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Operation Hamilton: Two French frigates reportedly bothered by Russian ships when launching their missiles
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some interesting information . Thus, as General Lecointre said, "redundant" means were well planned: since a FREMM (out of the 3) and a Rafale (out of the 5) were put in reserve in case of glitch.
Initially, it was therefore question, still according to Le Point, to shoot 8 MdCN (two bursts of 4) and 8 SCALP, since a Rafale B can carry 2 copies. Why were FREMM Aquitaine and Auvergne unable to fire their missiles?
When Operation Hamilton was unleashed, there were people in the eastern Mediterranean. In addition to the French, American ships [including the destroyer USS Donald Cook, who did not fire Tomahawk missiles, ed] and British [including, a priori, a nuclear attack submarine class Astute, note], almost all Russian ships usually based in Tartus [Syria] had sailed a few days earlier.
"Once the operation is launched, things do not go as planned: the unfriendly attitude of two Russian ships present in the area, including the new-generation frigate Admiral Grigorovich, prevents French sailors from firing their missiles. in the shooting window a handful of minutes. Result: only three MdCN will be drawn, "says Guerric Poncet, Point. Also, the Rafale who was in reserve had to shoot his two SCALP.
Only one of them had a problem, one of his two SCALPs not being "gone" as planned, which is a very rare fact. Finally, the machine that has fizzled will be dropped at sea.
According to The Times, the French FREMM would not have been the only ones to be embarrassed when launching their MdCN: the British SNA which was in the Eastern Mediterranean to launch BGM-109 Tomahawk was chased by two Russian submersibles of the Kilo class.
In addition, a week before Operation Hamilton, the Aquitaine frigate was flown over by a Russian Su-24 "Fencer" aircraft displaying "aggressive stance". According to the Chief of Staff of the French Navy (CEMM), Admiral Christophe Prazuck, such an incident has occurred 8 times since summer 2017.
In addition, Operation Hamilton was closely followed by an A-50 Mainstay, the Russian equivalent of AWACS, and his escort. His presence during the strikes was obviously aimed at collecting as much information as possible about French, American and British means. "We have also done on them," said General Jean-Christophe Zimmermann, the commander of the defense and air operations, according to which measures had been taken to limit the flow of information of interest to the Russian forces.
Apparently Poutin pourred vodka in the Fremms exhaust system...
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some interesting information . Thus, as General Lecointre said, "redundant" means were well planned: since a FREMM (out of the 3) and a Rafale (out of the 5) were put in reserve in case of glitch.
Initially, it was therefore question, still according to Le Point, to shoot 8 MdCN (two bursts of 4) and 8 SCALP, since a Rafale B can carry 2 copies. Why were FREMM Aquitaine and Auvergne unable to fire their missiles?
When Operation Hamilton was unleashed, there were people in the eastern Mediterranean. In addition to the French, American ships [including the destroyer USS Donald Cook, who did not fire Tomahawk missiles, ed] and British [including, a priori, a nuclear attack submarine class Astute, note], almost all Russian ships usually based in Tartus [Syria] had sailed a few days earlier.
"Once the operation is launched, things do not go as planned: the unfriendly attitude of two Russian ships present in the area, including the new-generation frigate Admiral Grigorovich, prevents French sailors from firing their missiles. in the shooting window a handful of minutes. Result: only three MdCN will be drawn, "says Guerric Poncet, Point. Also, the Rafale who was in reserve had to shoot his two SCALP.
Only one of them had a problem, one of his two SCALPs not being "gone" as planned, which is a very rare fact. Finally, the machine that has fizzled will be dropped at sea.
According to The Times, the French FREMM would not have been the only ones to be embarrassed when launching their MdCN: the British SNA which was in the Eastern Mediterranean to launch BGM-109 Tomahawk was chased by two Russian submersibles of the Kilo class.
In addition, a week before Operation Hamilton, the Aquitaine frigate was flown over by a Russian Su-24 "Fencer" aircraft displaying "aggressive stance". According to the Chief of Staff of the French Navy (CEMM), Admiral Christophe Prazuck, such an incident has occurred 8 times since summer 2017.
In addition, Operation Hamilton was closely followed by an A-50 Mainstay, the Russian equivalent of AWACS, and his escort. His presence during the strikes was obviously aimed at collecting as much information as possible about French, American and British means. "We have also done on them," said General Jean-Christophe Zimmermann, the commander of the defense and air operations, according to which measures had been taken to limit the flow of information of interest to the Russian forces.
Apparently Poutin pourred vodka in the Fremms exhaust system...
