HMS Richmond Test Fires Seawolf Missiles

The Royal Navy's warship, HMS Richmond test fired two Seawolf missiles in live firing exercise conducted on Dec 12.

Royal Navy warship is an agile, adaptable, multi-purpose frigate that may be deployed at short notice in a wide variety of scenarios, Weapon Engineer Officer Lieutenant Commander Jim Sampson said, was quoted as saying by IB Times.

The warship could detect its target enemy in a matter of seconds somewhere around the North and South even when placed in the middle of the busy motorway of M25, a border that separates London from the rest of the UK.

Seawolf missile is a short range, fast reaction, supersonic, surface to air missile, designed to make a ship capable of self-defence against anti-ship missiles. It is able to deter multiple missile attack and can intercept 114mm shells with precision. The missile is equipped with a tracker sub-sytem, guiding it during enemy target tracking. It has guidance antennas constructed on its missile rear-face wings for précised countermeasures.