SM-3 Block IIA Missile Excels in First Ever ICBM Intercept Test

The U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA), and U.S. Navy sailors aboard an Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) System-equipped destroyer intercepted and destroyed a threat-representative Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) target with a Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) Block IIA missile during a flight test demonstration in the broad ocean area northeast of Hawaii, Nov. 16.

Read more: https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2020/11/sm-3-block-iia-missile-excels-in-first-ever-icbm-intercept-test/

U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) video.

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