New USMC Ship-Killing Units Get Longer-Range Missiles, MQ-9 EW

Brian Everstine July 02, 2024

A USMC Navy Marine Expeditionary Ship Interdiction System.

Credit: U.S. Marine Corps
New, high-tech U.S. Marine Corps units focused on destroying ships in the Pacific are focusing on modernization on advancing the range of missiles and electronic warfare (EW) gear for their MQ-9s to cloak the drones from enemy radars. The Corps’ notorious Force Design 2030 plan, first released in...
Brian Everstine

Brian Everstine is the Pentagon Editor for Aviation Week, based in Washington, D.C. Before joining Aviation Week in August 2021, he covered the Pentagon for Air Force Magazine. Brian began covering defense aviation in 2011 as a reporter for Military Times.

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