The United States teamed with Australia for the first time in a major ballistic missile defense test, demonstrating interoperability and integration during the intercept of a medium-range ballistic missile as part of a developmental and operational test for the U.S. Navy and Missile Defense Agency. On March 29, MDA announced what it said was the successful intercept of an advanced medium-range ballistic missile target by a Standard Missile-6 Dual II with Software Upgrade -- a target that was defeated during...
