![[Sea Viper launch]](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBu0gtM7h_eaYIWzGVP9U9WFUc543cuEVhZpNqYvG_FP1GHnBb78LTUVVu-28qj5mpIBxlMn05eCnZQuml82MprUxWZU4nl0tQP0zJLz-6bqgsxHAGRbttqqu6KwARCsDtV3An8Q/s1600/sea_viper.jpg "It is a combination of Aster missiles, Sampson radar (the spinning ball on top of the mast), combat and command system and the silo on the forecastle containing the Sylver vertical missile launcher")
HMS Diamond - one of the Royal Navy's new breed of super warships - has proved her fighting mettle by testing her missile system off the Outer Hebrides.She is the third Type-45 destroyer to be built and blasted her missile out of the silo at three times the speed of sound, obliterating a jet drone target out of the sky.
The successful firing of the Sea Viper system means that HMS Diamond is now ready to take her place as a fully operational warship, capable of deploying anywhere across the world.
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