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MDA completes ‘first of a kind’ ICBM missile defence test
The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) announced on 17 November that it has conducted a successful interception test of a Northrop Grumman-built Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) target, using a Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) Block IIA ballistic missile defense interceptor.
Raytheon co-developed the interceptor with Japanese company Mitsubishi Heavy Industries.
Involved as the Aegis ...
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