Australian Frigate Fires Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile

12/05/2016
12/05/2016: HMAS Melbourne (FFG 05) successfully launched an Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile (ESSM) in a test off the east coast of Australia. The missile firing was the first conducted in Automatic Self Defence (ASD) mode from one of three Royal Australian Navy guided missile frigates (FFG). The ESSM is a short…