US Navy Test Launches Two SM-3s

摘要

In a Missile Defense Agency test, the U.S. Navy launched two Standard Missile-3 Block IBs from the USS Lake Erie against a complex, separating short-range ballistic missile target. The SM-3, made by Raytheon Co. (Waltham, Massachusetts), is a defensive weapon used by the U.S. and Japan to defend against short- to intermediate-range ballistic missiles. The weapon is expected to deploy in 2015.