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Showing posts with label Sea Viper missile. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sea Viper missile. Show all posts

Friday, April 26, 2024

See the UK destroyer crew that scored the Royal Navy's first missile kill since the Gulf War

See the UK destroyer crew that scored the Royal Navy's first missile kill since the Gulf War

"...The HMS Diamond, a Type 45 destroyer, used its advanced Sea Viper missile interceptors to down the deadly Houthi threat while the warship was protecting a commercial ship in the Gulf of Aden, according to a new report. US Central Command, or CENTCOM, said on Wednesday that a ..."

Reference: www.businessinsider.com .

Sunday, December 17, 2023

Newly Formed Operation Prosperity Guardian To Protect Red Sea Shipping

Newly Formed Operation Prosperity Guardian To Protect Red Sea Shipping

"...Operation Prosperity Guardian, a soon to be announced multi-national effort to protect Red Sea shipping comes after the U.S. and U.K. downed 15 Houthi drones Saturday. ...The Arleigh Burke class guided missile destroyer USS Carney downed 14 drones today, a U.S. military official told The War Zone. The Type-45 destroyer HMS Diamond downed one drone targeting merchant shipping in the Red Sea with a Sea Viper missile, U.K. Defense Secretary Grant Shapps said in a statement. It was the first time the Royal Navy shot down an aerial target in anger since the First Gulf War in 1991 when the Type 42 Destroyer HMS Gloucester destroyed an Iraqi Silkworm missile bound for a U.S. warship."

Reference: www.thedrive.com .