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Nov. 23 (UPI) — Surface combatants from the USS Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group, including a cruiser and three destroyers, participated in a Live Fire With a Purpose exercise Sunday with SM-2 Block III surface-to-air missiles.
The Ticonderoga-class cruiser USS Leyte Gulf and Arleigh Burke-class destroyers USS Bainbridge, USS Mason and USS Nitze all engaged in the LFWAP, which is more intensive and involves more coordination between ships than a standard missile exercise.
“Having previously been on the exercise-development side of LFWAP, as the operational commander I’m extremely pleased to see how our CRUDES ships flexed their capabilities and strengthened how we operate as a team — as opposed to individual units — throughout this event,” commander of CSG 12 Rear Adm. John Wade said in a release.
