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US Navy uses Raytheon's SeaRAM

Last updated: 16:28 17 May 2016 EDT, First published: 11:28 17 May 2016 EDT

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US Navy tests

The US Navy completed a series of test shots using Raytheon Company's (NYSE:RTN) SeaRAM anti-ship missile defence system, taking out several targets in a variety of scenarios that mimic today's most advanced threats to naval ships.

Raytheon's Phalanx is a rapid-fire, computer-controlled radar and 20mm gun system that acquires, tracks and destroys enemy threats that have penetrated all other ship defence systems.

The series of two shots included one in which two supersonic missiles were inbound simultaneously, flying in complex, evasive maneuvers. In both flights, SeaRAM detected, tracked and engaged the threats, and fired Rolling Airframe Missile Block 2 guided missiles which successfully intercepted the targets.

"SeaRAM achieved a new level of success today, intercepting targets under high-stress conditions," said Rick Nelson, vice president of Raytheon's Naval and Area Mission Defense product line. "The system demonstrated once again that it can provide the sophisticated protection warfighters need."

The tests were conducted on the Navy's Self Defense Test Ship off the coast of Southern California.

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