The first missile layout borrows Type 45-style launcher groups before the panel favors a common Mark 41 installation. Fleet estimates 80 cells on each side, or 160 overall; Clarke proposes a central group of 96 and two wing groups of 64. These are competing conceptual layouts without an engineering assessment of the rebuilt hull. The ship's depth is expected to permit strike-length cells. The discussion also moves from Aegis toward a Type 45-style combat system. It weighs Standard Missile against Aster, then compares CAMM with ESSM. Fleet commonality is the reason offered for retaining British missiles instead of introducing a different equivalent on one ship. A later clarification credits Polish funding with enabling CAMM variants to use Mark 41, subject to the appropriate cells. The proposed Aster fit remains part of this speculative rebuild discussion, rather than evidence of an established installation.
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Renown's proposed missile battery and fleet commonality
The Renown design debate moves from Type 45-style launchers to Mark 41, while weighing missile capacity against compatibility with the rest of the fleet.