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 ...

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 ...

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.

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.

The SM-3 IIA interceptor was originally designed to counter medium- or intermediate-range missiles. But this week’s successful test suggests that the MDA could use the interceptor to strengthen ...

SM-3 missiles, first deployed on Navy ships, are exo-atmospheric interceptor missiles designed to destroy short and intermediate range incoming enemy ballistic missiles in above the earth’s ...

An SM-3 Block IIA missile test shot fired from an Aegis Ashore test site in Hawaii this week did not hit its target after a successful launch, Pentagon officials confirmed Thursday.

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 ...

An Alabama-made missile completed a successful test off the coast of Hawaii. ... Alabama-made SM-3 missile successfully shoots down target. Updated: Dec. 11, 2018, 10:15 a.m.

The SM-3 Block IIA is a development of the Standard surface-to-air missile series. It is designed for use with the Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense system to intercept medium-range and ...

According to Raytheon, the SM-3 Block IIA missile is being developed in cooperation with Japan. Both the United States and Japan are seeking weapons to neutralize the growing threat from North Korea.

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 ...