U.S. Navy Testing Missle Defense System Off Coast of Hawaii

U.S. Navy Testing Missle Defense System Off Coast of Hawaii

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The $8 million SM3 missile is loaded to the bow of the ship — an SM2 has already been loaded into the launcher at the Erie's aft. A land-based crane gently raises the missile, which is inside a white square casing with a black cone on top. You can see the height of the SM3, but the shape is obscured by the protective outside. The crane gets it vertical and into position, it is then slid into the silo. Within the next two hours, torpedoes and harpoons are also on board and we are off and away.

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Looks like the Navy has some new toys to play with in the Pacific today and tomorrow. I find this interesting considering world events, and also the massive drills occuring in the Atlantic. Lots of military operations going on world-wide at present.

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The SM-3 testing with the Eerie has been going on for years. Very successfully too. There's only been one miss so far, and that was a valve failure on the SM-3. They were supposed to be getting gradually more difficult with the decoys so we'll see how they do now.