Marines Sank a Moving Ship When They Fired a Navy Missile from a Drone Truck
Tactical Vehicle to destroy targets on land or at sea. (U.S. Navy)
13 May 2021
Military.com | By Gina Harkins
The Marine Corps took out a moving ship by firing a Navy missile at it from the back of an unmanned vehicle on land -- a new weapon the service's top general says will make "an adversary think twice."
Commandant Gen. David Berger revealed new details about a groundbreaking test announced last month in which Marines in California used a deadly new system to take out a threat at sea. Known as NMESIS, the Navy Marine Expeditionary Ship Interdiction System can launch naval strike missiles from the back of a modified Joint Light Tactical Vehicle to destroy targets.
Berger said the Marines testing the system were able to sink a ship on the move near California. The Marine Corps' top priority in the 2022 budget, he added, will be ground-based anti-ship missiles.
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