Belgium Postpones Frigate Deployment To Red Sea After It Failed Several Tests During Training

Belgium Postpones Frigate Deployment to Red Sea After it Failed Several Tests During Training
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Belgium’s Defense Ministry reported on Monday that it had postponed its deployment of the frigate Louise-Marie to the waters of the Red Sea indefinitely after the vessel failed several technical tests while in training.

The ministry declined to offer details in an emailed statement to the Defense News, noting operational security.

A website named marineschepen.nl reported a RIM-7 Sea Sparrow air-defence missile failed owing to a launch amid a simulated drone...

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