The recordWhat this system is, where it comes from, who operates it and which of Vigil’s modules it is relevant to — with the evidence each of those rests on.
Record
Conflict relevance
This is the catalogue's single record for this system. It is relevant to the module below; each module's Force Atlas shows how it is used there.
Battlefield role
Anti-ship and, in the improved subclass, air-defence missile carriage from a small and comparatively survivable platform operating in home waters.
Strengths
Considerable missile armament on a small, fast hull that is cheap enough to build in numbers and hard to find and target comprehensively. Domestically built, insulating the programme from foreign supply risk.
Limitations
Limited endurance, seakeeping and self-defence depth compared with larger combatants, and no capability outside home waters. It is a denial platform, not a general-purpose warship, and its value depends on being numerous — which depends on sustained budget commitment through a divided legislature.
Campaign relevance
Derived: a participant organisation in these campaigns carries a typed equipment association with this system. That is not the same as documented use of the system in the campaign itself.
- Sustained pressure below the threshold Intensifying since 2020
via ROC Navy (Documented, high confidence)
- Coercive maritime interdiction — quarantine to blockade Assessed contingency
via ROC Navy (Documented, high confidence)
Branch & service operators
- ROC Navy Documented
Assessed as of2026-07Last reviewed2026-07-20