UK navy ships to be armed with advanced long-range strike missiles

FILE PHOTO: British Defence Secretary Ben Wallace walks outside Number 10 Downing Street, in London, Britain November 1, 2022. REUTERS/Hannah McKay

LONDON (Reuters) - British navy frigates and destroyers will be given advanced long-range anti-ship missiles in a new deal agreed by defence minister Ben Wallace with Norway announced on Wednesday.

The Naval Strike Missiles made by Kongsberg Gruppen ASA will be used on eleven British Type 23 frigates and Type 45 destroyers, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) said in a statement.