Australia Tests SM-2 in First Ground-Based Test
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Australia tests SM-2 in first ground-based test
Australia has fired a live missile from a prototype ground-based air defense system for the first time, hitting a cruise missile target at the remote Woomera Test Range in South Australia and marking the debut pairing of an Australian-made radar with the U.S. Navy’s Aegis Combat System. The Department of Defence in Canberra announced the […]
Last June, the Australian Defense Forces (ADF) successfully employed a prototype of Earth's active missile defense system to engage an air target with a Standard Missile-2 missile, at the Woomera shooting range, in South Australia, during the Taipan Strike exercise 26....
Australia fires SM-2 from prototype ground-based air defense system to intercept cruise missile target at Woomera - Defence Industry Europe
The ADF employed a prototype ground-based active missile defense system last month to engage an airborne target with a Standard Missile-2 (SM-2). The firing took place at the Woomera test range in South Australia during Exercise Taipan Strike 26. The missile firing integrated an Australian radar with a United States weapon control system and missile launcher. The system used an Australian missile to shoot down a cruise missile target after a per…
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