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Destroyer Successfully Tests First Simultaneous Intercepts Of Ballistic Missiles And Drones

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Destroyer Successfully Tests First Simultaneous Intercepts Of Ballistic Missiles And Drones
The USS Carl M. Levin (DDG-120) prepares for an Oct. 25 joint test of the U.S. Navy Program Executive Officer Integrated Warfare Systems and the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) to defeat two short-range ballistic missile targets and two subsonic anti-ship cruise missile drone targets off the coast of Pacific Missile Range Facility (PMRF) in Kauai, Hawaii. (Photo: Missile Defense Agency)

A Navy Arleigh Burke-class destroyer successfully tested the ability to intercept multiple ballistic missile and drone targets at the same time in a joint test with the Missile Defense Agency (MDA). The test, called Vigilant Wyvern, or Flight Test Aegis Weapon System-48 (FTM-48) by the MDA, was revealed on October 25. The Defense Department said this demonstrated the USS Carl M. Levin (DDG-120) Aegis destroyer performing integrated air and missile defense (IAMD) system engagement of two short-range ballistic missile (SRBM)…

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