SM-6 is one step away from full operational capability

Raytheon says its Standard Missile-6 (SM-6) is just one step away from full operational capability after completing a series of complex testing with the U.S. Navy.

SM-6 Eram June 2014
By U.S. Navy photo/Released (http://www.navy.mil/view_image.asp?id=180264) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

The final round of testing saw four SM-6s engaging against a single shore-launched, sub- or supersonic targets.