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Missile Defense - SM-3 bags another one.
Press release from yesterday. EFL. PACIFIC MISSILE RANGE FACILITY, KAUAI, Hawaii, Nov. 17, 2005 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- A Raytheon Company-produced Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) destroyed a ballistic missile target outside the earth's atmosphere during a Missile Defense Agency / Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) Program flight test over the Pacific Ocean. It was the sixth successful intercept for the Aegis BMD program using the SM-3. The Nov. 17 mission was the first test against a separating ballistic missile target. The SM-3 Block I initial deployment round used in the test was an operational missile delivered by Raytheon last year for testing and availability for emergency deployment. Since the test was successful, MSM attention will be short-lived. Posted by: PBMcL 2005-11-18 |
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