The USS John Finn launches an SM-3 Block IIA guided missile which intercepts a target missile launched from the Pacific Missile Range Facility at Kauai, October 26, 2018. (Mark Wright/ Missile Defense Agency
DoD Buzz: Navy Destroys Ballistic Missile Target in Successful Interceptor Test
U.S. sailors aboard the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer John Finn destroyed a target Friday with the latest version of the Standard Missile-3 interceptor during a flight test off the coast of Hawaii.
The ship launched the SM-3 Block IIA guided missile, which then successfully intercepted a medium-range ballistic missile target deployed from the Pacific Missile Range Facility at Kauai, Hawaii, according to a U.S. Missile Defense Agency press release.
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Update: US Successfully Tests SM-3 Anti-Ballistic Missile Off Coast of Hawaii - Pentagon (Sputnik)
WNU Editor: The last test was a failure when it was conducted this January, so I can guess they learned something and have applied it to this test.
People make a big deal of the misses, but; let's say the accuracy is 50%, if it was for real; we'd throw 3-5 missles at it for sure. Mich cheaper to waste these smaller missiles than allow a city or base to be destroyed. And yes, there is not enough time for a lot but this is what I would suspect.
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ReplyDelete@Michael Feldhake: Very true, at least for "smaller" attack threats. However, This would quickly be saturated against a "larger" threat.
ReplyDeleteHaving high accuracy with a shoot-look-shoot doctrine is the next be step in Ballistic missile defense and we are very close to achieving that.
I agree with this program and it's aims. I also concur with Feldhake's and Anon's above statements. I would remind everyone though we are dealing with a very different animal in nukes. If only 50 (a very small percentage) penetrate to target the destruction is hard to comprehend, this must always be borne in mind. Until then I support all means and methods (such as the above program) to counter these weapons.
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