DefenceTalkPACIFIC MISSILE RANGE FACILITY, Hawaii: The U.S. Navy and Missile Defense Agency (MDA) have completed the first successful intercept flight test of a Raytheon Company (RTN) Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) Block IIA, a defensive weapon designed to defeat short- to intermediate-range ballistic missile threats. Crew members onboard the USS John Paul Jones (DDG-53) launched a SM-3 […]https://www.defencetalk.com/next-gen-standard-missile-3-completes-first-intercept-test-68983/

DefenceTalkThe Missile Defense Agency (MDA) and the Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS) Operational Test Agency, in conjunction with U.S. Pacific Command, U.S. European Command, and Joint Functional Component Command for Integrated Missile Defense, successfully conducted the first intercept flight test today (December 9, Hawaii Standard Time) of a land-based Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) weapon […]https://www.defencetalk.com/sm-3-completes-first-intercept-test-from-aegis-ashore-test-site-66051/

DefenceTalkThe U.S. Navy and Missile Defense Agency (MDA) conducted the first flight test of the Raytheon Company Standard Missile-3 Block IIA. The interceptor’s bigger rocket motors and more capable kill vehicle will engage threats sooner and protect larger regions from short- to intermediate-range ballistic missile threats. The final assembly of the Raytheon-made Standard Missile-3 Block […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-begins-flight-testing-advanced-missile-defense-interceptor-64421/