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US Navy’s SeaRAM Defense System Shoots Down Drone in First Live-Fire Test
US Navy’s SeaRAM Defense System Shoots Down Drone in First Live-Fire Test
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The US Navy has conducted its first live fire test with the SeaRAM anti-ship defense system installed on the destroyer Carney, shooting down an unmanned... 17.08.2016, Sputnik International
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US Navy’s SeaRAM Defense System Shoots Down Drone in First Live-Fire Test
The US Navy has conducted its first live fire test with the SeaRAM anti-ship defense system installed on the destroyer Carney, shooting down an unmanned, jet-propelled drone target, Raytheon announced in a news release on Wednesday.
WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — Raytheon explained that the SeaRAM engaged an inbound drone target and intercepted it with a RAM Block II missile in a mid-July test.
"The US Navy conducted its first firing from the SeaRAM anti-ship defense system produced by Raytheon… on the USS Carney stationed in Rota, Spain," the release said.
23 October 2015, 20:35 GMT
The Carney is the second of four guided-missile destroyers stationed near the Mediterranean Sea to receive a SeaRAM system.
The SeaRAM system uses advanced Phalanx Block 1B sensors, but replaces the Phalanx’s gun with an 11-round Rolling Airframe Missile guide.
The SeaRAM is designed to enlarge Phalanx's range against evolving anti-ship missiles, rotary- and fixed-wing aircraft, Raytheon noted.
