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Navy’s LHA-6 Ship Destroys Drone In Pre-Deployment Test

By Marc Selinger

Friday, April 21st, 2017

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Navy’s LHA-6 Ship Destroys Drone In Pre-Deployment Test

The USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) fires a Rolling Airframe Missile (RAM) during a military exercise on June 14, 2015. Photo: U.S. Navy.

The U.S. Navy’s first America-class amphibious assault ship, the USS America (LHA-6), recently destroyed a drone with a missile to prepare for its first deployment.The ship shot down the unidentified unmanned aircraft with a Raytheon [RTN] Rolling Airframe Missile (RAM) during an April 6 exercise in the Pacific Ocean, the Navy said in a statement. The drone simulated a missile being fired at the vessel to test the ship’s defense capabilities. The Navy declared the test a success.The Navy said…

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