Sea Wolf Missile Firing MOD 45155250
Royal Navy warship HMS Richmond has decisively flexed her warfighting muscle with the successful firing of two Sea Wolf surface-to-air missiles during a training exercise.
Immensely powerful and capable, the firings prove the Portsmouth-based frigate’s ability to track and destroy a sea-skimming target the size of a cricket ball travelling at supersonic speeds.
As part of the trial off the South West coast’s exercise areas, the ship fired a ‘telemetry’ missile loaded with recording sensors to allow indepth analysis of the missile’s performance by the RN’s trials authority - Maritime Commissioning Trials and Assessments (MCTA).
This was then followed up with a conventional ‘warshot’ missile, with both weapons destroying their target with ease.
- Object Name: IMG_8154
- Organization: ROYAL NAVY
- Supplemental Categories: Equipment, Weapons, Missiles, Sea Wolf
- Keywords: Royal Navy, Equipment, Weapon, Missiles, Surface to Air, Sea Wolf, Firing, Launch, Launcher
- Country: UK
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