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The amphibious assault ship USS Tripoli (LHA-7) completed the ship’s first Combat System Ship Qualification Trials (CSSQT) earlier this month, the Navy said Aug. 18. The service noted these trials are a milestone where crew teams demonstrate the ship’s weapons systems’ ability to communicate and destroy incoming threats in an operational environment. The Navy said that during these qualification phases the service team conducted multiple trials to validate the ship’s self-defense systems’ performance including radar tests and operating the Rolling…
