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The Air Force Research Laboratory Thursday successfully tested an airborne method of sinking ships. An F-15E Strike Eagle destroyed a full-scale surface vessel in the Gulf of Mexico by releasing a modified GBU-31 Joint Direct Attack Munition, AFRL announced Friday. It was the second experiment in the QUICKSINK Joint Capability Technology Demonstration, which is designing an air-based, low-cost weapon to target maritime threats. “QUICKSINK is an answer to an urgent need to neutralize maritime threats to freedom around the world,”...

 
The Air Force Research Laboratory Thursday successfully tested an airborne method of sinking ships. An F-15E Strike Eagle destroyed a full-scale surface vessel in the Gulf of Mexico by releasing a modified GBU-31 Joint Direct Attack Munition, AFRL announced Friday. It was the second experiment in the QUICKSINK Joint Capability Technology Demonstration, which is designing an air-based, low-cost weapon to target maritime threats. “QUICKSINK is an answer to an urgent need to neutralize maritime threats to freedom around the world,”...

 
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