Type 83 is expected to replace the United Kingdom's premier naval air-defence asset while Britain has little land-based missile coverage. Fighters remain capable, but Land Ceptor is the principal ground system discussed here and is short-ranged by army standards. A land variant of Aster could have shared support facilities already created for the destroyers, yet no batteries were bought. This gap may leave the future destroyer defending land positions as well as task groups and independent deployments.
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Britain's land-based air-defence gap expands Type 83's role
Limited British ground-based missile coverage may give Type 83 a land-defence burden alongside fleet air defence and global deployments.