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Army Has Second Successful Test Of New Multi-Mode Seeker, Planning Max-Range PrSM Test Shot This Fall

Army Has Second Successful Test Of New Multi-Mode Seeker, Planning Max-Range PrSM Test Shot This Fall
Lockheed Martin's Precision Strike Missile (PrSM)

The Army has conducted a second successful captive-carry test of its multi-mode seeker for the future Precision Strike Missile (PrSM), and is preparing several flight tests for the missile in 2021 to include firing a maximum range shot above 500 kilometers in early fall.   Brig. Gen. John Rafferty, director of the Army’s Long Range Precision Fires Cross Functional Team, told Defense Daily the PrSM flight test plan this year also includes a long-range shot of 400 kilometers in April at…

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