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Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile Is Tested

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Monday, May 4th, 2009

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Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Port Hueneme engineers successfully fired a test launch of the new production configuration of the Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile (ESSM) from the Navy Self Defense Test Ship in Port Hueneme, Calif. "These ESSM modifications increase both guidance performance and hardware reliability for our fleet and our NATO consortium partners," said Mike Ryan, NSWC Port Hueneme test engineer. "Whenever we increase a missile's guidance performance and reliability, we increase the probability of target kill, thereby helping…

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