When will they get the ASTER 30 anti-ballistic missile variant?

https://www.gov.uk/government/publicati ... wners-sros

See point 14 cannot cut and paste

Repeat CSG for Joint Warrior The Carrier Strike Group includes NATO’s most sophisticated destroyers – the Royal Navy’s Type 45s HMS Diamond and HMS Defender and US Navy Arleigh Burke-class USS The Sullivans as well as frigates HMS Northumberland and HMS Kent from the UK and the Dutch Navy’s HNLMS Ev...

Not a lot new here but at the end a bit about USN involvement in next year's deployment. https://www.navy.mil/Press-Office/Press-Releases/display-pressreleases/Article/2370938/secnav-interchangeability-at-sea-a-goal-for-maritime-partners/utm_source/twitter/utm_medium/social/utm_content/100001543030...

If you don't have guns, how do you shoot down suicide drones or suicide planes? Are the layered missile defences good enough?

Was this posted before?

https://www.gov.uk/government/publicati ... ncept-2025

Probably related but glossy document at first glance.

https://committees.parliament.uk/work/4 ... lications/

Some related evidence but many companies trying to appease the Defence Committee.