Australia And U.S. Test-Fire New SM-2-Based Air Defense System

Derringer launcher

SM-2 missile fired from the Derringer launcher.

Credit: Australian Department of Defense
SINGAPORE—Australia and the U.S. have successfully conducted the first live-fire test of a new medium-range surface-to-air missile (SAM) system based on the RTX Standard Missile-2 (SM-2). The test, codenamed Exercise Taipan Strike 26, was conducted in June at the Woomera Test Range in South...
Chen Chuanren

Chen Chuanren is the Southeast Asia and China Editor for Aviation Week's Air Transport World magazine and the Asia-Pacific Defense Correspondent for Aviation Week.

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