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Navy Finishes Pacific Dragon Exercise, Included SM-3 Intercept Test

Tuesday, August 16th, 2022

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Navy Finishes Pacific Dragon Exercise, Included SM-3 Intercept Test

USS Fitzgerald (DDG-62) launches a Standard Missile-3 Block IA as part of international Pacific Dragon 2022 biennial exercise in the Hawaiian Islands Operating Area. (Photo: U.S. Navy)

The U.S. Navy completed the biennial Pacific Dragon 2022 exercise off the coast of Hawaii this week, which included a Standard Missile (SM-3) intercept test. This multinational air and missile exercise featured naval forces from the U.S., Australia, Canada, Japan, South Korea and U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA). The event lasted from Aug. 5-15 at the Pacific Missile Range Facility Barking Sands (PMRF) and off the coast of Kauai, Hawaii. The Navy said the exercise is officially meant “to improve…

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