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Although managing to shoot down 4 Houthi drones, Danish frigate HDMS Iver Huitfeldt was unable to fire ESSM missiles at times while in action in the Red Sea due to integration issue with Dutch APAR radar and Danish C-FLEX Combat Management System. 76mm shells also exploded prematurely when fired. The ship is returning home sooner than expected.

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BRP Antonio Luna, HMAS Warramunga, JS Akebono, USS Mobile, and BRP Valentin Diaz during the first Multilateral Maritime Cooperative Activity in the West Philippine Sea, April 7, 2024

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One of the huge nuclear Kirov class cruisers built towards the end of the Cold War, Admiral Lazarev. Laid down 27 July 1978, Launched 26 May 1981, Commissioned 31 October 1984, Out of service 1999, Scrapping started in April 2021.

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On This Day in 1982, 20 men lost their lives when Type 42 destroyer HMS Sheffield was struck by an Exocet missile while on picket duty protecting the Operation Corporate task force from air attack during the Falklands War.

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