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Naval
Forces News - Norway |
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Video:
Royal Norwegian Navy Skjold-class Corvette Fires NSM against Coastal
Land Target |
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The
Norwegian Navy released footage and images showing a Skjold-class
corvette launching a Naval
Strike Missile (NSM) against a land target. The test took place
on Monday, in Andøy is the northernmost municipality in Nordland
county. It was a first for the Norwegian Navy. |
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 Skjold class corvette Storm hits a simulated control center with an NSM missile |
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The
Storm corvette launched the NSM against a simulated enemy control
center. The target was located right on the coast but the test demonstrates
the Norwegian Navy's new capability to strike land targets (even ones
located further inland) with its Skjold-class corvettes or its Nansen-class
frigates thanks to the NSM by Kongsberg. |
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Norwegian
Navy video |
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Produced
by Kongsberg, the Naval Strike Missile (NSM) is an autonomous, long-range,
precision missile designed to engage high-value, well-defended targets
at sea and ashore. The NSM is the only 5th generation long range precision
strike missile in existence today. The missile combines unsurpassed penetration
capability due to “low observable” shape, super sea skim,
high-G random maneuvers and I3R (intelligent imaging infra red) seeker
with Autonomous Target Recognition (ATR) providing programmable hit-point
and optimized fuze-setting, Designed and built by Umoe Mandal, the Skjold class corvette is engineered for littoral combat and surface operations in coastal waters. While light in displacement (274 tonnes) the Skjold class are armed like a frigate ship, present many stealth features and are capable of high transit speeds. While they should be classed as Patrol Boats, the Royal Norwegian Navy officially label them as coastal corvettes. |
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 Skjold class corvette Storm. Picture: Norwegian Navy |
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 Launch of NSM missile. Norwegian Navy |
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