Posted on 06/03/2016 12:09:55 AM PDT by sukhoi-30mki
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.
Skjold class corvette Storm hits a simulated control center with an NSM missile
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.
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.
Skjold class corvette Storm. Picture: Norwegian Navy
Launch of NSM missile. Norwegian Navy
That camouflage paint looks dreadful out at sea. Grey haze would look better and would be harder to see.
I was thinking the same, somewhat. Also thinking that ship missiles aren’t that effective against population replacement by traitorous Norwegian leftists and imported Mohammadans.
The camouflage designers probably took in what its main mission may be into consideration - possibly seagoing with a mixed littoral environment where the backdrop of the land from seaward would fit better. Just my guess.
Yay, Norway :)
I remember seeing a late 1930s photograph taken in the south-east Asian region of two British destroyers, and one was camouflaged while the other was haze grey. The camouflaged one was distinctive and stood out.
But it didn’t matter later, as the Japanese Imperial Navy destroyed both when seizing Indochina.
I was a unique teenage girl, in that I had joined the Military Book Club at 13-yrs old. Somewhere, in my library, is the late 1950 - early 1960 published book with that photograph.
I think you are right Gaffer. Isn’t that bow built for land assault?
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