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Marine Corps And Raytheon Test Naval Strike Missile Off Ground Vehicle

Marine Corps And Raytheon Test Naval Strike Missile Off Ground Vehicle
An Oshkosh Remotely Operated Ground Unit for Expeditionary (ROGUE) Fire vehicle, consisting of an unmanned Joint Light Tactical Vehicle, fired a Naval Strike Missile towards a surface target at sea during a test of the Naval Marine Expeditionary Ship Interdiction System (NMESIS) at Point Mugu Sea Range in November 2020. (Photo: U.S. Navy)

Raytheon Technologies [RTX] last Wednesday revealed an image of the successful recent live fire test with the Marine Corps of a Naval Strike Missile (NSM) against a sea surface target from a ground system. This initial test occurred in November and demonstrated the Naval Marine Expeditionary Ship Interdiction System (NMESIS) by firing an NSM at Point Mugu Sea Range in California via a Marine Corps ground launcher, a modified Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV). The company confirmed the missile scored…

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