{"id":57915,"date":"2024-11-29T21:42:32","date_gmt":"2024-11-29T20:42:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/?p=57915"},"modified":"2025-11-29T01:37:46","modified_gmt":"2025-11-29T00:37:46","slug":"the-spanish-navy-shows-the-srboc-one-of-the-anti-missile-defenses-of-its-frigates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2024\/11\/29\/the-spanish-navy-shows-the-srboc-one-of-the-anti-missile-defenses-of-its-frigates\/","title":{"rendered":"The Spanish Navy shows the SRBOC, one of the anti-missile defenses of its frigates"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of the main threats to surface ships of various naval forces today are missiles.<\/p>\n

The heavy weapons carried on board by the Spanish frigates of the 'Santa Mar\u00eda' class<\/a><\/rel>
\nThe Spanish-German naval missile defense system CIWS Meroka in pictures<\/a><\/rel><\/p>\n

One of the most effective methods to end this threat is surface-to-air missiles. At closer range, there are other elements that make it possible to end possible missile attacks against a ship: electronic countermeasures<\/strong> (ECM, which disrupt the missiles' radar by flooding it with electromagnetic signals), anti-aircraft artillery guns<\/strong> (such as the American Phalanx CIWS and the Spanish Meroka<\/a>, designed to physically destroy the missile), and decoys<\/strong>, the purpose of which is to deceive the missile by generating an alternative target.<\/p>\n

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This Wednesday, the Spanish Navy published this spectacular photo of the frigate \"M\u00e9ndez N\u00fa\u00f1ez\" F-104<\/a>, of the \"\u00c1lvaro de Baz\u00e1n\" class, firing its chaff decoy system<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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Last year I showed you here this photo of the decoy launchers of the \"Santa Mar\u00eda\" F-81 frigate<\/a>. This system, manufactured in the USA, is called Mark 36 SRBOC<\/strong> (Super Rapid Bloom Offboard Countermeasures Chaff and Decoy Launching System) and is mounted on both the \"Santa Mar\u00eda\" class (F-80) and the \"\u00c1lvaro de Baz\u00e1n\" class (F-100) frigates, as well as on the \"Meteoro\" class maritime action ships and the \"Galicia\" class amphibious assault ships.<\/p>\n

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The decoys are fired by 130 mm Mark 137 launchers<\/strong>, placed in groups of six tubes. Each ship carries four of these groups of launchers, distributed on both sides of the ship in two groups facing in different directions. Here you can see the starboard Mk 137 launchers of the frigate \"Blas de Lezo\" F-103<\/strong>, in two photos that I took during the visit of this ship to Vigo last July.<\/p>\n

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Below these lines we can see two crew members of the frigate \"M\u00e9ndez N\u00fa\u00f1ez\" loading these launchers<\/strong>, in a photo published yesterday by the Spanish Navy<\/a>. If I'm not mistaken, the black charges are infrared decoys<\/strong> (i.e. flares to fool heat-guided missiles) and the metallic-looking ones are chaff<\/strong> (decoys aimed at deceiving radar-guided weapons have been known since World War II, a decoy consisting of small metal strips).<\/p>\n

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Here we can see the magazine for this ammunition<\/strong>, along with the petty officer who supervises it. The charges in each tube vary between 12 and 36, depending on the variant. You can find more information about this system here.<\/a><\/p>\n

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The Spanish Navy has also published this photo of the Combat Information Center (CIC)<\/a> of the frigate \"M\u00e9ndez N\u00fa\u00f1ez\", in which we see the console from which these countermeasures are controlled<\/strong> during a combat situation (reason why the crew members wear fireproof hoods and gloves).<\/p>\n

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Finally, today the Spanish Navy has published a video of a launch of these countermeasures from the frigate \"Navarra\" F-85<\/a>, during an anti-missile defense exercise:<\/p>\n

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La fragata #Navarra<\/a> pone en practica su defensa antimisil mediante el lanzamiento de se\u00f1uelos, a los que conocemos como chaff. \u00a1Ent\u00e9rate de c\u00f3mo se vive el lanzamiento en nuestro v\u00eddeo! \ud83d\udc47\ud83d\udcfd\ufe0f#DefendemosEspa\u00f1aEnYDesdeLaMar<\/a>#SomosLaArmada<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/s7UcQIUBH9<\/a><\/p>\n

— Armada (@Armada_esp) November 29, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n