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Navy SM-6s Score Hits With Remote Targeting

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Friday, October 24th, 2014

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Navy SM-6s Score Hits With Remote Targeting

The USS John Paul Jones (DDG-53) launches a Standard Missile-6 interceptor on June 19, 2014. Photo courtesy U.S. Navy.

Two Navy SM-6 missiles fired off a ship successfully engaged targets after being launched using targeting information provided by another vessel as part of the development of “engage on remote” capabilities, the manufacturer of the SM-6, Raytheon [RTN], said Friday. The Standard Missile-6 interceptor fired off a cruiser, the USS Chancellorsville (CG-62), before the Aegis ship was able to see them with its own radar while using data provided by a nearby Aegis destroyer, the USS Sampson (DDG-102), Raytheon said.…

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