+launches+a+Standard+Missile+(SM)+2+Philippine+Sea,+and+USS+Truxtun+(DDG+103).JPG "The guided-missile destroyer USS Roosevelt (DDG 80) launches a Standard Missile (SM-2) during a Group Sail missile exercise. Roosevelt is participating in the George H.W. Bush Group Sail to improve strike group interoperability and prepare for an upcoming deployment")
The guided-missile cruiser USS Philippine Sea (CG 58) completed a missile exercise (MISSILX), Aug. 4.Philippine Sea, and USS Truxtun (DDG 103) simultaneously launched Navy Standard Missile-2’s (SM-2) while USS Roosevelt (DDG 80) launched shortly afterwards.
The MISSILEX required that all three ships fire SM-2’s at a remote controlled, subsonic missile drone, or (BQM). The SM-2 is the U.S Navy’s primary surface-to-air air defense weapon and a vital element of the Aegis Weapon System (AWS) aboard Ticonderoga-class cruisers and Arleigh Burke-class destroyers, launched from the MK 41 Vertical Launcher System (VLS).
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