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US Marines gearing up to defend 'key' terrain near China are about to get a first-of-its-kind ship-hunting missile

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US Marines fire a missile from a Navy/Marine Expeditionary Ship Interdiction System in California on June 28. US Marine Corps/Cpl. Earik Barton Marines did a first-of-its-kind test of the Navy-Marine Expeditionary Ship Interdiction System in June. NMESIS, a ground-based anti-ship missile, is set to be fielded for the first time later this year. It's one of many weapons Marines are developing with the goal of controlling "key maritime terrain." Marines in California tested the Corps' new ground-based anti-ship missile in late June, just a few months before the service plans to field the weapon with a new unit in Hawaii,…

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