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May 26 and May 30 were excellent days for the USS Paul Ignatius’s crew, who experienced the thrill of completing a challenging exercise, in which ballistic missile targets were successfully intercepted. As the “youngest” operational destroyer added to the fleet, USS Paul Ignatius (DDG 117) got the chance to prove that it can live up to its “Always ready, fight on” motto.
The ability to launch, track and intercept missiles is highly important for any defense strategy, and Paul Ignatius’s crew, who had recently completed the basic training for this, demonstrated that it’s a powerful player.
With the aid of a Dutch De Zeven Provincien-class frigate, the US Navy destroyer USS Paul Ignatius used two Standard Missile-3 interceptors to destroy ballistic missiles while they were still in space during the Formidable Shield NATO sea exercises.
The Space and Missile Defense Command Technical Centerâs targets team launched a Pathfinder Zombie target May 19 from the Hebrides Range in Scotland during the ongoing At-Sea Demo/Formidable Shield 2021 exercise.
The purpose of At-Sea Demo/Formidable Shield 2021, which includes approximately 10 nations participating with ships, aircraft, ground assets and deployed staff, is to improve allied interoperability in a joint live-fire Integrated Air and Missile Defense environment. SMDC played a role in the exercise by internationally shipping a fully integrated round for the first time.
âThis was my first mission as test director for SMDC. Leading this team of professionals in the first international Pathfinder Zombie launch was an honor for me and being in Scotland was pretty special within itself,â Pamela Galloway, mission test director, Targets Test Directorate, Technical Center, said. âWe provided a successful target at the planned launch time and appeared to hav
NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN - As part of the ongoing At-Sea-Demo/Formidable Shield 2021 exercise, the U.S. Navy Arleigh-Burke class guided-missile destroyer USS Paul Ignatius (DDG 117) fired two Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) interceptors to engage ballistic missile,