We are, to your point, using them at an alarming rate.” Adm. James Kilby’s testimony to the Senate Appropriations Committee on June 24, 2025, was one of those moments of high-pitched tension for US ...

The U.S. and Japan have successfully tested a new, more powerful SM-3 missile designed to intercept intermediate-range ballistic missiles from potential threats such as North Korea, officials said.

SM-3 IIA, in addition to bringing in the Japanese industrial base, the SM-3IIA program seeks to improve upon the SM-3 IB missile, which is already fielded at sea and in the first Aegis Ashore site ...

A Standard Missile-3 Block IIA is fired from a Vertical Launching System on Andersen Air Force Base, Guam as part of Flight Experiment Mission-02 on Dec. 10, 2024, conducted by the Missile Defense ...

President Donald Trump proposed a revolutionary missile defense system to keep the United States safe, but is it even ...

Expenditure of SM-6 and THAAD air defense munitions in the Middle East is a grave concern amid China's vast missile threat. Stocks must be restored at speed.

First Combat Use of SM-3 Missile Interceptor During Iranian Attack on Israel. The U.S. Navy in April deployed an SM-3 missile interceptor in combat for the first time.

And while the Missile Defense Agency attempted to end SM-3 Block IB production in its fiscal 2025 budget request in order to pursue new development priorities, including investments in the Block ...

However, the exact types of ballistic and cruise missiles that were fired at Israel are not clear, but missile analyst Chris Carlson told USNI News that the fact the U.S. Navy employed the SM-3 ...

Iran’s vast missile arsenal, dispersed across underground bunkers, urban areas and remote regions, will not vanish overnight, although Israel has significantly degraded it. Analysis.

The U.S. Navy used munitions at an "alarming rate" in the recent defense of Israel, Admiral James Kilby, Naval Operations ...

The cruiser Lake Erie fires an SM-3 Block 1B in 2013. (U.S. Navy) Raytheon is investing in its Standard Missile 3 lines to accelerate the production rate of the U.S. Navy weapon, as global ...