The British Navy Will Lose Its Anti-Ship Missile Capability In 2018 Until Around 2020

HMS Montrose fires a Harpoon missile - capable of destroying a target 80 miles away. Royal Navy

UKDJ: British frigate fleet to lack anti-ship missiles until ‘around 2030’

Royal Navy ships will lose anti-ship missile capability in 2018 when the Harpoon missile is withdrawn with a replacement not due until ‘around 2030’.

While the Royal Navy will still have an anti-ship capability via the submarine fleet and embarked helicopters, this will still be a significant capability gap and even then, no Royal Navy helicopters will have anti-ship missile capabilities until 2020.

As we reported last year, Harriett Baldwin and her French counterpart signed an agreement to explore future long range weapons for the Royal and French Navies and Air Forces with the aim of replacing the Harpoon anti-ship missile and the Storm Shadow cruise missile as well as an array of French weapon types.

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WNU Editor: I had to read this article two times to believe it. No fighter planes for their new aircraft carriers. No anti-ship missiles for their navy. And now .... more signs that the British Navy has lost its way .... The Royal Navy’s Next ‘Frigate’ Is Not a Frigate (War Is Boring).