
The United States and Japan on Saturday successfully completed a Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) Block IIA flight test, the first live fire of the SM-3 Block IIA missile, according to a Missile Defense Agency (MDA) statement.The missile successfully demonstrated flyout through nose cone deployment and third stage flight. Raytheon [RTN], prime contractor for SME-3 Block IIA, said Sunday in a statement the mission also evaluated steering control section function, booster separation and second and third stage rocket motor separation.No intercept was…