At my last job, this missile was one of my programs, and I had set a requirement that they perform a live-fire test against a decommissioned ship. I'm glad to see that they actually did it. I won't say anything more about this, except for my usual warning to be skeptical of anything you read in the press.
I'm not sure if Mirth's question is real. NSM is supposed to go on FFG(X) and has been installed on one LCS so far. It's supposed to be installed on more LCS, but the program was always vague about how many and when. LCS also have Hellfire, which was tested against small craft this time last year. I was supposed to go out on LCS last October for a week, but the ship I was supposed to go on broke.