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.