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# Royal Navy declares IOC for MBDA's Sea Venom anti-ship missile
- URL: https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/news/2025-10-02-royal-navy-sea-venom-ioc/
- Published: 2025-10-02T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-13T12:00:12.000Z
- Description: The Royal Navy's Wildcat HMA2 helicopters reached Initial Operating Capability with MBDA's Sea Venom anti-ship missile during Operation Highmast, restoring a strike capability lost since Sea Skua retired in 2017.
- Author: Reidar Balstad
- Tags: Defence and space, #news, #reported, #editor-read

Reported Editor-read [Royal Navy news release, 2 October 2025](https://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/news/2025/october/02/20251002-sea-venom-reaches-initial-operating-capability?ref=sovereigntymonitor.eu)

**What it does not test.** Does not establish fleet-wide fit across all Wildcat squadrons.

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**How this item was made.** Drafted by an AI system (Claude (Anthropic)) from the source cited above; read and approved by the editor on 2026-10-13\. [How the record is made](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/method/#how-the-record-is-made)