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B-1B successfully test-fired pair of LRASMs

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A U.S. Air Force B-1B from Dyess Air Force Base has successfully test-fired a pair of production representative Long Range Anti-Ship Missiles (LRASM).

Lockheed Martin’s Long Range Anti-Ship Missile successfully completed another dual-missile test, demonstrating its ability to provide critical capabilities to warfighters. (PRNewsfoto/Lockheed Martin)

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HASC: F-35C lacks the range to strike enemy targets

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The U.S. House Armed Services Committee has directed the Navy to report back by 2019 on how to “expand the strike range of a carrier air wing in a contested environment.” After concluding that the F-35C’s current range will not allow it to strike enemy targets without putting the carrier in harm’s way.

170907-N-CT127-0021 ATLANTIC OCEAN (Sept. 7, 2017) An F-35C Lightning II assigned to the "Grim Reapers" of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA 101) prepares to launch from the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72). Abraham Lincoln is underway conducting training after its successful completion of carrier incremental availability. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Josue Escobosa/Released)
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ATLANTIC OCEAN (Sept. 7, 2017) An F-35C Lightning II assigned to the “Grim Reapers” of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA 101) prepares to launch from the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72). Abraham Lincoln is underway conducting training after its successful completion of carrier incremental availability. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Josue Escobosa/Released)