According to information published by the U.S. Navy on November 17, 2020, the U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA), and U.S. Navy USS John Finn (DDG-113) Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, an Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) System-equipped ship, 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, November 16, 2020. Read full Naval News at this link ...
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| An SM-3 Block IIA is launched from the USS John Finn, an Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System-equipped destroyer, on November 16, 2020, as part of Flight Test Aegis Weapons System-44 FTM-44. (Picture source U.S. Navy) |
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