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Tuesday, January 05, 2010

UK probes Sea Viper missile test failures

Sea ViperThe UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) and Royal Navy (RN) are examining the potential impact of two successive test failures of the Sea Viper air-defence system on the overall programme for the service's new Type 45 destroyers.

The MoD is working with prime contractor MBDA UK to review range and telemetry data after the latest failure to achieve an intercept.

The MoD told Jane's the two latest sets of Sea Viper test-firings "were not as successful as the earlier trials, although they have successfully provided vital system performance evidence".

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