10 April 2014

News Story: Norway's Naval Strike Missile Aims for the Pacific


By CHRISTOPHER P. CAVAS

NATIONAL HARBOR, MD. — When navies gather this summer in the warm waters near Hawaii for the biannual Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercises, among them will be at least one warship more at home in the cold waters of the Atlantic and Arctic oceans.

The Norwegian frigate Fridtjof Nansen will take part in RIMPAC, aiming to launch a Kongsberg Naval Strike Missile (NSM) at a target ship provided by the US Navy.

It will be the first time Norway has fired an NSM in a RIMPAC, as the missile became operational in 2012.

“It’s quite a sophisticated weapon,” Norwegian Navy Cmdr. Tony Schei explained here at the Navy League’s Sea-Air-Space Exposition. Schei is in charge of training Norway’s sailors to use the surface-to-surface weapon, and is working with missile manufacturer Kongsberg to show off the NSM.

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