The Philippine Navy successfully tested its Spike ER missile during a Naval Surface Fire Support (NSFS) event off Basilan’s Salkulakit Island, Naval Forces Western Mindanao announced on Saturday.
The missile was fired from a multi-purpose attack craft and hit a floating target 4 kilometers away.
The Spike ER Missile is the navy’s first missile capable of penetrating 1,000-mm (39 inches) of rolled homogeneous armor. It is a flexible missile system with a dual guidance system, command and homing guidance, capable of hitting targets at a maximum distance of 8 kilometers.
This is the second time the Spike ER Missile was successfully launched and tested after its delivery to the Philippine Navy in 2018.
However, this is the first time that the missile was operationally tested during a live-fire exercise.
Aside from the missile firing, participating warships also fired and tested their naval guns.
The live-fire event was part of the 5-day Pagsisikap 2021 exercise which aims to test wartime and peacetime doctrines in the conduct of amphibious operations, maritime interdiction operations, surveillance, and reconnaissance of maritime areas, civil-military operations, and a host of other traditional and non-traditional naval operations.
Aside from validating techniques, tactics, and procedures during the exercise, Pagsisikap 2021 also serves as a venue for the training of sailors and marines deployed in Western Mindanao. — DVM, GMA News
Philippine Navy successfully tests Spike ER missile during live-fire exercise
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