Type 45: Sea Ceptor magazine growth and the Mark 41 alternative

The Type 45 example describes deck space, cabling, and supporting systems provided for Mark 41 launchers that were never installed. The Sea Ceptor insertion adds 24 short-range missiles and allows the original 48 cells to carry Aster 30 throughout, instead of a mixture of Aster 15 and Aster 30. That expands air-defence capacity, but the proposed alternative is at least 16 Mark 41 cells in the reserved space. Eight quad-packed cells could carry 32 CAMM, leaving eight cells for options such as Tomahawk or the SM-3 theatre ballistic-missile defence system. This is a suggested alternative loadout in the argument, rather than a description of an installed fit. The criticism accepts the benefit of adding Sea Ceptor while questioning whether the choice gives the ship the best use of its reserved capacity.