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

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Japan Intercepts Target Missile In First Aegis SM-3 IB Test
100730-N-8539M-219 The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force guided-missile destroyer JS Atago (DDG-177) arrives at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam after participating in the 2010 Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise. (U.S. Navy Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class N. Brett Morton)

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 Tuesday.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 U.S.…

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