By Geoff Fein As the Navy and industry develop new ship self defense systems to counter advances in anti-ship cruise missiles, it's up to PMA-208 to find ways to represent the most sophisticated threats for developmental testing and training. "You can think of silk banners being towed behind airplanes and people shooting at them. Believe it or not we still buy some silk banners for some very basic training, but that's not really targets," Capt. Pat Buckley, program manager, PMA-208,…
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