Shown here is a USMC G/ATOR radar. In 2019 the USMC conducted a live-fire event to demonstrate initial ‘interoperability‘ of an Iron Dome launcher and Tamir interceptor with the G/ATOR and a CAC2S. The service has now completed a series of live-fire tests with the MRIC prototype, and leadership is expected to make a ‘certification' decision about deploying the weapon system. (US Marine Corps )

The US Marine Corps (USMC) recently completed a trio of live-fire tests with its new cruise missile defence prototype that integrates Iron Dome components with other US air-defence assets. This final test of the Medium-Range Intercept Capability (MRIC) “demonstrated and proved” that the weapon system “exceeds” threshold requirements, according to Barbara Hamby, a spokesperson for the USMC Program Executive Officer (PEO) Land Systems.

Programme officials embarked on a series of three MRIC flight tests during the past year, and wrapped up the stint with the third test event on 7–9 September at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico, Hamby told Janes in a 30 September email.

Shown here is a USMC G/ATOR radar. In 2019 the USMC conducted a live-fire event to demonstrate initial ‘interoperability‘ of an Iron Dome launcher and Tamir interceptor with the G/ATOR and a CAC2S. The service has now completed a series of live-fire tests with the MRIC prototype, and leadership is expected to make a ‘certification' decision about deploying the weapon system. (US Marine Corps )

The US Marine Corps (USMC) recently completed a trio of live-fire tests with its new cruise missile defence prototype that integrates Iron Dome components with other US air-defence assets. This final test of the Medium-Range Intercept Capability (MRIC) “demonstrated and proved” that the weapon system “exceeds” threshold requirements, according to Barbara Hamby, a spokesperson for the USMC Program Executive Officer (PEO) Land Systems.

Programme officials embarked on a series of three MRIC flight tests during the past year, and wrapped up the stint with the third test event on 7–9 September at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico, Hamby told Janes in a 30 September email.

Shown here is a USMC G/ATOR radar. In 2019 the USMC conducted a live-fire event to demonstrate initial ‘interoperability‘ of an Iron Dome launcher and Tamir interceptor with the G/ATOR and a CAC2S. The service has now completed a series of live-fire tests with the MRIC prototype, and leadership is expected to make a ‘certification' decision about deploying the weapon system. (US Marine Corps )

The US Marine Corps (USMC) recently completed a trio of live-fire tests with its new cruise missile defence prototype that integrates Iron Dome components with other US air-defence assets. This final test of the Medium-Range Intercept Capability (MRIC) “demonstrated and proved” that the weapon system “exceeds” threshold requirements, according to Barbara Hamby, a spokesperson for the USMC Program Executive Officer (PEO) Land Systems.

Programme officials embarked on a series of three MRIC flight tests during the past year, and wrapped up the stint with the third test event on 7–9 September at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico, Hamby told Janes in a 30 September email.

Shown here is a USMC G/ATOR radar. In 2019 the USMC conducted a live-fire event to demonstrate initial ‘interoperability‘ of an Iron Dome launcher and Tamir interceptor with the G/ATOR and a CAC2S. The service has now completed a series of live-fire tests with the MRIC prototype, and leadership is expected to make a ‘certification' decision about deploying the weapon system. (US Marine Corps )

The US Marine Corps (USMC) recently completed a trio of live-fire tests with its new cruise missile defence prototype that integrates Iron Dome components with other US air-defence assets. This final test of the Medium-Range Intercept Capability (MRIC) “demonstrated and proved” that the weapon system “exceeds” threshold requirements, according to Barbara Hamby, a spokesperson for the USMC Program Executive Officer (PEO) Land Systems.

Programme officials embarked on a series of three MRIC flight tests during the past year, and wrapped up the stint with the third test event on 7–9 September at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico, Hamby told Janes in a 30 September email.

Shown here is a USMC G/ATOR radar. In 2019 the USMC conducted a live-fire event to demonstrate initial ‘interoperability‘ of an Iron Dome launcher and Tamir interceptor with the G/ATOR and a CAC2S. The service has now completed a series of live-fire tests with the MRIC prototype, and leadership is expected to make a ‘certification' decision about deploying the weapon system. (US Marine Corps )

The US Marine Corps (USMC) recently completed a trio of live-fire tests with its new cruise missile defence prototype that integrates Iron Dome components with other US air-defence assets. This final test of the Medium-Range Intercept Capability (MRIC) “demonstrated and proved” that the weapon system “exceeds” threshold requirements, according to Barbara Hamby, a spokesperson for the USMC Program Executive Officer (PEO) Land Systems.

Programme officials embarked on a series of three MRIC flight tests during the past year, and wrapped up the stint with the third test event on 7–9 September at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico, Hamby told Janes in a 30 September email.

Shown here is a USMC G/ATOR radar. In 2019 the USMC conducted a live-fire event to demonstrate initial ‘interoperability‘ of an Iron Dome launcher and Tamir interceptor with the G/ATOR and a CAC2S. The service has now completed a series of live-fire tests with the MRIC prototype, and leadership is expected to make a ‘certification' decision about deploying the weapon system. (US Marine Corps )

The US Marine Corps (USMC) recently completed a trio of live-fire tests with its new cruise missile defence prototype that integrates Iron Dome components with other US air-defence assets. This final test of the Medium-Range Intercept Capability (MRIC) “demonstrated and proved” that the weapon system “exceeds” threshold requirements, according to Barbara Hamby, a spokesperson for the USMC Program Executive Officer (PEO) Land Systems.

Programme officials embarked on a series of three MRIC flight tests during the past year, and wrapped up the stint with the third test event on 7–9 September at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico, Hamby told Janes in a 30 September email.