A st??n? ?i?-????nc? s?st?m ??s ??c?m? t?? c??n??st?n? ?? ????nc? st??t??i?s sinc? t?? st??t ?? t?? R?ssi?-Uk??in? w?? l?st ????.
In ??s??ns? t? t?is ???win? ????nsiv? ??st???, N??t???? G??mm?n ??s c?m?l?t?? t?? ?i?t? c?ns?c?tiv? t?st ?? its ??v?nc?? ?nti-???i?ti?n ??i??? missil? ?xt?n??? ??n?? (AARGM-ER) ?i?-t?-????n? missil?.
It w?s ?nn??nc?? t??t t?? missil? s?cc?ss??ll? ??t?ct??, i??nti?i??, l?c?t?? ?n? ?n????? ?n ??v?nc??, l?n?-??s?? ?mitt?? t????t. It w?s ?i??? ?v??l?n? ???inst ?????ti?n?ll?-?????s?nt?tiv? m????n ?i? ????nc? s?st?m t????ts.
AARGM-ER ??liv??i?s will ???in l?t?? t?is ???? t? s?????t initi?l ?????ti?n?l c????ilit? ??? t?? US N?v? in 2024. T?? missil? is ??in? int????t?? ?n t?? N?v?’s F/A-18E/F S???? H??n?t; EA-18G G??wl??; t?? Ai? F??c?’s F-35A ?i??t?? j?ts, t?? M??in? C???s’ F-35Bs ?n? F-35Cs.
Vic? P??si??nt in ??v?nc?? w????ns ??? N??t???? G??mm?n G????n T??n?? st?t??: “ AARGM-ER ???vi??s t?? N?v? wit? ? ??m?nst??t?? c????ilit? t? st?? ????? ?? ??v??s??? t????ts. T?is s?cc?ss??l liv? ?i?? c?ntin??s t? ???v? t?? missil?’s ?xt?n??? ??n??, ????in?ss, ?n? ????ctiv?n?ss.”
US N?v? C??t?in ?n? N?v? P?????mm? M?n???? ??? Di??ct ?n? Tim? S?nsitiv? St?ik? Al?x D?tk? cl?im??: “AARGM-ER ?nc? ???in ??m?nst??t?? ?i??-s???? ?m?l??m?nt ?? l?t??l ????cts ???inst ?n ?i?-????nc? s?st?m t????t. T?is is ?n?t??? s?cc?ss??l st?? in ??? ??v??nm?nt-in??st?? t??m’s ?????t t? ??liv?? t?is c?itic?ll? n????? c????illit? t? ??? w???i??t??s.”
T?? missil?’s ??v?l??m?nt ?s?s ?i?it?l m???llin? ?n? int????t?? ??v?nc?? AARGM s?ns??s ?n? ?l?ct??nics in ?n ?i? v??icl? wit? ???????? ?????lsi?n ?n? ?n ??timis?? w??????.
T?? n?w missil? will ???vi?? t?? N?v?, Ai? ???c? ?n? M??in? C???s wit? ? ?s???l c??nt??-?i?-????nc? c????ilit? t??t c?n ?n???? ??v?nc?? ?n? l?n?-??n?? t????ts w?ill? ?il?ts ??m?in ??tsi?? ?? l?t??l ?n????m?nt ??n??s.
S?m? ??l??s w??? ?x???i?nc?? in t?? t?stin? ???c?ss ?iv?n t??t t?? ?xt?n???-??n?? c????ilit? ?xc???s m?st t?st ??n?? in???st??ct???. As ? ??s?lt, ??n?? sc????lin? ??s ???n ? c??ll?n?? ??? t?? ??????m, ??s?ltin? in ??j?stm?nts t? t?? t?st ?l?n ?n? c?nt?i??tin? ???t??? t? sc????l? ??l??s.
