How should the captain of a modern Type 45 act if the ship replaced its namesake in the Second World War?
Short answerUse its scarce missiles selectively while exploiting radar, gunfire, sonar, and helicopters to protect major fleet operations and convoys.
NotesThe answer places HMS Duncan with Mediterranean and Norwegian operations, where modern air-defense sensors could give fleets warning far beyond contemporary radar horizons. Its gun, sonar, Wildcat helicopters, torpedoes, and light missiles would also provide anti-submarine, reconnaissance, and strike options. Missile replenishment would be impossible, so the captain would need to reserve finite modern weapons for the most consequential attacks. Even after those magazines emptied, radar alone could radically improve Malta convoy defense and other high-risk fleet movements.