The Fleet Air Arm’s Wildcat helicopters have achieved Initial Operating Capability (IOC) with the Sea Venom missile, bringing a modern long-range strike option into front-line service. The weapon can now be carried on global deployments, restoring a capability absent since the retirement of Sea Skua in 2017. Sea Venom has been developed under the Future […] The post Initial Operating Capability declared for Royal Navy Sea Venom anti-ship missile first appeared on Navy Lookout.| Navy Lookout
The Royal Navy has successfully test-fired the Naval Strike Missile (NSM) for the first time, marking a significant step forward in recovering its ability to strike ships and land targets at long range. Type 23 frigate, HMS Somerset, launched the missile during Exercise AEGIR 25 at the Andøya Test Centre in northern Norway in early| Navy Lookout - Independent Royal Navy news and analysis
On 12 September, HMS Richmond sailed through international waters that separate China and Taiwan in company with the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Higgins. China responded by dispatching air and naval assets to monitor the passage and predictably accused the two nations of "trouble-making and provocation". The Taiwan Strait is just 80 miles wide at its| Navy Lookout - Independent Royal Navy news and analysis
