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The SM-6 tactical missile has reached initial operation capability, the US Navy announced…

The SM-6 tactical missile has reached initial operation capability, the US Navy announced on Wednesday, with SM-6s successfully loaded onboard USS Kidd (DDG 100) in San Diego, Calif.

 
The SM-6 is designed to provide naval vessels with extended range protection against cruise missiles, unmanned aerial vehicles and fixed and rotary wing aircraft.

 “We’re very pleased to achieve [initial operational capability] on schedule,” said Capt. Mike Ladner, the major program manager of Surface Ship Weapons, whose portfolio includes SM-6. “The SM-6, with its ability to extend the battle space, truly improves shipboard air defense capability. I’m very proud of the entire Standard Missile team on this historic achieve

Operation Grapple near Christmas Island in the South Pacific during the 1950s

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FIRST TEST WAS 1952
By Derby Telegraph  |  Posted: November 28, 2013

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THE UK tested its first hydrogen bombs during Operation Grapple near Christmas Island in the South Pacific during the 1950s.

At the end of May 1956, about 1,200 civilians and servicemen were sent to Christmas Island during 1956.

These tests continued until 1958. Nine nuclear explosions were carried out.

In 2005, a study in New Zealand concluded that sailors from the Royal New Zealand Navy, Royal Navy and Fijian Navy who observed the tests from nearby ships later suffered adverse health effects from exposure to radiation fallout, including cancer and genetic abnormalities in the veterans' child