Naval Today:
U.S. Navy sailors aboard the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) carried out a live-fire exercise with the ship’s RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile weapons systems and Phalanx Close-In Weapons System on November 2.
Carl Vinson fired at two drones using the ship’s aft RAM launcher and fired the CIWS as part of a pre-aim calibration firing evolution during the carrier strike group’s composite training unit exercise (COMPTUEX), a series of drills designed to prepare a ship’s crew for deployment.
During the RAM live-fire portion of the exercise, Team Vinson successfully tracked and engaged two targets, and fired two missiles….
