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Missile Defense

MDA Says SM-3 IIA Test Failure Caused By Third Stage Ignition Part

Tuesday, October 2nd, 2018

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MDA Says SM-3 IIA Test Failure Caused By Third Stage Ignition Part

An SM-3 Block IIA missile interceptor is launched from the USS John Paul Jones in a Feb. 2017 test called SFTM-1. (Photo: Missile Defense Agency)

The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) said it found the likely reason why a Raytheon [RTN] Standard Missile-3 Block IIA missile failed to intercept a target in a January test (FTM-29): a device did not ignite the third stage rocket motor (TSRM).MDA and U.S. Navy sailors manning the Aegis Ashore Missile Defense Test Complex in Hawaii attempted to conduct a live-fire missile intercept flight test using an SM-3 IIA, but the missile missed the test warhead. The test target was launched…

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