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Video: A Group of Six US Navy AEGIS Vessels Fire SM-2 Surface to Air Missiles During Exercise.
| 2016
US Navy video |
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The six combatants--USS San Jacinto (CG 56), USS Monterey
(CG 61), USS Mason (DDG 87), USS Roosevelt (DDG 81), USS Stout (DDG 55)
and USS Nitze (DDG 94)--practiced a number of advanced tactical techniques
and procedures including cooperative tracking before firing Standard Missiles
(SM-2) at the inbound targets. All six ships scored kills as measured
by the missile and target instrumentation, including two direct hits.
This demonstrates a successful ramp-up in an era of continued complexity
and tactical relevance in the employment of the Aegis weapons system against
high-end threats.
SM-2 is an integral part of the layered defense that protects the world's naval assets and gives warfighters a greater reach in the battlespace. SM-2 variants have successfully intercepted targets, proving their lethality against subsonic, supersonic, low- and high-altitude, high-maneuvering, diving, sea-skimming, anti-ship cruise missiles fighters, bombers and helicopters in an advanced electronic countermeasures environment. IKECSG is comprised of the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower, Carrier Air Wing 3, USS San Jacinto (CG 56), USS Monterey (CG 61) and the ships of Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 26--USS Stout (DDG 55), USS Roosevelt (DDG 80), USS Mason (DDG 87) and USS Nitze (DDG 94). |
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