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Army Interested In Acquiring SM-6, Tomahawk Missiles, McConville Says

By Matthew Beinart

Tuesday, September 8th, 2020

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Army Interested In Acquiring SM-6, Tomahawk Missiles, McConville Says

The USS John Paul Jones (DDG-53) launches a Standard Missile-6 interceptor on June 19, 2014. Photo courtesy U.S. Navy.

Gen. James McConville, the Army chief of staff, said Tuesday the service may be interested in acquiring SM-6 and Tomahawk missiles, both used by the Navy, for its future long range fires portfolio. “We are working that. So SM-6 [missiles] and Tomahawks, those are capabilities that I could see us having in the future. The Marine Corps is doing the same thing. We’re working very, very closely,” McConville said during a Defense One virtual event. McConville noted the benefits in…

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