China Claims It Has Successfully conducted An Anti-Ballistic Missile Interceptor Test

An HQ-16 medium-range air-defense missile system attached to an air defense brigade under the PLA 77th Group Army launched a rocket into the air at a military shooting range in desert area in late August, 2020. (File photo)  

CNN: China claims successful anti-ballistic missile interceptor test 

Seoul, South Korea (CNN)China successfully conducted an anti-ballistic missile test on Sunday night, according to the country's Defense Ministry, part of ongoing military efforts to enhance the country's defensive capabilities. 

It was a land-based mid-course missile tested within China's borders, the ministry said in a brief statement, adding the test was defensive in nature and not targeted against any country. 

Anti-ballistic missile systems are meant to shield a country from potential attacks by using projectiles to intercept incoming missiles, including intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs). 

Some analysts liken it to shooting down a bullet with another bullet.  

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China Claims It Has Successfully conducted An Anti-Ballistic Missile Interceptor Test  

China's antiballistic missile test, aircraft carrier launch 'defensive in nature amid foreign threats' -- Global Times 

China conducts ground-based midcourse antiballistic missile test -- CGTN  

China Says it Successfully Intercepted a Missile in Flight -- AP 

China says it tested missile-interception system -- Reuters  

China carries out anti-missile tests amid opposition to US systems in South Korea -- The Guardian  

China Conducts Successful Anti-Ballistic Missile Test -- Bloomberg  

China claims to have intercepted ballistic missile in flight -- FOX News  

China tests missile interception system -- Al Jazeera

U.S. Navy Conduct A Successful Ballistic Missile Interceptor Test

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.

Latest U.S. Navy Ballistic Missile Intercept Test Has Failed

FILE PHOTO © US. Missile Defense Agency / Reuters

Defense News: Another US Navy ballistic missile intercept reportedly fails in Hawaii

WASHINGTON — A test shoot of the SM-3 Block IIA fired from an Aegis Ashore test site in Hawaii failed Wednesday, CNN has reported. The missile is designed to intercept ballistic missiles.

If confirmed, it would mark the second unsuccessful test of the Raytheon missile in the past year. It also deals a setback to U.S. missile defense efforts as North Korea makes seemingly daily progress on it goal of striking the U.S. mainland with nuclear-armed missiles.

When reached for comment, U.S. Missile Defense Agency spokesman Mark Wright declined to comment on the outcome of the test.

“The Missile Defense Agency and U.S. Navy sailors manning the Aegis Ashore Missile Defense Test Complex (AAMDTC) conducted a live-fire missile flight test using a Standard-Missile (SM)-3 Block IIA missile launched from the Pacific Missile Range Facility, Kauai, Hawaii, Wednesday morning,” Wright said.

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More News On The Latest U.S. Navy Ballistic Missile Intercept Test

U.S. Missile Defense Test Unsuccessful: Official -- Reuters
Officials: US missile defense test failed in Hawaii -- CNN
US defence intercept test fails to shoot down dummy missile from Hawaii, official says -- ABC News Online
Navy missile defense test in Hawaii reportedly fails -- The Hill
New $30M defense missile fails in test off Kauai -- Honolulu Star-Advertiser
US Navy ballistic missile intercept reportedly fails in Hawaii for 2nd time in a year -- Business Insider
North Korea Threat: Ballistic Missile Defense Test Failed In Hawaii, Report Says -- International Business Times
A US ballistic missile defense test just failed. Here's what it means -- Washington Examiner
US missile defense test fails in Hawaii – officials -- RT
US Missile Interceptor Test in Hawaii Fails -- Sputnik

Latest U.S. Navy Ballistic Missile Intercept Test Fails Off The Coast Of Hawaii

A Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) Block IIA is launched in February from the guided-missile destroyer USS John Paul Jones during a flight test off Hawaii resulting in the first intercept of a ballistic missile target by the Block IIA, which is being developed jointly by the US and Japan

Defense News: US Navy ballistic missile intercept test fails

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Navy conducted a failed ballistic missile intercept Wednesday with its SM-3 Block IIA off the coast of Hawaii.

The destroyer John Paul Jones, running the Navy’s top-of-the-line Aegis Baseline 9.C2 combat system, failed to intercept a medium-range ballistic missile launched from the Pacific Missile Range Facility at Kauai, Hawaii.

The destroyer detected and tracked the target on the AN/SPY-1 phased array radar but was unable to intercept it. It was the second test of this latest iteration of the SM-3. The John Paul Jones successfully shot down a target in February with it. That test was the first intercept using Baseline 9.2C.

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More News On The Latest U.S. Navy Ballistic Missile Intercept Test Failing Off The Coast Of Hawaii

US test to shoot down ballistic missile fails -- FOX News
US Navy's second test of missile defense system designed to stop a North Korean nuke FAILS -- Daily Mail
US fails to intercept missile in overnight test -- The Hill
US fails to intercept missile in test over Hawaii -- Washington Examiner
New Version of US-Japan Interceptor Fails to Shoot Down Missile -- Sputnik

US Successfully Intercepts Ballistic Missile During NATO Coalition Test

USNI News: Video: Nine Country Naval Exercise Successfully Shoots Down Ballistic, Cruise Missile Targets off Scotland

This post has been updated to include additional information from the U.S. Navy and Lockheed Martin.

The U.S. Navy and eight other countries are successfully working through an international detect-to-engage integrated air and missile defense exercise off the coast of Scotland, proving their platforms and people could integrate to provide missile defense in Europe.

The Maritime Theater Missile Defense (MTMD) Forum, consisting of 10 countries, is hosting a three-week Integrated Air and Missile Defense (IAMD) At Sea Demonstration.

More News On The U.S. Successfully Intercepts Ballistic Missile During Coalition Test

U.S. Navy, allies intercept targets in European missile test -- Reuters
Watch a US Navy ship intercept a ballistic missile at a test range near Scotland -- Business Insider/Military.com
USS Ross intercepts ballistic missile during coalition test -- UPI
US Navy's USS Ross intercepts ballistic missile using SM-3 -- Naval Technology
SM-3 Interceptor Tested for First Time off European Coast -- SeaPower
The U.S. and NATO Destroy a Simulated Warhead In Space -- Popular Mechanics

US Missile Test Fails

Sea-Based X-Band Radar (SBX)(Photo from Closing Velocity)

Radar Problems Foil Missile Defense Test -- CNN

Washington (CNN) -- A U.S. missile defense test failed Sunday when a long-range missile missed its target because of radar problems.
Missed: Ground-Based Interceptor Fails To Intercept Due To SBX Glitch -- Closing Velocity
The Defense Department said a target missile was launched from an Army test site at Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands at 7:40 p.m.

Six minutes later, a second missile was launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, to find the first one and destroy it.

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More News On Sunday's Missile Test Failure

Missile missed in criticism-busting interceptor test failure -- The Register
Air Force: Test missile misses its Pacific target -- Washington Post
Radar problems in missile defense test -- UPI
Missile Interceptor Test Ends in Failure -- Global Security Newswire

Japan-US joint Missile Defense Flight Test Successful Using Aegis, SM-3 Missile

A Standard SM-3 missile rises from the Japanese destroyer Myoko to strike a ballistic missile target. (U.S. MISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY)

Japanese Ship Brings Down Missile Target -- Global Security Newswire

In a joint drill with the U.S. Navy, a Japanese destroyer today brought down a ballistic missile launched from Hawaii, the Associated Press reported (see GSN, Sept. 17).

The medium-range target was fired from the Pacific Missile Range Facility on the island of Kauai. The JDS Myoko identified and monitored the missile and then stopped its trajectory with a Standard Missile 3 interceptor fired from the vessel's deck. The test missile was intercepted approximately 100 miles above the Pacific Ocean, according to a statement from the two nations' militaries.

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More News On The Japan-U.S. Anti-Missile Test

Japan intercepts ballistic missile in Hawaii test -- AP
Japan Demonstrates Its New 24/7 Capability to Shoot Down North Korean Missiles -- Reuters
Japan testfires missile interceptor off Hawaii -- China View
Aerojet Powers Japan's Second Successful Standard Missile-3 Intercept -- PR Newswire
Japanese Ship Conducts Successful BMD Test -- Defense News
Lockheed says $1 bln contract shows demand for Aegis -- Reuters

U.S., Israel Abort Missile Test

A 2005 photo shows the launch of an Arrow missile in Israel. A test of a missile-defense shield being developed by the U.S. and Israel was aborted this week. Associated Press

From The Wall Street Journal:

TEL AVIV -- Israeli and U.S. military officials this week aborted a test of a missile-defense shield under development by the two countries, raising questions about the reliability of Israel's defenses against a potential Iranian attack.

The news, which military officials were careful not to characterize as a failure of the Israeli missile-defense program, comes amid heightened tensions in the Middle East over the strengthening of Iranian hawks loyal to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

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My Comment: If at first you do not succeed ... try, try, try again.

But (from my point of view) please watch the bottom line.

Military Shoots Down Missile In Test Off Hawaii

From Breitbart:

HONOLULU (AP) - The U.S. military says it has intercepted a ballistic missile near Hawaii in a test.

The sea-based test Thursday was the military's first since an errant satellite was shot down earlier this year.

A target was fired from a decomissioned amphibious assault ship about 100 miles off the island of Kauai. It was a Scud-like missile with a range of a few hundred miles.

The USS Lake Erie fired two interceptor missiles at the target. It was shot down in its final seconds of flight about 12 miles above the Pacific Ocean.

The Lake Erie is a Navy cruiser based at Pearl Harbor. In February, the ship shot down a U.S. spy satellite in the Aegis defense program's first real-world mission.

My Comment: They are getting better at this. It was a short range test, but still .... I am repeating myself .... they are getting better at this.