YB Senator Liew Chin Tong Visits Spanish Navy Frigate F-104 Méndez Núñez Defence Relations 13th August 201913th August 2019 YB Senator Liew: Today I was given a tour of the Spanish Navy Frigate F-104 Méndez Núñez, an Álvaro de Bazán-class guided missile frigate. The Méndez Núñez and her crew are currently on a celebratory voyage on the 500th anniversary of Ferdinand Magellan’s circumnavigation of the Earth’s oceans and seas in 1519. The Méndez Núñez is an Aegis-equipped missile frigate, utilizing it’s AN/SPY-1D radar and it’s Mk 41 vertical launch cells (loaded with SM-2R and Evolved Sea Sparrow Missiles) to efficiently engage and defeat multiple, simultaneous aerial attacks. When linked with other Aegis-equipped vessels, several of these frigates can create a strong, overlapping aerial defence umbrella that is practically impenetrable, save for the most persistent and numerous attackers. Like this:Like Loading... Related