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A British nuclear cruiser would scale up familiar air-defense designs

A design question asks what a British nuclear-powered guided-missile cruiser would resemble.

Question

What would a British nuclear-powered guided-missile cruiser look like?

Short answer

A modern one would resemble an enlarged Type 45; an earlier one, an enlarged Type 82.

Notes

Familiar Royal Navy air-defense ships provide the baseline. A current-generation version would resemble a larger Type 45, while a period design would be a scaled-up Type 82.