SMART-L MM/N radar data supports SM-3 LoR test

摘要

Tracking data from the Royal Netherlands Navy (RNLN) air-defence and command frigate (LCF) HNLMS De Zeven Pro-vincieen has been used to consummate a launch on remote (LoR) exo-atmospheric ballistic missile engagement by a Standard Mis-sile-3 (SM-3) Block IA interceptor fired from a US Navy (USN) Aegis guided-missile destroyer. DeZeven Provincieen is the first of the RNLN's four LCF frigates to receive the Thales SMART-L MM/N D-band early warning radar as part of a maritime ballistic missile defence (MBMD) upgrade. The live-fire test, against a non-separating ballistic missile target, was conducted in the North Atlantic on 30 May as part of the multinational 'At Sea Demo/Formidable Shield 21' ('ASD/FS-21') exercise.