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DDG-1000 Conducts First Missile Test

Tuesday, October 20th, 2020

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DDG-1000 Conducts First Missile Test

The USS Zumwalt (DDG-1000) successfully executed the first live fire test of the MK 57 Vertical Launching System with a Standard Missile (SM-2) on the Naval Air Weapons Center Weapons Division Sea Test Range, Point Mugu on Oct. 13, 2020. (Photo: U.S. Navy)

The USS Zumwalt (DDG-1000) conducted its first live test fire of a Standard Missile (SM)-2 out of its Mk 57 vertical launching system last week, the Navy said Monday. This test occurred at the Naval Air Weapons Center Weapons Division Sea Test Range, Point Mugu on Oct. 13 in a bid to demonstrate the ship’s capability to detect, track and engage an anti-ship cruise missile threat using the SM-2. The Navy said this was a structural test fire that sought…

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