As part of a historic U.S. Missile Defense Agency demonstration and for the first time ever, an intercontinental ballistic missile target was intercepted and destroyed outside Earth's atmosphere by an advanced SM-3 Block IIA ballistic missile defense interceptor made by Raytheon Missiles & Defense , the manufacturer announced on November 17. The interceptor was co-developed with Japan's Mitsubishi Heavy Industries.
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| Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) (Picture source: Raytheon) |
