The Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) Block IIA, a new, longer-range variant of the SM-3 interceptor, has achieved its first shoot-down of a ballistic missile target, according to the United States Missile Defense Agency (MDA) and its industry partners.During a Feb. 3 test, a medium-range ballistic missile target was launched from the Pacific Missile Range Facility at Kauai, Hawaii, at 10:30 p.m. local time. The USS John Paul Jones (DDG-53), a destroyer positioned northwest of the range and equipped with the latest…
New Standard Missile-3 Variant Completes First Target Intercept
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Rich Abott
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