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Video: USS Porter is the First US Navy Burke-class Destroyer to Test Raytheon's SeaRAM CIWS.
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Video:
USS Porter is the First US Navy Burke-class Destroyer to Test Raytheon's
SeaRAM CIWS |
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The
US Navy released a video and pictures showing the first ever live-fire
tests of the SeaRAM weapon system from an Arleigh
Burke class (DDG 51) destroyer. The successful tests were conducted
with USS Porter (DDG 78) during Combat Systems Ship Qualifications Trials
at El Arenosillo Test Range off the coast of Huelva, Spain. |
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ATLANTIC OCEAN (March 4, 2016) SeaRAM, a new system for guided-missile destroyers, is test fired from USS Porter (DDG 78), March 4, 2016. Porter, an Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer, forward-deployed to Rota, Spain, is preparing for deployment in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations in support of U.S. national security interests in Europe. Official U.S. Navy photo. |
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The SeaRAM installation
onboard USS Porter took place as a response to a formal Urgent Operational
Need for forward-deployed naval forces in Europe. USS Porter is the
first of four DDGs to receive the Mk 15 SeaRAM Missile System equipped
with enhanced capability RAM Block 2 missiles. The other three ships,
USS Donald Cook (DDG-75), USS Ross (DDG-71) and USS Carney (DDG-64)
will recieve the upgrade in the near future. |
Video: Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa/U.S. 6th Fleet |
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In January this
year, Raytheon Company's SeaRAM anti-ship missile defense system used
a Rolling Airframe Missile Block 2 for the first time to intercept an
incoming target during a U.S. Navy live-fire exercise at China Lake
in California. |
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BLACK SEA (Oct. 23, 2015) The guided-missile destroyer USS Porter (DDG 78) performs evasive maneuvers during a simulated small boat attack (prior SeaRAM installation). (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Sean Spratt/Released) |
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USS Porter (DDG
78) is an Arleigh Burke Flight II Class destroyer (the last Flight II
of the series). It was launched in November 1997 and commissioned in
March 1999. The Arleigh Burke class guided missile destroyers are the backbone of the US Navy. They are multi-mission [Anti-Air Warfare (AAW), Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW), and Anti-Surface Warfare (ASUW)] surface combatants. Link to Arleigh Burke Flight I & Flight II Class destroyer technical datasheet |
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