Portugal’s NRP Bartolomeu Dias conducted an unprecedented anti-aircraft missile firing exercise yesterday against Unmanned Aerial Vehicles. Says a statement on the website of the Portuguese Navy: “With the paradigm shift seen in the Ukraine War, and the current situation in the Red Sea, the Portuguese Navy’s anti-aircraft missile firing exercise aims to ensure that Portuguese frigates are ready and prepared to face any type of threat to their security, whether conventional or asymmetric”. The firing of the anti-aircraft missile took place as part of the REPMUS (Robotic Experimentation and Prototyping with Maritime Unmanned Systems) exercise and was aimed at “testing and solidifying the Portuguese frigates’ tactics, techniques and procedures for dealing with this new type of asymmetric and disruptive threat”. REPMUS is the largest naval robotics and experimentation exercise in the world, organised by the Portuguese Navy, together with other national and international entities. It is taking place in Troia and Sesimbra until 27 September.
Navy carries out ‘unprecedented firing exercise’ between Tróia and Sesimbra
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