<p>A vertical launch Sea Wolf missile is fired from Type 23 frigate HMS Richmond.
</p><p>Royal Navy warship HMS Richmond has decisively flexed her warfighting muscle with the successful firing of two Sea Wolf surface-to-air missiles during a training exercise.
</p><p>Immensely powerful and capable, the firings prove the Portsmouth-based frigates ability to track and destroy a sea-skimming target the size of a cricket ball travelling at supersonic speeds.  
</p><p>As part of the trial off the South West coasts exercise areas, the ship fired a telemetry missile loaded with recording sensors to allow indepth analysis of the missiles performance by the RNs trials authority - Maritime Commissioning Trials and Assessments (MCTA). 
</p><p>This was then followed up with a conventional warshot missile, with both weapons destroying their target with ease.
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