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During a demonstration off the Coast of Kauai, Hawaii, Japan’s Maritime Self-Defense Force successfully intercepted short and medium-range ballistic missile targets with SM-3® Block IB and SM-3 Block IIA interceptors, both made by Raytheon Missiles & Defense, a Raytheon Technologies business. This is the first time a non-U.S. maritime service …

The U.S. Navy and Missile Defense Agency (MDA) have completed the first successful intercept flight test of a Raytheon Company Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) Block IIA, a defensive weapon designed to defeat short- to intermediate-range ballistic missile threats. Crew members on board the USS John Paul Jones (DDG-53) launched a SM-3Block …