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HMS Diamond firing Sea Viper surface-to-air missile for the first time HMS Defender firing an Aster missile. PAAMS is designed to track, target and destroy a variety of high-performance air threats, including saturation attacks of very low altitude , supersonic cruise missiles , fighter aircraft , and UAVs .
Chauliodus species are recognized by their large, fang-like teeth. They are so long that they would pierce the brain of the fish if misaligned. [3]One species of viperfish, C. sloani, have a sampled standard length of 64.0 to 260.0 mm, with a mean SL of 120.3mm.
European horned viper (Vipera ammodytes) Nepërka: Viperidae: Commonly found from the sea coast to the mountains (up to 1800 m above sea level) [3] Most venomous snake in Europe Balkan whip snake (Hierophis gemonensis) Shigjeta e shkurtër: Colubridae: Commonly found throughout the entirety of Albania, up to 1100 m above sea level [3] Grass ...
[4] [1] They are used principally for anti-air warfare (AAW) and are equipped with the Sea Viper air defence system. Sea Viper comprises the SAMPSON multi-function AESA radar and a 48-cell Sylver Vertical Launching System (VLS) for the ship's primary anti-air armament, the short range Aster 15 (to be replaced by Sea Ceptor with the addition of ...
The Type 45 destroyer, also known as the D or Daring class, is a class of six guided-missile destroyers built for the United Kingdom's Royal Navy in the early 21st century. The class is primarily designed for anti-aircraft and anti-missile warfare and is built around the PAAMS (Sea Viper) air-defence system using the SAMPSON Active electronically scanned array (AESA) and the S1850M long-range ...
Montivipera xanthina, known as the rock viper, coastal viper, Ottoman viper, [4] and by other common names, is a viper species found in northeastern Greece and Turkey, as well as certain islands in the Aegean Sea. Like all other vipers, it is venomous. No subspecies are currently recognized. [5]
McMahon's viper The desert region of Balochistan near the Iran-Afghanistan-Pakistan border. Macrovipera: Reuss, 1927 2 Large Palearctic vipers Semideserts and steppes of Northern Africa, the Near and Middle East, and Milos in the Aegean Sea. Montatheris: Broadley, 1996 1 Kenya mountain viper
Macrovipera, known as the large Palearctic vipers, [2] is a genus of vipers that inhabit the semideserts and steppes of North Africa, the Near and Middle East, and the Milos Archipelago in the Aegean Sea. [1] Like all other vipers, they are venomous. These snakes are responsible for a number of bites in Africa and Western Asia every year.