Layered self-defence: point-defence directed-energy arrays and CIWS gun clusters provide the inner screen; a layered anti-air missile grid and a swarm-aware drone interception net cover the air and counter-UAS picture. The electronic-warfare suite (in refit) adds jamming, spoofing, and signature management. Survivability rests on the capital armour belt, a compartmentalised citadel, and decoy/countermeasure launchers.
British command was withdrawn at handover and the associated personnel records are redacted in this mirror. The hull is under a Militech transitional command authority for the duration of refit and certification. Named command appointments are withheld until registry is granted.
The hull is berthed at the NorCal Military Base Docks for refit. A capital hull exclusion zone is in force; photography, overflight, and small-craft approach are restricted. Active integration work is logged against individual systems in the armaments record above.
The forward main battery — the ship's primary forward gun turrets, set ahead of the superstructure. Capital-grade naval guns for long-range engagement of surface targets and hardened shore installations.
A dual quad-barrel rocket system mounted forward — two four-barrel launchers firing in salvo. High volume of fire for saturation against massed surface and shore targets at medium range.
A rocket-pod missile system carrying long-range missiles in podded cells. The strategic strike element of the hull, reaching well beyond gun and rocket range against high-value targets.
The first of the two rear main batteries — large-calibre aft gun turrets. Paired with Rear Main Battery B to give heavy gun coverage across the stern and broadside arcs.
The second of the two rear main batteries. Together the aft batteries form the ship's heaviest concentration of gun firepower.
A second dual quad-barrel rocket system at the stern — two four-barrel launchers covering the rear arcs, mirroring the forward rocket mount for all-round saturation fire.
Directed-energy point defence forming the inner layer of the self-defence screen, intercepting inbound munitions and small craft at close range.
Close-in weapon system — rotary cannon clusters providing a last-ditch kinetic screen against any leaker that passes the outer layers.
Layered surface-to-air missile coverage, engaging aircraft and standoff munitions across short, medium, and long bands.
A fleet flagship command suite housed in the central superstructure. The hull can host the command picture for an operating group and act as a command platform for distributed assets.
Jam-resistant, encrypted communications that hold their links under contested electromagnetic conditions.
Compatibility for orbital fire-control cueing — accepting targeting solutions from overhead assets. Calibration is pending and integration sits on the refit critical path.
Jamming, spoofing, and signature management. The suite is mid-integration under the Militech refit plan, replacing the legacy British emitters. Integration is being carried out alongside at the vessel's current berth — NORCAL MILITARY BASE DOCKS, berth NC-MB-DK — where the dock authority holds the berth and refit activity record.
Hull-mounted and towed sonar for anti-submarine warfare, providing the subsurface picture for the hull and its screen.