Military Weapons The World Didn’t Think Were Possible

RIM-7 SEASPARROW Missile

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This is a RIM7P NATO SEASPARROW Missiles launched from the USS Abraham Lincoln on August 13, 2007. The U.S. Navy tested four of these bad boys during a stream raid shoot exercise in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. They successfully engaged and destroyed two turbojet-powered drone aircraft and a remote-controlled Rigid Hulled Inflatable Boat.

Meant to defend against enemy warship missiles, the exact speed and range of these missiles remain classified. Guided by radars, the RIM-7 SEASPARROW can make flight corrections through radar uplinks. Besides the U.S. Navy, at least 18 other foreign navies use this weapon.

The Navy even has an army of drones that can swarm its enemies, as you’ll soon see.