Royal Thai Navy (RTN)'s OPV-552 HTMS Prachuap Khiri Khan, the second Krabi-class Offshore Patrol Vessel (OPV) has successfully live fire Boeing Harpoon Block 1C anti-ship missile at 55miles off coast Cape Panwa, Phuket Province, Andaman sea. during Naval Exercise Fiscal Year 2023 on 28 March 2023 (all photos : 3rd NAC)
Training firing of the Boeing RGM-84D Harpoon Block 1C anti-ship surface-to-surface missile conducted from the Krabi-class Offshore Patrol Vessels, HTMS Prachuap Khiri Khan in the annual naval training 2023 at the Andaman Sea, 55nmi from Cape Panwa, Phuket Province.
On March 28, 2023, was an important event for the Royal Thai Navy (RTN) and it is a boat built in Thailand that fired a missile launcher.
The firing of the Harpoon Block 1C anti-ship surface-to-surface missile weapon follows the annual naval training schedule planning. In the 3rd Naval Area Command (3rd NAC), which currently HTMS Prachuap Khiri Khan is deployed at Phang Nga Naval Base, Phang Nga Province.
Frigate Royal Thai Navy Bhumibol Adulyadej was designated as a backup launcher in the Harpoon guided missile training, this time was planned for Training firing of the Boeing RGM-84L Harpoon Block 2 anti-ship surface-to-surface missile at the next naval exercise.
Observation of the Harpoon Block 1C missile firing from HTMS Prachuap Khiri Khan by the Commander of the Navy, the Commander in Chief of the Army, the Commander of the Army, the Deputy Commander of the Air Force, and the Commander of the Royal Thai Police on a helicopter carrier HTMS Chakri Naruebet has shown that the flying deck of HTMS Chakri Naruebet The surface has been repaired and repainted, including the first HTMS Rattanakosin corvette. The Royal Thai Navy armed with Harpoon-guided missiles joins the fleet parade as well.
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