SLAM-ER

SLAM-ER
Boeing recently conducted a successful flight test of the Navy's
extremely accurate Standoff Land Attack Missile-Expanded Response,
known by the appropriate acronym, SLAM-ER. The test was against a
simulated Iranian Shahab-3 mobile missile and a Russian-made SA-10 air
defense missile. The SLAM-ER scored a direct hit against the moving
SA-10 target at the Navy's China Lake, Calif., air warfare test center
on Sept. 13, the company said. That test followed a June 1 flight test
missile attack against a Shahab-3 missile launcher mock-up. "SLAM-ER
now has the flexibility to engage both fixed and moving land targets,"
said Jan Browne, Boeing's naval weapons director. "This demonstrated
capability greatly enhances the Navy's ability to engage high-interest
mobile targets in today's varied threat environment." The latest
test-firing was carried out from a Navy F/A-18 jet, which was able to
relay targeting data to the SLAM-ER after it was launched. The next
test will involve firing the missile at a SA-3 missile launcher, and
the SLAM-ER will attempt to hit the target as it changes speed and
maneuvers. The satellite-guided missile has a range of up to 155 miles
and is extremely accurate.

from http://www.washingtontimes.com/natio...0015-3030r.htm

Gotta love corporate propaganda...I wonder if anyone involved in writing
this even knows where to find China Lake on the map.

-MB


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SLAM-ER
Boeing recently conducted a successful flight test of the Navy's
extremely accurate Standoff Land Attack Missile-Expanded Response,
known by the appropriate acronym, SLAM-ER. The test was against a
simulated Iranian Shahab-3 mobile missile and a Russian-made SA-10 air
defense missile. The SLAM-ER scored a direct hit against the moving
SA-10 target at the Navy's China Lake, Calif., air warfare test center
on Sept. 13, the company said. That test followed a June 1 flight test
missile attack against a Shahab-3 missile launcher mock-up. "SLAM-ER
now has the flexibility to engage both fixed and moving land targets,"
said Jan Browne, Boeing's naval weapons director. "This demonstrated
capability greatly enhances the Navy's ability to engage high-interest
mobile targets in today's varied threat environment." The latest
test-firing was carried out from a Navy F/A-18 jet, which was able to
relay targeting data to the SLAM-ER after it was launched. The next
test will involve firing the missile at a SA-3 missile launcher, and
the SLAM-ER will attempt to hit the target as it changes speed and
maneuvers. The satellite-guided missile has a range of up to 155 miles
and is extremely accurate.

from http://www.washingtontimes.com/natio...0015-3030r.htm