The 2021 discussion welcomes the planned addition of Sea Ceptor vertical-launch cells to the Type 45 destroyers. The new battery would use space associated with an earlier expectation that the ships might receive Mark 41 launchers. Mark 41 is preferred for its broader flexibility. Sea Ceptor is still treated as a real improvement shaped by procurement economics.
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Type 45 gains missiles within a constrained VLS choice
The planned Sea Ceptor addition discussed in 2021 would improve Type 45, although Mark 41 offered broader flexibility.