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Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN) Conducts Successful Missile Firing
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Naval Forces News - Singapore
Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN) Conducts Successful Missile Firing
The
Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN) conducted a live-firing of the Barak
anti-missile missile in the South China Sea earlier today as part of
the 18th annual Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) exercise
which Singapore is conducting with the United States. The missile was
fired by the upgraded RSN missile corvette RSS Victory against an air
drone target simulating an attacking profile. The target was successfully
destroyed.
The upgraded
RSN missile corvette RSS Victory conducting the live-firing of Barak
anti-missile missile during Exercise CARAT 2012.
(picture: RSN)
Commanding
Officer RSS Victory Lieutenant Colonel (LTC) Eric Tan Wei Hong said
that the exercise was professionally valuable to both the RSN and the
United States Navy. "The CARAT exercise allows personnel from both
navies to work and interact closely with each other and this has also
deepened our friendship and mutual understanding", said LTC Tan.
Commenting on the success of the missile firing, Weapon Systems (Control)
Supervisor Military Expert 2 Jeyabal Sundaraju, who fired the Barak
missile said, "the realism and tempo of the exercise has been a
fruitful experience for me and my team onboard RSS Victory. Our training
and preparation ensured that we were ready and we are glad that we have
hit the target and achieved mission success."
The firing was witnessed by Chief of Navy Rear-Admiral Ng Chee Peng.
Similar missile firings have been conducted in previous CARAT exercises.
The exercise is presently ongoing and will conclude on 27 Jul 2012.