Marine artillerymen name for effect
August 3rd, 2009 | Ships ordnance | Posted by Phil Ewing
ABOARD THE DOCK LANDING SHIP FORT MCHENRY – I never get tired of meeting and talking to sailors, but as we all know from the PowerPoint presentations in the Pentagon, the world is joint now. On the Horn of Africa we met airmen, soldiers, Marines and even a few rare-gem Coast Guardsmen, which meant that each time I introduced myself I had to apologize for not knowing what their chevrons meant and only having a basic understanding about where they were coming from.
Missile hits missile. Again.
July 31st, 2009 | Ballistic missile defense Science and technology Ships ordnance | Posted by Andrew Scutro
//U.S. Navy
A few days ago we posted about an upcoming ballistic missile intercept test from the destroyer Hopper in the Pacific. According to the Missile Defense Agency it was a success, recorded on video. It was the 19th successful test of the seagoing Aegis-BMD system out of 23 attempts. Details.
Hitting a ballistic missile with another missile is often compared to hitting a flying bullet with another. There are plenty of short videos out there of gun range trick shots, especially with shotguns and clay pigeons. But this unique short shows a guy who hit a ping-pong ball with an arrow. Judging from the perforated backstop, this was not a lucky first shot.
Hopper in SM-3 test
July 29th, 2009 | Ballistic missile defense Science and technology Ships ordnance | Posted by Andrew Scutro
//U.S. Navy
Scoop Deck has learned that the destroyer Hopper will take part in a ballistic missile intercept test on Thursday off Hawaii. Unlike the land-based interceptor tests also conducted by the Ballistic Missile Defense program, the Standard Missile-3 is shot out of vertical launch missile tubes aboard AEGIS-equipped warships during the seaborne BMD tests. Like previous tests this has the “Stellar” prefix, and will be called “Stellar Avenger.”
Will update with results.