The discussion returns to the warning against comparing warships as isolated scorecards. The Royal Navy is assembling a carrier-centered task group in which Type 45s handle much of the air-defence burden and Type 26s protect against submarines. Australia and Canada are more likely to join allied groups with their own ships, so their variants gain influence by bringing both anti-submarine and stronger air-defence capability. National customization creates coalition leverage when a ship fills a capability gap in the larger force it joins.
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The Type 26's real measure is its task-group contribution
The British ship is an anti-submarine element of a carrier task group; Australian and Canadian ships add broader air defence so they can contribute usefully to allied groups.