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19 December 2023
by Richard Scott
HMS
Somerset
seen at Haakonsvern Naval Base on 14 December after receiving its NSM outload. The NSM launcher hardware is fitted in the space forward of the bridge previously occupied by Harpoon.
(Royal Norwegian Navy)
The Type 23 frigate HMS Somerset has become the first UK Royal Navy (RN) warship to receive the Kongsberg Defence and Aerospace Naval Strike Missile (NSM) surface-to-surface missile system.
NSM is being procured from Norway under the Maritime Offensive Surface Strike programme in order to replace the Boeing Harpoon Block 1C surface-to-surface guided weapon, which is being retired from the RN service at the end of December. Open-source imagery showed Somerset returning to Devonport, Plymouth, on 18 December after receiving its NSM missile outload in Norway.
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