USS Savannah Successfully Completes Live-Fire Demonstration

Courtesy Photo | USS Savannah (LCS 28) conducts a live-fire demonstration in the Eastern Pacific Ocean utilizing a containerized launching system that fired an SM-6 missile from the ship at a designated target. The exercise demonstrated the modularity and lethality of Littoral Combat Ships and the ability to successfully integrate a containerized weapons system to engage a surface target. The exercise will inform continued testing, evaluation and integration of containerized weapons systems on afloat platforms.  

PACIFIC OCEAN

10.24.2023

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Commander, Naval Surface Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet

USS Savannah (LCS 28) conducted a live-fire demonstration Oct. 24 in the Eastern Pacific Ocean utilizing a containerized launching system that fired an SM-6 missile at a designated target. The exercise demonstrated the modularity and lethality of Littoral Combat Ships and the ability to successfully integrate a containerized weapons system to engage a surface target. The exercise will inform continued testing, evaluation and integration of containerized weapons systems on afloat platforms.

• Date Taken: 10.24.2023
• Date Posted: 10.24.2023 21:32
• Story ID: 456467
• Location: PACIFIC OCEAN