The Type 45 requirement is described as declining from fourteen ships through twelve and nine to six, prompting a proposed increase in weapons per hull. An intermediate recommendation is 96 cells, twice the existing 48, before a larger personal design proposal develops the idea further. That layout has 48 Sylver A50 cells forward and 48 aft, plus 24 Mark 41 cells at each end. It covers air defence, ballistic-missile interception, anti-submarine weapons and land attack. The illustrative Mark 41 load uses sixteen cells for 64 quad-packed CAMM, eight for SM-3, eight for ASROC and sixteen for Tomahawk. The Sylver cells would carry 96 Aster 30 missiles. The larger magazine is proposed as a more viable response to the combination of falling hull numbers and increasing threats.
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A proposal for a larger Type 45 missile loadout
A hypothetical Type 45 fit combines additional Sylver and Mark 41 cells as an answer to falling hull numbers.