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The U.S. Navy Used its SM-3 Interceptor Missile for the First Time
U nited States Navy warships fired the RIM-161 Standard Missile 3 (SM-3) ship-based surface-to-air interceptor missile for the first time in combat operation this past weekend to counter Iranian ...
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US Navy's first combat use of SM-3 missile to stop Iranian attack
The SM-3 missile operates in three stages. Initially, it is launched from a ship into space. In its mid-course phase, it travels through space, utilizing onboard sensors and data from ground ...
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US Navy tests SM-3 Block IIA Interceptor Missile
An curved arrow pointing right. The SM-3 Block IIA Interceptor Missile was designed to intercept and destroy other missiles. Watch its first intercept test as another missile was launched from ...
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MDA, U.S. Navy Track Hypersonic Weapon with Aegis System in Ballistic Missile Defense Test
The FTX-40 test, or “Stellar Banshee,” served as a validation for modern hypersonic missile tracking satellites, upgraded ...
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U.S. Navy’s SM-6 Missile Moves Closer to Hypersonic Intercept Capability After Successful Aegis Destroyer Test
The U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) has successfully simulated an intercept of a mock advanced hypersonic missile using a ...
The Diplomat5y
Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) Block IIA
Japan will take delivery of additional Standard Missile-3 Block IIA interceptors, according to the Pentagon.
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Raytheon Secures Navy Contract Modification for SM-2 Missile
Read about a U.S. Navy contract modification awarded to RTX business Raytheon for the purchase of SM-2 missiles and spares in ...
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Aegis Combat System Demonstrates System’s Capability to Counter Hypersonic Threats
Standard Missile 6, the U.S. Navy successfully shot down a threat representative Hypersonic Target Vehicle (HTV-1) off the ...