80 Years of Building the Threat: How Point Mugu’s Target Mission Shapes Fleet Lethality

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80 Years of Building the Threat: How Point Mugu’s Target Mission Shapes Fleet Lethality

Point Mugu has spent eight decades doing something counterintuitive: trying to sink the fleet. The fleet is stronger because of it.

A BQM-177A subsonic aerial target launches from Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake, California, April 2, 2024, marking the 200th BQM-177 flight conducted by the Pacific Target and Marine Operations Division. Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division’s Threat Target Systems Department develops and operates aerial, surface and electronic warfare targets that give Navy and joint warfighters realistic threat representations for test and training.

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