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HASC Amendment Reinstates SM-3 IIA ICBM Test

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HASC Amendment Reinstates SM-3 IIA ICBM Test
The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) and U.S. Navy sailors manning the Aegis Ashore Missile Defense Test Complex (AAMDTC) at the Pacific Missile Range Facility (PMRF) in Kauai, Hawaii, successfully conduct launch a Standard Missile-3 Block IIA interceptor in Flight Test Integrated-03 (FTI-03). (Photo: Missile Defense Agency)

The House Armed Services Committee approved an amendment to the FY ’20 defense authorization bill that reinstates a planned Standard Missile (SM)-3 Block IIA intercept test. While the FY ’18 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) required a test of the SM-3 IIA against an ICBM-range target by December 2020, the chairman’s mark included a provision that restricted the test occur only after the SM-3 IIA finishes “operationally realistic testing” against medium and intermediate-range threats. The language underscored these are the…

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