Theradarenables the Cheetah C to be armed with the IR-guided U-Darter dogfightmissile (that can be incorporated with HMS ) and the R-Darter mid-range AAM.
While this means they have a similar role to the guidedmissile cruisers, destroyers are smaller and faster and are designed to reduce their profile on enemy radar - though it is unclear whether this technology is successful.