March 15, 2016 - A 1500 lb. Standard Missile 2 (SM-2) leaps
from the guided-missile destroyer USS Mason (DDG 87) at
twice the speed of sound on its way to destroying an
advanced high-speed target during a live fire test of the
ship's Aegis weapons system. The live fire event was
conducted during the EISENHOWER Strike Group Composite
Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX), the final certification
event prior to deployment.
As the world's premier fleet-area
air defense weapon, SM-2 is an integral part of the layered
defense that protects the world's naval assets and gives
warfighters a greater reach in the battlespace. SM-2
variants have successfully intercepted targets and are
lethal against subsonic, supersonic, low- and high-altitude,
high-maneuvering, diving, sea-skimming, anti-ship cruise
missiles fighters, bombers and helicopters in an advanced
electronic countermeasures environment. SM-2 has an
extensive area and self-defense flight test history with
more than 2,650 successful flight tests from domestic and
international ships.
U.S. Navy video by Mass
Communication Specialist Casey Hopkins Video edited by USA Patriotism!
