The Royal Navy's oldest ship has a new mission as the UK looks to grow its fleet

Interesting article SSgt Robert Marx I think its about time they started increasing their present on the seas (especially with rogue nations like North Korea, Iran, Syria, and nations looking to expand their control like China and Russia! Allies are important anf they need to be strong on the oceans, as well as with their land forces and air forces too! Thanks

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The sun never sets on the nations which encompass the British Commonwealth of Nations SSgt Robert Marx. Many commonwealth nations have robust navies including Australia, Canada, and India.
Additionally the UK is allied with the USA which shares a long-standing alliance and many common principles.
I am not surprised that the UK is modernizing its naval counter-missile capabilities and rolling out upgraded Type 23 ships and the Royal Navy’s new Type 26 frigates.
Thanks for sharing the news that:
"The Royal Navy’s Type 23 frigate Argyll is heading back to the fleet after two years in overhaul, and it’s being used as a test and integration platform for new systems intended for the new Type 26 frigate under construction.
The ship, with a fresh coat of paint and sporting the Royal Navy’s new Sea Ceptor air missile defense system, was in London, England, for the annual Defence and Security Equipment International conference.
Argyll is the oldest ship in the fleet at 26 years old, but it has a new mission: integrating systems intended for both the upgraded Type 23 ships and the Royal Navy’s new Type 26 frigates. The Royal Navy announced a contract in June for the first three Type 26 frigates worth £3.7 billion (U.S. $4.9 billion). The lead ship will be the HMS Glasgow, and the Royal Navy plans to build eight of them.

The Type 23 frigates are working through a service-life extension program.
Sea Ceptor, developed by U.K. firm MBDA, is a similar missile to Raytheon’s Evolved Seasparrow Missile. Part of the process of getting Argyll back to the fleet will be a trip up to Britain’s missile range off the coast of Scotland where the ship will test the new capability, according to Lt. Cmdr. David Tetchner, the Argyll’s weapon engineer officer.
Argyll successfully fired the Royal Navy’s first salvos of Sea Ceptor in April. MBDA has also sold its missile to Brazil and New Zealand.
Frigates have been all the rage at DSEI this year after the U.K. issued a request for information earlier this month seeking inputs for a cut-rate frigate ― the Type 31. The Type 31 is intended to boost the declining fleet numbers and be attractive for the international market."
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Great to hear that their breathing new life into these old frigates.