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SM-6 Successfully Intercepts Supersonic Target
2014-07-15 06:00:00| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
Program moves one step closer to full operational capability<br /> <br /> LONDON - The USS John Paul Jones (DDG 53) used a Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) Standard Missile-6 to destroy a supersonic high altitude target drone (AQM-37). The test moves the program one step closer to full operational capability.<br /> <br /> Deployed for the first time in December 2013, SM-6 provides the U.S. Navy extended range protection against fixed- and rotary-wing aircraft, unmanned aerial vehicles and cruise ...This story is related to the following:Missiles
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