The Navy says the launch shows the capability of the littoral combat ship platform, one that's failed to live up to expectations.
An SM-6 missile is launched from an experimental containerized launcher on the San Diego-based littoral combat ship Savannah during operations at sea off the coast of California on Oct. 24, 2023.
The launch occurred off the California coast Tuesday. The missile, a Standard Missile 6, or SM-6, is designed to shoot down aircraft and other missiles, including so-called"ship killers." In 2019, Independence-variant littoral combat ships began deploying with the anti-ship Naval Strike Missile. "The exercise demonstrated the modularity and lethality of Littoral Combat Ships and the ability to successfully integrate a containerized weapons system to engage a surface target," Abrahamson said in a statement."The exercise will inform continued testing, evaluation and integration of containerized weapons systems on afloat platforms."
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