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Business/Financial

Navy Simultaneously Shoots Down Cruise And Ballistic Missiles In 3rd Fleet Exercise

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Thursday, April 2nd, 2009

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By Geoff Fein The 3rd Fleet is evaluating data collated from last month's Stellar Dagger exercise that showcased for the first time a simultaneous downing of a ballistic missile in its terminal phase and an incoming anti-ship cruise missile, an official said. Additionally, Stellar Dagger was the second time 3rd Fleet stood up the Maritime Operations Center (MOC) in a Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) exercise, Cmdr. David Dunn, 3rd Fleet BMD officer, told Defense Daily yesterday in a telephone interview.…

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