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Monday, September 12, 2022

NASAMS fires AIM-9X, AMRAAM, and AMRAAM-ER in First of its Kind Layered Cruise Missile Defense Experiment

NASAMS fires AIM-9X, AMRAAM, and AMRAAM-ER in First of its Kind Layered Cruise Missile Defense Experiment

"...What is NASAMS?

NASAMS is a ground-to-air-based defence missile system which is used in around 18 countries of the world. NASAMS system protects against UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles), cruise missiles, and UCAV (unmanned combat aerial vehicles). “We demonstrated how integrated defense solutions enable the warfighter to deploy the right effector at the right time and at the right target,” said Wes Kremer, president of Raytheon Missiles & Defense. “Using fielded systems, our goal is to provide customers the quickest, most effective way to protect their people and critical infrastructure with layered cruise missile defense.”...In the latest experiment conducted by Raytheon Missiles & Defense, a part of Raytheon Technologies business, and Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace, version 3 of NASAMS was used to fire AIM-9X, AMRAAM, and AMRAAM-ER missiles. The AIM-9X Sidewinder"

Reference: www.jagranjosh.com .