The Defense Department has successfully demonstrated the ability of Raytheon's Standard Missile-6 interceptor in concert with the sea-based Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System to destroy a short-range ballistic missile in the terminal phase of flight -- the high-stakes, final seconds as it approaches its target -- a new first in a series of tests off Hawaii last week. On Aug. 1, the Missile Defense Agency, Navy and U.S. Pacific Command completed a series of tests -- Multi-Mission Warfare Events 1...
