US Navy Launches two SM-3s Against Single Ballistic Missile Target

摘要

In a Missile Defense Agency (MDA) test, the US Navy launched two Raytheon Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) Block IBs from the USS LAKE ERIE against a complex, separating short-range ballistic missile target. The first guided missile successfully destroyed the target using the sheer kinetic force of a massive collision in space. "Confidence in the SM-3 Block IB's defensive capability continues to grow with each flight test," said Dr. Taylor Lawrence, Raytheon Missile Systems President. "When this weapon deploys in 2015, the U.S. and our allies will have a tremendously reliable, capable defensive asset on their side."