Marine Corps announces successful Medium Range Intercept Capability test

By Aidan Quigley / December 21, 2021 at 11:41 AM
The Marine Corps' Medium Range Intercept Capability prototype successfully engaged targets last week at White Sands Missile Range, the service announced Tuesday. MRIC integrates the Marine Corps Ground/Air Task Oriented Radar and Common Aviation Command and Control System with Israel’s Iron Dome mini-Battle Management Control and Tamir missile. The Dec. 16 test was the first in a series of live-fire events scheduled for fiscal year 2022 that will be carried out against increasingly challenging cruise missile profiles, the service said...

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