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Second New SM-3 Interceptor Test Fails

Monday, July 3rd, 2017

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A new Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) Block IIA missile intercept test conducted off the coast of Hawaii failed, the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) said on June 21.The June 21 test, called Standard Missile-3 Block IIA Cooperative Development Flight Test Maritime-2 (SFTM-2), was a partnership between the MDA and the Japan Ministry of Defense. It involved the use of a medium-range ballistic missile target missile launched from the Pacific Missile Range Facility at Kauai, Hawaii.The USS John Paul Jones (DDG-53), an Arleigh Burke-class guided missile…

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