’s Minister Luke Pollard said the ship was well prepared.

“If someone were to threaten our transmitter, they should undoubtedly be that we have formidable abilities to defend ourselves, to defend every ship in that task force,” he told Sky News and spoke aboard Dauntless after seeing part of the training.

Scale tension between Washington and Tehran can also affect the long planned journey.

Donald Trump threatened to bomb Iran if the regime did not reach an agreement with Washington on its nuclear program.

Asked whether the UK would lead its warships to support the US – if requested – it would attack Iran. Pollard said: “The advantage of naval power is that it always offers options, so there are always options in support of our national security goals.

“That’s why, when the carrier sailed shortly to the Indo Pacific, options for her complete deployment on how we use the power.”

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The crew of HMS Dauntless, under the command of commander Ben Dorrington, practiced their defensive drills, and used radars and binoculars to scan the area for enemy drones.

A large part of the exercise involved simulated threats, such as pretend swarms of aerial drones and unwritten vessels, speed missiles and hostile jets

But there were also a number of real unmanned air systems and strikes for training. Drone vessels, packed with explosives, are an emerging maritime threat. Ukraine used them to a major effect against Russia’s Black Sea fleet.

Sky News watched fixed guns on one side of the destroyer caught fire on an unwritten vessel playing the role of the enemy.

The weapons included a cannon named Phalanx, which can remove 3000 rounds of the pledge of the pledge.

It can be seen that rounds pierce the water. The gunners then took out the boat, with flames and smoke from it.

Despite some leading abilities, the fighting ability of the Royal Navy is increasingly ending after decades of defensive cuts.

The government has announced plans to increase the spending on defense by 2027 to 2.5% of GDP, but many defense insiders says the increase is too small and too slow.

Mr. Pollard defended the policy and pointed out an extra £ 5 billion in the budget.

“We know that the world is more dangerous, we know that threats to the United Kingdom and our allies are increasing, which is why we invest in defense.”