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ESSM Block 2 intercepts target with its active seeker for the first time

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The Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile (ESSM) Block 2 missile has successfully intercepted a BQM-74E aerial target with its active seeker recently.

US Navy 100723-N-2953W-229 An Evolved Sea Sparrow missile is launched from the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70)
By U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Adrian White [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons


“This flight test is critical to demonstrating the technology for the ESSM Block 2,” Capt. Bruce Schuette, project manager for the NATO Seasparrow Project, said in a Jul. 5 news release.

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