Belgian frigate Louise-Marie’s (F931) deployment for the Red Sea was delayed as the RIM-7 anti-aircraft missile got stuck in the launch tube.
According to Marineschappen.nl, the deployment of the Belgian Frigate Louise-Marie (F931) was delayed. The Frigate attended an exercise to shoot down a drone, the RIM-7 Sea Sparrow ship-borne short-range anti-aircraft and anti-missile got stuck in the launch tube. As a result, Frigate’s deployment in the Red Sea has been postponed.
BNS Louise Marie is one of two M-class or Karel Doorman. Her armament consists of a 76 mm Oto Melara main gun, a CIWS with a 30 mm cannon, 16 Sea Sparrow missiles in Mk48 vertical launch cells on the side of the heliport, and 8 Harpoon anti-ship missiles. The Frigate was launched in 1989 and initially served in the Dutch Navy as HNLMS Willem van der Zaan until it was sold to Belgium in 2008.
Belgian Frigate’s Deployment Delays as Missile Gets Stuck
