RNZN in the 1980's

Short video showing the Leander Class Frigates HMNZS Waikato (F55) and HMNZS Canterbury (F421), also at the start it shows a replenishment at Sea with HMNZS Monowai

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Autos & Vehicles

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• RNZN
• Royal NZ Navy
• Leander
• HMNZS

[blahblah48856]

were sea cats any good ?

[stockcar269s]

@blahblah48856

Well they shot a few Argentinian Skyhawks and Mirages out of the Sky during the Falklands war so they must have been ok :-)

[CumbyOnThePiss]

what are the missiles fire at 3:52

[stockcar269s]

@CumbyOnThePiss . They are Seacat missiles which could be fired in automatic mode using radar contacts etc or manually using a joystick type arrangement.

NZ and Australia have/had a Lear jet which towed a drone a kilometre behind it which the missiles were fired at. Aimers were told not to hit the target due to the cost etc (full of electronics to track missile/detonation etc)

[stockcar269s]

@stockcar269s There were some seacat aimers who were banned in some cases as they blew the drone out of the sky on a regular basis, these guys also won international aimers contests for their skill. The seacat missile has been long gone as they are obsolete. Wikipedia has a good article about the seacat

[turoaman]

I served on Monowai from start '97 until she got decommsioned. Love that ship!

[KG84C]

Like the Vickers 4.5 action.

[Ashvegian]

Really interresting to see. cheers mate