Pentagon: New-Generation Ballistic Missile Defense Interceptor Test Successful

U.S. Missile Defense System Completes Second Test -- RIA Novosti

The United States successfully carried out a flight test of a new-generation ballistic missile defense interceptor on Wednesday, the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) said.

The Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) system, launched from the Pacific Missile Range Facility, located on Kauai, Hawaii, intercepted a separating ballistic missile target over the Pacific Ocean by the Navy’s newest missile defense interceptor missile, the Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) Block IB.

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