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Japanese Destroyers First Successfully Test SM-3 In Ballistic Missile Defense Test

Japanese Destroyers First Successfully Test SM-3 In Ballistic Missile Defense Test
The Japanese Aegis-equipped guided-missile destroyer JS Maya (DDG-179) fires an SM-3 Block IIA missile against a T4-E target mimicking a medium-range ballistic missile (MRBM) on November 16, 2022 in a U.S.-Japan joint test off the coast of Hawaii. (Photo: Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force)

The U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA), U.S. Navy and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) on Monday announced the first successful missile defense test firing of Standard Missile-3 missiles from Japanese destroyers off the coast of Hawaii. The testing occurred over a two-week event with two live fire exercises, called Japan Flight Test Mission-07 (JFTM-07). The first test on Nov. 16 had the Aegis-equipped guided-missile destroyer JS Maya (DDG-179) fire an SM-3 Block IIA missile against a T4-E target mimicking a…

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