Thursday, December 11, 2008

U.S. Navy Tests Seven Raytheon Standard Missile-2 Block IIIAs During Trials

The U.S. Navy fired seven Raytheon Company -built Standard Missile-2 Block IIIA anti-air warfare missiles as part of ongoing U.S. Navy shipbuilder trials and operational tests.

Four of the intercepts were conducted by the U.S. Navy's guided missile destroyers USS Stockdale (DDG 106) and USS Truxton (DDG 103).

Three others were conducted by USS Antietam (CG 54) during exercises at Southern California Offshore Range Extension.

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