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Japan Intercepts Target Missile In First Aegis SM-3 IB Test

Walt Evans

Friday, September 14th, 2018

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A Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) destroyer successfully conducted its first Aegis missile defense intercept test with the Raytheon [RTN] Standard Missile-3 Block IB off the coast of Hawaii on Sep. 11.The test, called Japan Flight Test Mission-05 (JTFM-05), aimed to demonstrate a successful engagement of a target missile from the Japanese destroyer JS Atago (DDG-177) using the Aegis ballistic missile defense capability.This was the first Japanese test using the SM-3 IB and it occurred with the participation of the…

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