First test of SM-3 Block 1B

Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System Fails To Hit Target In Test

/ September 6, 2011 at 6:37 PM
The latest version of the Missile Defense Agency's sea-based interceptor missed its target during a test last week, according to an MDA announcement. "At approximately 3:53 a.m. Hawaii Standard Time (9:53 a.m. EDT) a short-range ballistic missile target was launched from the U.S. Navy's Pacific Missile Range Facility on Kauai, HI," the Sept. 1 statement reads. "Approximately 90 seconds later, a Standard Missile 3 (SM-3) Block 1B interceptor missile was launched from the cruiser USS LAKE ERIE (CG-70) but an...

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