In a Pacific first, Army’s new launcher fires a missile at a maritime target

This year’s Talisman Sabre exercise with Australia included several firsts, the deputy commander of U.S. Army Pacific told reporters Tuesday, chief among them the first time the service’s new mid-range missile launcher practiced shooting at a ship in the Western Hemisphere.The Typhon launcher shot an SM-6 anti-ship missile at a target 166 kilometers away, Lt. Gen. JB Vowell said during an event with George Washington University’s Project for Media and National Security. The lau