A lot of the western navies participating in the naval actions against the Houthis drones/missiles in the Red Sea have been getting their first real combat shakedown and it hasn't always been going well. The French forces seem to be performing admirably and the Indian navy seem ready for gutsy actions.

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Significant problems were revealed with the Danish frigates, though. Among other things, they're using extremely old ammo for their deck guns and the replacement proximity fuses don't work. They've reportedly been trying to take out comparatively slow moving drones with their deck guns only to have the munition blow up shortly after leaving the barrel. They've had other problems too, with missile and radar systems.

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The ship's targeting radar also malfunctioned, apparently severely enough that they were not able to launch missiles for a half hour. That is a half hour of vulnerability in which the ship's primary weapons system (missiles) were down.

It's enough to cause them to leave the theater prematurely, probably on the assumption that there is a realistic chance that they'd not be able to defend the ship...and they fired their defense chief.

defensenews.com/global/europe/

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@shuttersparks Not the chief of defense. He's got plenty of free time now.

And then there is this:

independent.co.uk/news/world/e

Just not a real high point for the Danish at a time where NATO readiness is a real concern.

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