
The Navy and Missile Defense Agency (MDA) over the weekend fired four Standard Missile (SM)-6 Dual II missiles against a raid of two short-range ballistic missile targets, successfully intercepting at least one. MDA said in a statement that this test on July 24, Flight Test Missile (FTM)-33, was “the most complex mission executed” by the agency. The objective was to intercept a raid of two short-range ballistic missile targets with two SM-6 Dual II interceptor salvos consisting of four total…