U.S. Navy Standard Missile-2 Live-fire – Eisenhower Strike Group

U.S. Navy ships Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers USS Roosevelt (DDG 80), USS Mason (DDG 87), along with Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruisers USS San Jacinto (CG 56) and USS Monterey (CG 61) launched multiple Standard Missiles 2 (SM-2) at twice the speed of sound to destroy an advanced high-speed target during a live fire test of the ships’ Aegis weapons system. The live fire event was conducted during the EISENHOWER Strike Group Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX), the final certi