However, judging from the size of the missile, booster and analyzing between the lines, it is safe to estimate that its actual range is somewhere around 50 km. The Aster-15 is the medium range variant and has a smaller booster which gives it an official range of 35+ km. The Aster-15/30 is a family of modular missiles which use the similar terminal stages and the only difference between them is the size of their booster stage. 2 x Phalanx CIWS are used as the last line of defense against missiles. It uses a combination of Aster-15/30 SAMs to engage aerial threats at long ranges. The Type-45 is designed from the onset for the sole purpose of shooting down anything in the sky that is hostile. These type of coordinated and networked attacks are the main strength of this class. The exercise is designed to intercept hostile missiles with the ship’s missiles. USS Vicksburg (CG-69), and the guided-missile destroyers USS Roosevelt (DDG-80), USS Carney (DDG-64) and USS The Sullivans (DDG-68) launch a coordinated volley of missiles during a Vandel Exercise (VANDALEX). The Burke is, however, superior to the daring in the sheer number of missiles that are carried.
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It can operate to its full potential only when acting as a part of a larger networked carrier battle group (CBG). This will be rectified in the future when ESSM Blk2 will feature active radar homing, but at present, the Burke has a limited capability when operating alone. This is, however, impossible using the SM-2 which features a semi-active radar seeker and requires constant illumination from the SPG-62 mechanically scanned fire control radars. Hence in such a scenario, the Burke must be able to guide 30-40 SAMs simultaneously in order to intercept these threats. This is essential while dealing with saturation missile attacks where 20-30 missiles approach the Burke from multiple directions. The number of missiles which can be simultaneously guided in multiple directions to shoot down incoming missiles is more important. Here we cannot just consider the number of missiles which are present on the ship. However, the SM-6 is effective at long ranges only when external assets like E-2D are used to engage missiles over the horizon by co-operative engagement. The ESSM with its 50km range forms the missile component of the Close in Weapons System (CIWS) and these 64 missiles are used to shoot down any missile or aircraft which has managed to bypass the primary layer. The SM-2 forms the next line of defense and can engage cruise missiles and aircraft at 90 km and the latest versions have 160 km range. This will enable the Burke to engage ballistic missiles at distances of over 1000 km, supersonic cruise missiles, and aircraft at distances of 350+ km using the SM-3 and SM-6 respectively. The load out would typically be 16 SM-6, 48 SM-2, 16 SM-3 and 16×4 ESSM which makes a grand total of 144 missiles. In the dedicated role, all 96 VLS cells will be filled with SAMs. Let us come to present day standards and consider only AAW capability which is the focus of this article. This provides a powerful and layered AAW capability. A single Phalanx CIWS at the aft provides last-ditch defense against cruise missiles.
In the 72 cells for AAW, it usually carries 48 SM-2, 8 SM-6 and (16×4) 64 Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile ( ESSM) of which 4 missiles can be packed per launcher. In an ideal situation, 64 cells will be allocated for Anti-Air, 16 cells for Anti-Surface and 8 cells for Anti-Submarine duties.
The Burke has the ubiquitous Mk41 Universal Vertical Launching System with 96 VL cells (32 fore and 64 aft). Ballistic missile defense capability isn’t given preference in the ratings. This category examines the ability of the warships to shoot own hostile aircraft, missiles and other aerial threats from distances over 100 km from the ship to as close as 1 km from the ship. If you haven’t read the first part, check out the link below and then proceed to read this article. This is the second part of a 2-part comparison between two of the best destroyers in the world.
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