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DDG-1000 Lacks Ability To ‘Talk’ With SM-2, Can’t Do Air Defense Mission, Official Says

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By Geoff Fein While DDG-1000 can carry and shoot off the Standard Missile-2 (SM), it can't, as currently configured, communicate with the SM once it is fired, according to a top Navy official. The inability of DDG-1000 to "talk" with SM-2 is one of several reasons that the ship can't perform area air defense or ballistic missile defense, Vice Adm. Barry McCullough, deputy chief of naval operations for integration of capabilities and resources (N8), told attendees yesterday during a speech…

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