{"id":19303,"date":"2017-10-25T00:41:13","date_gmt":"2017-10-25T00:41:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/uncategorized\/2017\/10\/25\/marines-launch-rocket-from-amphibious-ship-to-destroy-target-on-land\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T20:34:33","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T20:34:33","slug":"marines-launch-rocket-from-amphibious-ship-to-destroy-target-on-land","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/news\/your-marine-corps\/2017\/10\/25\/marines-launch-rocket-from-amphibious-ship-to-destroy-target-on-land\/","title":{"rendered":"Marines launch rocket from amphibious ship to destroy land target 70 km away"},"content":{"rendered":"
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During a recent test, a High Mobility Artillery Rocket System aboard the amphibious transport dock Anchorage successfully destroyed a target on land 70 kilometers away, according to the Defense Department.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The test happened Sunday during the ongoing Dawn Blitz exercise, which is integrating both HIMARS and the F-35B into an amphibious force, a Defense Department story says. Marines from 5th Battalion, 11th Marines successfully launched the land-based rocket system from the Anchorage while at sea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIn an environment where we are operating in contested waters, we are finding a way to be able to support the land force with deeper strike capabilities,\u201d Capt. AJ Kowaleuski, an artillery officer with I Marine Expeditionary Force, said in the story.<\/p>\n\n\n\t