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RSN
Missile Corvette Conducts Successful Live Firing of Barak Missile
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Minister
for Defence Dr Ng Eng Hen visited a Fleet Exercise conducted by the
Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN) in the South China Sea on 22 March
2016. During the visit, Dr Ng witnessed the successful live firing of
a Barak anti-missile missile from the RSN's Victory-class missile corvette
RSS Vigour. Dr Ng was also briefed by Colonel Edwin Leong, Commanding
Officer of the RSN's Missile Corvette Squadron, on the conduct of the
exercise and the capabilities of the missile corvette. |
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RSN's Victory-class
missile corvette, RSS Vigour, conducting a live firing of a Barak anti-missile
missile during the fleet exercise.
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Speaking
after the exercise, Dr Ng commended the RSN personnel's professionalism
and commitment to maintaining operational readiness and ensuring mission
success. He said, "I watched the entire live firing from another
ship alongside. It was deeply satisfying to see the system work like
clockwork. It detected and tracked the target and launched the Barak
missile to hit spot-on. It gives us confidence that all our investments
into sophisticated systems will be able to defend Singapore, when we
need to."
Dr Ng was hosted during the visit by Chief of Navy Rear-Admiral Lai
Chung Han, and accompanied by Chief of Defence Force Major-General Perry
Lim as well as other senior officials from MINDEF and the RSN. |
