US , Japan Successfully Conduct First SM-3 Block IIA Intercept Test ( Video )
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Feb 2017 Edition
US , Japan Successfully Conduct First SM-3 Block IIA Intercept Test ( Video )
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U . S . demonstrates enhanced capabilities of larger , more advanced missile defense interceptor ( Image Credit : Leah Garton , DVIDS )
The U . S . Missile Defense Agency , the Japan Ministry of Defense , and U . S . Navy Sailors aboard USS John Paul Jones ( DDG 53 ) successfully conducted a flight test Feb . 3 ( Hawaii Standard Time ), resulting in the first intercept of a ballistic missile target using the Standard Missile-3 ( SM-3 )
At approximately 10:30 p . m ., Hawaii Standard Time , Feb . 3 ( 3:30 a . m . Eastern Daylight Time , Feb . 4 ) a medium-range ballistic missile target was launched from the Pacific Missile Range Facility at Kauai , Hawaii . ( See from multiple views , courtesy of defenseupdate and YouTube )
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