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Marine Corps Ready To Buy Medium-Range Intercept Capability, Assistant Commandant Says

Marine Corps Ready To Buy Medium-Range Intercept Capability, Assistant Commandant Says
Program Executive Officer Land Systems Ground-Based Air Defense Program Manager, Don Kelley, shows the expeditionary launcher of the Medium-Range Intercept Capability prototype to Marine Corps senior leaders following a successful test demonstration of the system at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, June 30, 2022. (U.S. Army photo by John Hamilton)

A top Marine Corps official said the service is ready to procure the Medium-Range Intercept Capability (MRIC), which incorporates components of Israel’s Iron Dome System, following two successful live fire tests with a prototype of the capability. Gen. Eric Smith, assistant commandant of the Marine Corps, said this week the Marine Corps held off on funding procurement of MRIC for two years until it could prove out the capability, adding the successful demonstrations have now shown the system's effectiveness. “High…

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