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Article: UNITED KINGDOM: HMS CHATHAM SUCCESSFULLY TEST-FIRES SEA WOLF MISSILES

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May 4, 2007
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The government of United Kingdom's Ministry of Defence's Royal Navy issued the following news release:

Royal Navy Type 22 frigate HMS Chatham has conducted the last ever salvo firings of Bock 1 Sea Wolf missiles as part of training trials which involved a visit to her affiliated town of Chatham.

The ship had originally been due to fire just one test missile from each of her forward and aft launchers, but then the opportunity arose to conduct salvo firings where two missiles are fired simultaneously at the same target. The results were both impressive and spectacular, as Weapon Engineer Officer, Lieutenant Commander Chris Smith explained:

"This serial is about testing the capability of the ...

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