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Unmanned Systems Aid In Shooting SM-6 In Battle Problem

Unmanned Systems Aid In Shooting SM-6 In Battle Problem
The destroyer USS John Finn (DDG-113) launches a Standard Missile-6 during U.S. Pacific Fleet’s Unmanned Systems Integrated Battle Problem (UxS IBP) 21, on April 25, aided in part by unmanned systems. (Photo: U.S. Navy by Boatswain’s Mate Seaman Clark Lappert)

The Navy used both manned and unmanned assets to have an Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer launch and hit a target using a Standard Missile (SM)-6 from over-the-horizon ranges, service officials said Monday. During the Navy’s Unmanned Integrated Battle Problem (UxS IBP) 21 an SM-6 from the USS John Finn (DDG-113) hit the target on April 25. The overall exercise lasted from April 19-26. The target was a “relatively small target with a radar reflector as well as a repeater” to…

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