Tag: Hornet

Super Hornet Armed With SM-6 Missile Spotted Over California

Photos have emerged showing a U.S. Navy F/A-18E/F Super Hornet carrying what appears to be an air-launched version of the hugely versatile SM-6 missile, also known as the RIM-174. The SM-6 was originally designed as a surface-launched weapon that can counter air-breathing aerial threats at long ranges, ballistic missiles in their terminal stages of flight, […]

How Alameda’s USS Hornet can help prevent climate change

(KRON) — The USS Hornet Sea, Air & Space Museum in Alameda became the hub for a group of researchers attempting to combat climate change. Last month, researchers from the University of Washington started shooting sea salt particles– otherwise known as aerosols– into the sky to reflect sunlight away from the Earth. Researchers aren’t entirely […]