June 22, 2022 Topic:
The U.S. Navy’s Anti-Ship Arsenal Just Became More Lethal
Targeting software upgrades introduced the anti-ship capability to the SM-6 missile.
by Caleb Larson Follow @calebmlarson on TwitterL
The United States just concluded its ninth iteration of the biennial Valiant Shield exercise, a twelve-day event coordinating operations in the air, on land, at sea, and in the cyber domain focused on detecting, locating, tracking, and engaging a hypothetical adversary. The event includes units from across the Department of Defense and practices joint live-fire exercises across several branches.
The culminating event for Valiant Shield was sinking a decommissioned ship during live-fire bombing runs and targeting by other U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps ships and aircraft. Interestingly, the U.S. Navy struck the target ship with an SM-6 missile.
https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/us-navy%E2%80%99s-anti-ship-arsenal-just-became-more-lethal-203121
