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Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Lockheed Martin Ramps Up Aegis

Ticonderoga-classThe U.S. Navy has successfully completed a tracking exercise using the Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) system during Atlantic Trident 2011, which runs through Jan. 25.

The guided missile cruiser USS Monterey and destroyers USS Ramage and USS Gonzalez tracked the short-range ballistic missile target launched from NASA’s Wallops (Va.) Flight Facility, the service said Jan. 21.

The missile fell harmlessly into the Atlantic Ocean.

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