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    USS Interceptor (AGR-8/YAGR-8) was a Guardian-class radar picket ship acquired by the US Navy in 1955, from the "mothballed" reserve fleet. She was reconfigured...
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  • Look up interceptor in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Interceptor may refer to: The Interceptor, a British drama series on BBC One Interceptor (game show)...
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    During the test, the USS John Paul Jones (DDG-53)... fired a salvo of two Raytheon [RTN] Standard Missile-6 (SM-6) interceptors in immediate succession...
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  • The Interceptor multi-threat body armor system (IBA) is a bullet-resistant body armor system that was used by the United States Armed Forces during the...
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    These missiles have been updated (2017) and use non-nuclear kinetic interceptors instead, to intercept any incoming ICBMs. The Israeli Arrow 3 system...
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    USS Intensity (PG-93) USS Interceptor (YAGR-8/AGR-8) USS Interdictor (YAGR-13/AGR-13) USS Interpreter (AGR-14) USS Interrupter (AGR-15) USS Intrepid (1798,...
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    deployed for the first time in combat. The USS Arleigh Burke (DDG-51) and USS Carney (DDG 64) fired several interceptors towards Iranian ballistic missiles....
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    the term now refers to the entire program, not just the ground-based interceptors and associated facilities. Other elements that could potentially be integrated...
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    USS APc-1 USS APc-2 USS APc-3 USS APc-4 USS APc-5 USS APc-6 USS APc-7 USS APc-8 USS APc-9 USS APc-10 USS APc-11 USS APc-12 USS APc-13 USS APc-14 USS APc-15...
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    converted to USS Interceptor (AGR-8) a Guardian-class radar picket ship for the US Navy in 1955. SS James F. Harrell removed and converted to USS Picket (YAGR-7)...
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  • Thumbnail for List of yard and district craft of the United States Navy
    (YAGR-7) USS Interceptor (YAGR-8) USS Investigator (YAGR-9) USS Outpost (YAGR-10) USS Protector (YAGR-11) USS Vigil (YAGR-12) USS Interdictor (YAGR-13) USS Interpreter...
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    U.S. Navy's primary maritime air superiority fighter, fleet defense interceptor, and tactical aerial reconnaissance platform into the 2000s. The Low...
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    USS John Paul Jones (DDG-53) is an Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer in the United States Navy. She is the fifth ship named after American...
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    Phalanx CIWS by 2013. DDGs 91–96 (USS Pinckney, USS Momsen, USS Chung-Hoon, USS Nitze, USS James E. Williams, and USS Bainbridge) were built with superstructure...
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    USS Pinckney (DDG-91) is an Arleigh Burke-class (Flight IIA) Aegis guided missile destroyer in the United States Navy. She is named for African American...
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    2025, the USS Pinckney participated in Flight Test Other-40 (FTX-40), codenamed Stellar Banshee, in which a virtualized SM-6 Block IAU interceptor was tested...
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  • North Carolina post-war. To United States Navy in June 1955 and renamed Interceptor. Converted for naval use at Charleston Naval Shipyard. Laid up at Suisin...
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    Incident, where North Korea had seized the intelligence ship USS Pueblo. The 82nd Fighter Interceptor Squadron maintained a presence in South Korea with a detachment...
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  • F/A-18 Interceptor is a combat flight simulator developed by Intellisoft and published by Electronic Arts for the Amiga in 1988. The player mainly flies...
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    USS Lake Erie (CG-70) is a Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser of the United States Navy, commissioned in 1993. She was named after the U.S. Navy's...
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    suggested the name 'Tamir' (Hebrew acronym for טיל מיירט, Til Meyaret, 'interceptor missile') for the missile, and for the system itself we thought of 'Golden...
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    swishing sound of a sword) is a Japanese World War II rocket-powered interceptor aircraft closely based on the German Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet. Built...
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    ballistic missiles in their terminal phase (descent or reentry). The THAAD interceptor carries no warhead, instead relying on its kinetic energy of impact to...
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  • Thumbnail for Aegis Combat System
    2025, the USS Pinckney participated in Flight Test Other-40 (FTX-40), codenamed Stellar Banshee, in which a virtualized SM-6 Block IAU interceptor was tested...
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  • operated from 1945 to 1948, became USS Interceptor (AGR-8) in 1956. Coastal Explorer operator in 1946, was USS Pipestone (AK-203) Victory ships: East...
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    calendar) official specification. It was to be a strictly local-defense interceptor, intended to counter the threat of high-altitude bomber raids, and thus...
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    USS Hopper (DDG-70) is an Arleigh Burke-class (Flight I) Aegis guided missile destroyer of the United States Navy, named for the pioneering computer scientist...
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    sea tours include USS Sampson (DDG-10), USS Philippine Sea (CG 58) and two tours aboard USS San Jacinto (CG 56). He commanded USS Russell (DDG 59) where...
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    Fighter Interceptor Wing (12th, 44th, 55th Squadrons) – F-86F 21st Fighter Interceptor Wing (92d, 416th, 531st Squadrons) – F-86F 33d Fighter Interceptor Wing...
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    USS America (CVA/CV-66) was one of three Kitty Hawk-class supercarriers built for the United States Navy in the 1960s. Commissioned in 1965, she spent...
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