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 ...

On Nov. 16, U.S. Missile Defense Agency and Navy sailors aboard USS John Finn (DDG 113), an Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System-equipped destroyer, fired a Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) Block IIA ...

President Donald Trump campaigned on ending U.S. entanglements in foreign conflicts and said he would seek to end wars abroad.

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 ...

Find out the details of the $2.13 billion contract modification awarded by the MDA to RTX for Standard Missile-3 Block missile variants engineering and product support services.

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.

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 ...

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.

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.

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 ...

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 ...