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Why U.S. Navy select SeaRAM for its most recent warships?

Why U.S. Navy select SeaRAM for its most recent warships?

The U.S. Navy is modernizing and extending its ship defense capabilities in response to emerging threats to its ships, including air- and surface-launched missiles and drone aircraft. For instance, on March 4, 2016, a test aboard the USS Porter, a guided-missile destroyer based in Rota, Spain, demonstrated a new protection method by combining Raytheon’s Block 2 Rolling Airframe Missile with a…

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U.S. Navy Conducts SeaRAM Firing Event Onboard USS Indianapolis

#USNavy conducts #SeaRAM missile firing event onboard #USSIndianapolis. #LCS17

The U.S. Navy successfully conducted a SeaRAM (Rolling Airframe Missile) firing event onboard the USS Indianapolis (LCS 17) on July 16, scoring a mission success against its intended aerial drone target.

During this test event, the SeaRAM aboard the USS Indianapolis was employed to detect, track, and engage an inbound BQM aerial target drone and successfully intercepted it with the first and only…

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[bridgetbosch-blog]

LOUISVILLE, KY. – The Navy is considering expanding the number of SeaRAM installations on its ships beyond a quartet of ballistic missile defense ships based in Spain and Littoral Combat Ships, a service official told USNI News on Tuesday. “Internally to the Navy there are trade studies going on to look at where to place …

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Sailors clean the SEARAM close-in weapons system aboard USS Porter. by Official U.S. Navy Page Via Flickr: MEDITERRANEAN SEA (March 26, 2016) Fire Controlman 2nd Class Joseph Comparato, from Philadelphia, top, and Fire Controlman 2nd Class Jocelyn Caro, from Chicago, clean the SEARAM close-in weapons system aboard USS Porter (DDG 78) March 26, 2016. Porter, an Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer, forward-deployed to Rota, Spain, is conducting a routine patrol in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations in support of U.S. national security interests in Europe. (U.S. Navy Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Robert S. Price/Released)160326-N-FQ994-126 Join the conversation: www.navy.mil/viewGallery.asp www.facebook.com/USNavy www.twitter.com/USNavy navylive.dodlive.mil pinterest.com plus.google.com

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Deciding on a strap. #deepbluewatches #searam