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LCS-10 Fires Naval Strike Missile In Pacific Exercise

LCS-10 Fires Naval Strike Missile In Pacific Exercise
The Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Gabrielle Giffords (LCS-10) launches a Naval Strike Missile (NSM) during the biennial Pacific Griffin exercise as part of a sinking exercise on Oct. 1, 2019. (Photo: U.S. Navy)

The Navy tested the new Naval Strike Missile (NSM) from the Independence-variant Littoral Combat Ship USS Gabrielle Giffords (LCS-10) in a Pacific test on Tuesday. During the biennial Pacific Griffin exercise in waters near Guam, LCS-10 and other vessels participated in a sinking exercise (SINKEX) of the decommissioned ex-USS Ford (FFG-54). The exercise included both U.S. and Singapore participants. Units that participated in the SINKEX include the Giffords with the NSM, missile-launching maritime patrol craft from Patrol Squadrons VP-1, VP-5…

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