Another First for the Navy

[lrd]

Navy shoots down a long-range missile

Military: Long-range missiles never downed this late in flight

HONOLULU, Hawaii (AP) -- For the first time, a Navy ship at sea successfully shot down a long-range missile in its final seconds of flight, the military said Wednesday.
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http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/05/24/missile.defense.ap/index.html

[hoepoe]

Yeah, i just read this on CNN, damn impressive!

I wonder if the timing of the test/PR has any significance to Iran's testing their 1500kn Shiab3 a few days back?


Hoepoe

[Dan]

I wonder if the timing of the test/PR has any significance to Iran's testing their 1500kn Shiab3 a few days back?

Look at another axis of evil's testing...North Korea (http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ned=&q=north+korea+missile&btnG=Search+News)

[submariner]

Kudos to the Navy for pursuing this technology.

Only one problem, these Ticonderoga class cruisers are not exactly stealthy! Need to figure out how to lauch from subs. After all, there are only submarines and targets:)