The Aster missile, which the Royal Navy calls the Sea Viper, is the primary weapon of the service’s Type 45 air defense destroyers. Several missiles have been fired against Houthi drones in the Red Sea since December 2023.
Credit: Ben Shread/Royal Navy
Since December, warships from UK, French and more recently Italian navies have been firing Aster surface-to-air missiles at Houthi drones targeting merchant shipping in the Red Sea. The firings represent the first combat use of the Aster missile, the European equivalent of the Standard family of...
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