Posted on Feb 25, 2015
Small Diameter Bomb II Completes Live Fire Test Destroying T-72 Tank
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Air Force F-15 Eagle recently destroyed a moving –model T-72 tank during a live-fire test of the Small Diameter Bomb II at White Sands Missile Range, N.M., service leaders said.
“Just this month we had a successful live fire mission. It was an F-15E that targeted a moving T-72 tank surrogate. We’re still analyzing the data to get the details of it but the visual indicated it was a direct hit,” Lt. Gen. Ellen Pawlikowski, military deputy for Air Force acquisition, told Military.com in an interview.
The test earlier this month was the final live fire mission required for the developmental weapons program to move toward what’s called a “Milestone C” full rate production decision, she added.
Read more: http://defensetech.org/2015/02/25/small-diameter-bomb-ii-completes-live-fire-test-destroying-t-72-tank/#ixzz3SoWR2lzW
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“Just this month we had a successful live fire mission. It was an F-15E that targeted a moving T-72 tank surrogate. We’re still analyzing the data to get the details of it but the visual indicated it was a direct hit,” Lt. Gen. Ellen Pawlikowski, military deputy for Air Force acquisition, told Military.com in an interview.
The test earlier this month was the final live fire mission required for the developmental weapons program to move toward what’s called a “Milestone C” full rate production decision, she added.
Read more: http://defensetech.org/2015/02/25/small-diameter-bomb-ii-completes-live-fire-test-destroying-t-72-tank/#ixzz3SoWR2lzW
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